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US 11,766,155 B2Granted
Portable outdoor toilet seat apparatus
OwnerJoshua Gerald Terryinventor
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Abstract
A toilet seat apparatus for use outdoors includes a toilet seat and a clamp assembly attached to the toilet seat via hinges. The clamp assembly includes two jaw members for exerting a compressive clamping force on a tree to support the toilet seat above the ground. The clamp assembly also includes a drive mechanism to control the distance between the two jaw members and the clamping force. The major components of the clamp assembly are coplanar with one another so that when the clamp assembly is rotated about the hinges, the dimensions of the toilet seat apparatus are substantially minimized.
Claims4
A toilet seat apparatus comprising:
- a toilet seat having segments defining a slot or aperture;
- a clamp assembly having a first jaw member, a second jaw member spaced a distance apart from the first jaw member, and a drive mechanism operatively interconnecting the first and second jaw members and configured to selectively move the second jaw member relative to the first jaw member;
- and
- at least one hinge rotatably interconnecting the toilet seat and the clamp assembly such that the clamp assembly is rotatable relative to the toilet seat;
- wherein the segments of the toilet seat are coplanar about a first plane;
- wherein the first jaw member, the second jaw member, and the drive mechanism are coplanar about a second plane;
- and
- wherein the clamp assembly is rotatable about the hinge between a first position in which the first and second planes are substantially parallel with one another, and a second position in which the clamp assembly is rotated between 135 degrees and 180 degrees relative to the toilet seat from the first position.
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