Patent ID: 8615824

Claim:
A stool collector adapted for being positioned in a use position in which it is secured to a standard water closet or toilet to collect a stool sample delivered by a user, said stool collector further comprising a rear piece placed on a rear part of a toilet bowl and adapted for being secured between a rear half of a toilet bowl and a tip-up toilet seat of said toilet, a front piece adapted for being secured between laterally spaced portions of a front half of said toilet bowl and a front half of said tip-up toilet seat, respectively, said front piece comprising two forward extending laterally spaced wings, enclosing a cut-out adapted to allow for urine from said user to pass through into said toilet bowl in said use position, and an intermediate piece connecting said front and rear pieces and in said use position forming a stool collecting area adapted to receive said stool sample, said front, rear and intermediate pieces are manufactured from a water soluble paper material such as to make said stool collector suitable for being flushed in a standard water closet, wherein the rear piece is wider than each of the forward extending wings, and at least one of said rear piece and front piece comprise a plurality of perforations suitable for allowing air trapped inside the stool collector to escape when flushed in a water closet.