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US 4,581,780 AGranted
Precast concrete toilet with vent
OwnerJeffrey L. Hoskins, Gregory L. Hoskinsinventors
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OwnerJeffrey L. Hoskins, Gregory L. Hoskinsinventors
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An outdoor toilet constructed of precast concrete having integral color incorporated therein with the external surfaces being simulative of wood or the like and provided with a vault with a vent stack extending upwardly along one wall of the toilet and communicating with the vault and with a vent cap on the roof of the toilet to provide an offset passageway for venting the vault by using the chimney effect of the vent stack and vent cap. The vent stack includes an access opening in the exterior wall thereof provided with a closure to enable pump out of the vault from a point externally of the toilet. The toilet includes a toilet riser, handrail, toilet tissue holder, window and louver vents and an access door associated with an entrance slab and screen panels along two edges of the entrance slab to prevent direct observation into the interior of the toilet when the door is open. The entrance slab is supported by cantilever arms integral with the vault at one end edge thereof.
An outdoor toilet comprising a vault in the form of a receptacle having an open top, a building structure mounted on the open top of the vault and including vertical walls, a bottom panel and a roof panel, one wall of the building structure including an access doorway and door, another wall of the building including a vent stack incorporated therein having a lower end communicated with the vault, the roof panel including a vent cap extending longitudinally thereof and including an end portion in communication with the vent stack and a vent opening in spaced relation to the vent stack to provide an offset in the path of air venting from the vault to the atmosphere above the roof to provide a chimney effect for venting the vault.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.