Portable washbasin system
AssigneeAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
InventorsJohn Warren, Jon Dufendach
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Abstract
A portable washbasin system for providing clean water for washing hands and maintaining appropriate hygiene, the system including a housing structure with an upper compartment and a lower compartment spaced apart from one another, and a sink supported on the housing structure between the upper and lower compartments. A water storage tank is housed in the upper compartment, where the sink receives water from the water storage tank and dispenses the water for use. The system further includes a water receptacle housed in the lower compartment for collecting wastewater from the sink for subsequent disposal.
Claims20
A portable washbasin system comprising:
- a housing structure including an upper compartment and a lower compartment spaced apart from one another;
- a water storage tank including a reservoir for storing water, the water storage tank housed in the upper compartment of the housing structure;
- a sink supported on the housing structure and positioned between the upper compartment and the lower compartment, the sink in operable communication with the water storage tank, the sink receiving water from the water storage tank and dispensing the received water;
- a water receptacle housed in the lower compartment of the housing structure, the water receptacle including a closed bottom surface and an open top surface opposite the bottom surface, the water receptacle having an interior chamber between the closed bottom surface and the open top surface for collecting water from the sink;
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- a conduit in operable communication with the sink and the water receptacle, wherein water dispersed from the sink passes through the conduit and into the water receptacle via the open top surface thereof, the water collected in the water receptacle for subsequent disposal.
A sanitation system comprising:
- a portable washbasin system including:
- a housing structure including an upper compartment and a lower compartment spaced apart from one another;
- a water storage tank including a reservoir for storing water, the water storage tank housed in the upper compartment of the housing structure;
- a sink supported on the housing structure and positioned between the upper compartment and the lower compartment, the sink in operable communication with the water storage tank, the sink receiving water from the water storage tank and dispensing the received water;
- a water receptacle housed in the lower compartment of the housing structure, the water receptacle including a closed bottom surface and an open top surface opposite the bottom surface, the water receptacle having an interior chamber between the closed bottom surface and the open top surface for collecting water from the sink;
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- a conduit in operable communication with the sink and the water receptacle, wherein water dispersed from the sink passes through the conduit and into the water receptacle via the open top surface thereof, the water collected in the water receptacle for subsequent disposal;
- a toilet configured for receiving liquid waste and solid waste, the toilet including a waste intake module configured to divert the liquid waste into a liquid waste receptacle and the solid waste into a solid waste receptacle;
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- an enclosure housing the portable washbasin system and the toilet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.