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US 5,129,111 AGranted
Inflatable child's toilet
OwnerJacob Feinzilberg, Michael L. Browninventors
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Abstract
A differentially inflatable toilet comprising flexible plastic sheet structure forming, when inflated, a hollow body having a central well; gusset structure in the hollow inflated body for resisting lateral relative closing of the well when the body is sat upon to become deformed, and; a flexible sheet receptacle that has a first portion received in the well, and a second portion overlying and supported on the body.
Claims6
A differentially inflatable toilet combination comprising:
- five flexible plastic sheets forming, when assembled and inflated, a generally toroidal hollow body having a central well open at both ends,
- said body having a first sheet in the form of an outer bounding side wall that is generally upright, a second sheet in the form of an inner bounding side wall that is generally upright, the inner wall bounding the well, said outer bounding side wall having a rear portion that is substantially flat and a front portion that is outwardly convex, joined by two side portions that are outwardly convex with lesser curvatures than said front portion,
- a third sheet comprising a generally annular auxiliary sheet that extends generally horizontally between said inner and outer side walls, and has seam connections thereto at locations about the well,
- the body including fourth sheet in the form of a top panel and a fifth sheet in the form of a bottom panel, each of which extends generally annularly about said well, and has seam connections to said inner and outer side walls at their top and bottom respectively, said top and bottom panels extending substantially horizontally,
- the inner and outer side walls, top panel, bottom panel and auxiliary sheet defining in vertical cross section, upper and lower substantially rectangular sections, the well having a diameter or width in a plane near said top panel that is substantially less than the well overall height, and
- including an inflator means attached to the boy, said auxiliary sheet forming an opening between said inner and outer walls to pass air between portions of the hollow body above and below the auxiliary sheet,
- said outer upright side wall bulging outwardly above and below the level of the connection of the auxiliary sheet to the outer side wall, the auxiliary sheet located about half way between the top and bottom panels, so as to resist lateral relative closing of the well when the body is sat upon to become deformed, and the inner side wall bulging inwardly toward the well, above and below the level of the connection of the auxiliary sheet to the inner side wall, the vertical spacing between said top panel and auxiliary sheet substantially exceeding the horizontal dimensions of said auxiliary sheet and top panel, between the inner and outer walls at one side of the well,
- said well having cross dimensions within the range of about five inches to about seven inches,
- the body having cross dimensions within the range of about 101/2 inches to about 131/2 inches,
- a flexible sheet receptacle that has a first portion receive din the well, and a second portion overlying and directly supported on said body.
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