Patent ID: 8597207

Claim:
A method of using a urine collection apparatus, comprising: providing a handle comprising a grip portion, a rim portion, and a webbing member, wherein the rim portion comprises a rolled rim portion, wherein the rolled rim portion curves downward to form a concave surface configured to allow a user to grip an underside of the rolled rim portion, wherein the webbing member extends from the underside of the rolled rim portion and extends from an underside of the grip portion, wherein the webbing member is configured to provide a grip for a user and configured to provide structural support to the underside of the rolled rim portion and to the underside of the grip portion; gripping the webbing member of the handle, wherein rim portion has a length at its greatest extent that is more than twice the width of the rim portion at its greatest extent; the grip portion having a length at its greatest extent not less than the width of the rim portion at the rim portion's greatest extent of width; placing the rim portion to operatively surround a female's genitals; and directing urine to a urine collection port offset from a center of the rim portion by a sloped surface disposed between the rim portion and the urine collection port.