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US 2021/0259485 A1Published application
Toilet seat support device for a portable toilet system
OwnerRichard Garciainventor
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Abstract
A toilet seat support device that can be used as the basic chassis to construct a portable toilet, such as a composting toilet for camping use. The device is configured with suitable fixtures for other components, such as a toilet seat, a waste collection bucket, detachable legs, and other devices to be rapidly mounted onto the chassis, or disassembled for transport or storage.
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A toilet seat support device for a portable toilet, said device comprising:
- a substantially planar toilet seat support device comprising a front side, a backside, a left side, a right side, a top layer, and a bottom layer;
- said toilet seat support device having an axis of symmetry passing between a middle of said front side and a middle of said backside so that said left side is symmetric with respect to said right side;
- said toilet seat support device further comprising a first central oval opening in said top layer superimposed over a larger second central oval opening in said bottom layer thus producing a stepped central oval opening passing completely through said top layer and said bottom layer;
- said bottom layer of said backside configured with right and left leg attachment fixtures,
- said top layer and said bottom layer of said backside configured with at least right and left toilet seat fixture openings, each positioned and configured so that when a toilet seat is mounted on said top layer, the toilet seat opening is positioned above said first central opening in said top layer;
- said stepped central oval opening configured with an upper central opening step and a lower central opening step so that said lower central opening step can pass over a rim of a substantially cylindrical waste receptacle, while said upper central opening step is in contact with said rim of said substantially cylindrical waste receptacle.
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A toilet seat support device for a portable toilet, said device comprising:
- a substantially planar toilet seat support device comprising a front side, a backside, a left side, a right side, a top layer, and a bottom layer;
- said toilet seat support device having an axis of symmetry passing between a middle of said front side and a middle of said backside so that said left side is symmetric with respect to said right side;
- said toilet seat support device further comprising a first central oval opening in said top layer superimposed over a larger second central oval opening in said bottom layer thus producing a stepped central oval opening passing completely through said top layer and said bottom layer;
- said bottom layer of said backside configured with right and left leg attachment fixtures;
- wherein said right and left leg attachment fixtures are configured with any of screw threads, snap-fit fasteners, openings to accommodate snap-fit fasteners or slip-neck fasteners.
- further comprising right and left legs configured to attach to said right and left leg attachment fixtures by any of complementary screw threads, complementary snap-fit fasteners, slip-neck fasteners, openings to accommodate said snap-fit fasteners, slip-neck fasteners, or other reversible attachment mechanism;
- said top layer and said bottom layer of said backside configured with right and left toilet seat fixture openings, each positioned and configured so that when a toilet seat is mounted on said top layer, the toilet seat opening is positioned above said first central opening in said top layer;
- said stepped central oval opening configured with an upper central opening step and a lower central opening step so that said lower central opening step can pass over a rim of a substantially cylindrical waste receptacle, while said upper central opening step is in contact with said rim of said substantially cylindrical waste receptacle;
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- wherein said right and left legs, and said substantially cylindrical waste receptacle, comprise rigid, load-bearing materials.
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