Patent · US Expired

Portable, collapsible, self-contained toilet apparatus

US5781940A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateFeb 11, 1997
Grant dateJul 21, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A50/30
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A portable, collapsible, self-contained toilet apparatus including a basic storage container assembly operable to receive and support a foldable seat and anchor assembly connected thereto and provided with a usage accessories assembly for conventional use including a cleansing/flushing operation. The basic storage container assembly includes a main storage body assembly having a removable seat support and flush assembly and a seat support and drain assembly. The seat support and flush assembly is removable to receive the foldable seat and anchor assembly connected thereto for use in a normal toilet function operation. In a cleansing/flushing operation, the seat support and flush assembly is connected to a garden hose assembly to provide cleansing fluid to the main storage body assembly and an enclosure support and plug member of the seat support and drain assembly is removed to receive a dumpster hose assembly connected thereto. The flushing fluid is selectively supplied through the garden hose assembly to the interior of the main storage body assembly for discharge of the cleansing fluid in combination with waste material therein through the dumpster hose assembly in the cleansing…

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