Patent ID: 7846143

Claim:
A portable urinal comprising: a container defining a liquid reservoir and a spout extending therefrom; said spout having an inlet for receiving a liquid; a valve assembly disposed within said spout, said valve assembly having a sidewall and one or more sealable openings for permitting flow of a liquid into said reservoir, while resisting undesired flow of the liquid out of said reservoir, said valve assembly further having an interior region and an exterior region, said openings defining the line between said interior region and said exterior region; said valve assembly sidewall having a shaped contour structured to direct liquid flow into said openings and wherein there is no barrier extending perpendicular to said sidewall into the flow path of said liquid; said valve assembly sidewall is structured to resist the gathering of a liquid in a recess in an exterior region of the portable urinal; said valve assembly sidewall has one or more generally parallel, outer surfaces and one or more generally sloped inner surfaces; and said one or more inner surfaces slope toward, and terminate adjacent, said one or more openings; said valve assembly sidewall is an annular sidewall having a generally circular outer surface with an outer diameter and one inner surface having a first, upper diameter and a second, lower diameter, said inner surface curving from said upper diameter to said lower diameter; and said valve assembly sidewall further defining a central opening.