Patent ID: 7306581

Claim:
A drainable pouch for collecting human waste, the pouch comprising: a. opposing pouch walls having an opening therebetween, the pouch walls tapering down to an outlet having an outlet opening; b. first and second deformable reinforcing members, each reinforcing member being attached to an opposing pouch wall near or at the outlet opening, the first reinforcing member having two opposite first lateral edges, the second reinforcing member having two opposite second lateral edges, each of the first lateral edges being proximate to a respective second lateral edge, the first and second reinforcing members being deformable by manual application of pressure to opposite lateral edges of the reinforcing members so as to controllably distend the outlet opening; wherein a first lateral edge of the first reinforcing member is offset laterally with respect to a proximate second lateral edge of the second reinforcing member; c. the outlet being flexible and foldable from an extended condition to a stowed condition; d. a plurality of outlet fasteners on at least one pouch wall capable of separably interlocking for securing the outlet in its stowed condition; e. a security flap extending freely from an end secured to a pouch wall, the security flap having a smooth outside surface and an underside surface, the security flap being flexible and foldable over and around the outlet when the outlet is in its stowed condition; and f. a flap fastener on the underside of the security flap, the flap fastener being capable of securing the security flap in its folded condition over and around the outlet with the smooth outside surface of the security flap exposed and the outlet stowed and covered.