US Patent Issued to Peequal on Oct. 28 for "Urinal unit" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,820, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Peequal Ltd. (West Midland, Great Britain).

"Urinal unit" was invented by Amber Probyn (Bristol, Great Britain) and Hazel McShane (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urinal unit formed from a wedge-shaped base, side walls, outer walls, an internal wall, and a barrier wall. The base has an inner angle, sides, and an outer edge. The side walls extend along each side of the base from the inner angle to the outer edge. The outer wall extends from the outer end of each side wall part-way along the outer edge of the base towards the other side wall so that a space is formed betwe...