Patent ID: 7017198

Claim:
A potty protector urine shield for use with a toilet bowl, said toilet bowl having a curved top rim, a curved interior rim with a back, front, and sides, water, and a toilet seat that can be raised and lowered, the improvement comprising (a) a flexible shield that conformingly bends along the back and sides of the interior rim, said flexible shield having a top boundary, a bottom boundary, and two side boundaries, a vertical plane, a horizontal plane, a front face and a back face, said vertical plane extending from below the curved interior rim of the toilet bowl to a distance above the curved interior rim of the toilet bowl, and said horizontal plane of the flexible shield curving along the back and sides of the interior rim of the toilet bowl; (b) at least one aperture near the top boundary of the flexible shield, said at least one aperture forming a handle for placement and removal of the flexible shield from said curved top rim of the toilet bowl; (c) a first and second pair of apertures being located on the flexible shield in the same vertical plane, said first pair of apertures having an outer distance there between being of greater distance than an inner distance of said second pair of apertures; (d) a removable front support rod, being inserted through said first pair of apertures having said outer distance there between, traversing the front face of the flexible shield, wherein said removable front support rod passing through said first pair of apertures extends a distance away from the front face of the flexible shield that curves along the back and sides of the interior rim of the toilet maintaining an arcuate shape of the flexible shield and said removable front support rod having first opposite ends extending from the back face of the flexible shield through said first pair of apertures contacting the curved top rim to support the flexible shield; (e) a removable back support rod, being inserted through said second pair of apertures having said inner distance there between, traversing the front face of the flexible shield, wherein said removable back support rod being malleable and having second opposite ends pass through the second pair of apertures and said second opposite ends extend away from the back face of the flexible shield forming a U-shape with the back face of the flexible shield being a base of the U-shape and said second opposite ends of said removable back support rod interfaces with the curved top rim; and (f) a removable target device being attached to the front support rod.