Patent ID: 8721967

Claim:
Apparatus for testing a liquid specimen, which apparatus comprises a container for the liquid specimen, a response chart which is operable in response to contact with the liquid specimen, and a result chart for use with the response chart, and the apparatus being such that: (i) the container comprises a body portion, a lid, a test chamber, and openable means which is adapted to be opened in order to allow the liquid specimen to pass from the body portion into the test chamber; (ii) the response chart comprises response portions which are contacted by the liquid specimen, which become differently coloured to indicate different characteristics present in the liquid specimen, and which are read at predetermined time intervals; (iii) the result chart comprises result sectors, each result sector is for indicating the result of a different test for the liquid specimen, and each result sector has a plurality of differently coloured result portions, and the different colours of the result portions in each result sector indicate different degrees of result for the test afforded by the result sector; (iv) the response chart is inside the test chamber; (v) the result chart is outside of the container; and (vi) the result chart has an aperture which receives a to part of the container, and a peripheral portion which extends transversely outwardly beyond the container and which contains the result sectors.