US Patent Issued to Advantage Urinal Systems on March 18 for "Reusable urine collection and storage system" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,332, issued on March 18, was assigned to Advantage Urinal Systems LLC (Bountiful, Utah).

"Reusable urine collection and storage system" was invented by Larry Garlock (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urine collection and storage system has a urinal and a remote collection bag interconnected by a tube. An intermediate coupler in the tube and adjacent to the urinal bifurcates the tube into separable proximal and distal portions. The proximal portion of the tube is shorter and stiffer while the distal portion of the tube is longer length and less stiff to provide both flexibility and resist kinking. The collection bag c...