claims of urine drainage bag

ca covering for said urine drainage bag, said covering formed of a sheet, said covering having a sufficient height and a sufficient width to substantially surround said urine drainage bag, said covering having an opening formed therein where a first generally vertical edge of said covering meets an opposite generally vertical edge of said covering, and wherein a top portion of said covering has a neck opening formed therein, and wherein a shoulder extends downwardly from each side of said neck opening, and wherein an interior of said shoulder rests upon said top portion of said urine drainage bag on each side of said neck opening and supports said covering, and wherein said neck opening communicates with said opening and said conduit extends through said neck opening; a fastener that is positioned in an upper portion of said opening, wherein said fastener connects said first generally vertical edge of said sheet to said opposite generally vertical edge of said sheet at an upper portion of said first generally vertical edge of said sheet and an upper portion of said opposite generally vertical edge of said sheet; wherein a lower portion of said opening of said sheet is formed where a lower portion of said generally vertical edge meets a lower portion of said opposite generally vertical edge, and said lower portion of said generally vertical edge is not connected to said lower portion of said opposite generally vertical edge of said sheet, and wherein said lower opening of said sheet covers a portion of said urine drainage bag when said lower portion of said opening is closed, and reveals a portion of said urine drainage bag and a level of contents of said urine drainage bag when said lower portion of said opening is opened by separating said lower portion of said generally vertical edge from said opposite generally vertical edge.

2. A <em><strong><a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" /" target="_blank">urine drainage bag</a> </strong></em>having a cover as described in claim 1, wherein said shoulder comprises an arcuate shoulder formed on a left side of an upper portion thereof that slopes downwardly from a neck of said cover, and an arcuate shoulder formed on a right side of an upper portion thereof that slopes downwardly from said neck of said cover.

3. A urine drainage bag having a cover as described in claim 1, wherein said neck opening extends generally upwardly from said shoulder on either side of said neck opening and near a center of said upper portion of said cover, wherein a portion of said opening extends through said neck opening on a front side of said neck opening.

4. A urine drainage bag having a cover as described in claim 1, wherein said fastener is present in said neck opening.

5. A<em><strong> <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" /" target="_blank">urine drainage bag </a></strong></em>having a cover as described in claim 1, wherein said fastener that connects said first generally vertical edge of said sheet to said opposite generally vertical edge of said sheet in an upper portion of said first generally vertical edge of said sheet and an upper portion of said opposite generally vertical edge of said sheet does not extend below one third of a length of said opening measured from a top edge of said opening.

6. A urine drainage bag having a cover as described in claim 1, wherein said fastener is formed of hook and loop material.

7. A <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" /" target="_blank"><em><strong>urine drainage bag </strong></em></a>having a cover as described in claim 1, wherein said neck opening is formed by an annular ring that extends generally vertically upwardly from said shoulder on either side of said neck opening and about the entire circumference and near a center of said upper portion of said cover, wherein a portion of said opening extends through said neck opening on a front side of said neck opening.

8. A urine drainage bag having a cover as described in claim 1, wherein said fastener is positioned in said neck opening and above where said shoulder joins said neck opening.