Patent ID: 7819821

Claim:
A urine collection device comprising: a collection system to collect urine voided by a user, said collection system comprising a funnel; first and second outlets adapted to allow urine collected by said collection system to drain from said device; a transfer passage adapted to transfer urine collected by said collection system to a receptacle; said first outlet including a flow rate variation device so constructed and arranged that an initial drain flow rate through said variation device is greater than a second drain flow rate through said variation device, said first outlet being at a base of said funnel, and said flow rate variation device being accommodated in said base, said flow rate variation device comprising an expandable plug which expands on contact with liquid to provide said second reduced drain flow rate; said second outlet comprising an overflow outlet adapted to allow urine collected by said collection system to drain from said urine collection device at a third drain flow rate equal to or higher than said initial drain flow rate through said variation device and a transfer device attached to a wall of said funnel at a location above said base, said transfer device including said transfer passage and said overflow outlet, and being adapted for connection to said receptacle.