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US 4,493,118 AGranted
Collapsible toilet shelter
OwnerEarl J. Braxtoninventor
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Abstract
A shelter adapted for use as a portable toilet having a plurality of upstanding planar wall panels connected along adjacent vertical sides by flexible sheet hinge members. The wall panels, foldably collapsible for ease of shipment, are combined with a removable roof, base member and commode to form a complete portable toilet shelter which may be quickly assembled on site. A number of flexible straps may be positioned underneath the base member and releasably secured to opposing wall members of the shelter in order to secure the base member to the wall unit and increase the stability of the shelter.
Claims13
A collapsible toilet shelter comprising:
- (A) a plurality of rigid, upstanding, rectangular, planar wall panels arranged vertical edge to vertical edge to form a closed loop;
- (B) a continuous, flexible hinge strip permanently secured to the adjacent vertical side surfaces of each pair of adjacent panels and each extending the full height of the panels to visually and physically close the vertical gap between the panels, said hinge strips forming with said panels a continuous, vertical, articulated wall assembly permanently closed upon itself and foldably movable between
- (1) an expanded condition in which it forms a closed rectangular toilet enclosure having a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls, and
- (2) a collapsed condition in which it is folded flat upon itself for ease of shipment and storage;
- (C) a door opening in said front wall of said enclosure;
- (D) a door hingedly positioned in said door opening to provide access to said enclosure when opened and provide privacy for said enclosure when closed;
- (E) a rigid rectangular base member, including a commode, adapted to be removably positioned within the bottom marginal portions of said wall panels, with said commode juxtaposed to said back wall of said enclosure, and operative when so positioned to maintain said panels in their expanded, enclosure forming condition;
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- (F) a rigid rectangular roof member adapted to be removably positioned adjacent the top marginal portions of said panels and operative when so positioned to maintain said panels in their expanded, enclosure forming condition.
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A collapsible portable toilet shelter comprising:
- a plurality of upstanding planar wall panels connected along adjacent vertical sides by continuous flexible sheet hinge members such that said wall panels may be adjustably positioned to form a foldably collapsible polygonal enclosure:
- one of said wall panels having a door opening and a door adapted to be moveably disposed over said door opening;
- a removeable roof panel adapted to be mounted on top marginal portions of the wall panels;
- means disposed on the roof panel for retaining said top marginal portions of each wall panel in fixed relation to each other;
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- a removable base member maintained in a fixed position relative to the wall panels by virtue of flexible straps, said flexible straps extending underneath the base member, each end of said flexible straps being releasably secured to opposing walls, said base member adapted to retain bottom marginal portions of each wall panel in fixed relation to each other, said base member including:
- a polygonal frame member disposed on a horizontal plane
- a commode member mounted on said frame member in spaced relationship from the wall panel having said door opening, and
- a floor extending across the top portion of said frame member not covered by said commode member,
- whereby said shelter may be erected for use as a portable toilet shelter or disassembled to a collapsed state for shipment.
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A collapsible portable toilet shelter comprising:
- (A) a plurality of rigid upstanding rectangular planar wall panels arranged vertical edge to vertical edge to form a closed loop;
- (B) hinge means permanently and foldably interconnecting adjacent vertical edges of said wall panels and forming therewith a continuous articulated vertical wall assembly permanently closed upon itself and foldably movable between
- (1) an expanded condition in which it forms a closed rectangular toilet enclosure having a front wall, a back wall, and side walls and
- (2) a collapsed condition in which it is folded flat upon itself for ease of shipment and storage;
- (C) a door opening formed in said front wall of said enclosure;
- (D) a door hingedly positioned in said door opening to provide access to said enclosure when opened and provide privacy for said enclosure when closed;
- (E) a rigid rectangular base member, including a commode, adapted to be removably positioned within the bottom marginal portions of said wall panels, with said commode juxtaposed to said back wall of said enclosure, and operative when so positioned to maintain said panels in their expanded enclosure forming condition;
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- (F) a rigid rectangular roof member adapted to be removably positioned adjacent the top marginal portion of said panels and operative when so positioned to maintain said panels in their expanded enclosure forming condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.