Portable non-flushing toilet
OwnerIan F. Douglasinventor
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Abstract
A portable toilet device has a disposable waste receiving bag situated therein. The device is operable from an open or in-use position to a closed or non-use position which causes rotation of the waste receiving bag to temporarily close or seal the bag.
Claims13
A portable toilet device having, in-use, a disposable plastic material waste receiving bag therein, said device comprising an upper section, and a lower section having a base, adapted to be movable with respect to each other in a linear manner from an open or in-use position to a closed or non-use position or vice versa said lower section including a canister or receptacle to support and position the bag within the device;
- and means comprising a turntable disposed between the canister and the base of the lower section and operated by means responsive to the linear movement of the upper section with respect to the lower section to apply a twisting movement to said lower section, whereby movement of the device from the in-use to the non-use position causes a temporary closure or sealing of the bag and whereby movement of the device from the non-use to the in-use position causes the bag to open ready for use.
A portable toilet device comprising:
- a lower section having a portion for supporting a bag;
- an upper section mounted for movement with respect to said lower section;
- a toilet seat on said upper section;
- means on said upper section for releasably supporting a disposable waste receiving bag having a closed lower end and an open upper end with said upper end opened, so that said toilet seat opens into said opened upper end of a disposable waste receiving bag held by said supporting means;
- means for closing a disposable waste receiving bag supported by said supporting means comprising:
- a lining bag formed of waterproof material, having an open upper end and a lower end and being outwardly of a disposable waste receiving bag supported by said supporting means;
- means for attaching the upper end of said lining bag in opened position to said upper section, said open upper end of said lining bag being beneath said toilet seat so that said toilet seat opens into said opened upper end of said lining bag;
- means for attaching said lining bag at its lower end to said lower section;
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- means responsive to movement of said upper section in one direction for causing gathering of said lining bag intermediate its upper end and its lower end to thereby effect a closure of said lining bag and of a disposable waste receiving bag supported by said supporting means within said lining bag, and being responsive to movement of said upper section in the opposite direction for causing opening of the gathered portion of said lining bag and a said waste receiving bag therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.