Articulable training toilet apparatus

An articulable training toilet apparatus for use by a child in cooperation with a supporting toilet seat of a conventional toilet, and which can alternatively be used as a stand alone toilet on independent ground and table surfaces, said articulable training toilet apparatus comprising:

• seat means for providing a platform upon which a child may sit, said seat means including a top side, a bottom side, an outer peripheral edge, and an inner peripheral edge which defines an aperture for the passage of human waste there through;
• leg means operably attached to said seat means for providing elevated support to said seat means when said articulable training toilet apparatus is utilized as said stand alone toilet upon said independent surfaces,
• said leg means including leg relocating means for alternatively deploying and retracting said leg means from operable contact with said independent surfaces;
• said articulable training toilet apparatus being usable as a stand alone toilet when said leg means are in said deployed position with said leg means operably contacting said independent surfaces to elevate same, and alternatively usable in operable cooperation with said supporting toilet seat of a conventional toilet when said leg means are in said retracted position, while said toilet seat supports said articulable training toilet apparatus through operable contact with and support of said retracted leg means;
• said leg means being configured so as to preclude obstruction of said waste passage aperture in said seat means when said leg means are in either one of said alternative deployed and retracted positions,
• said leg means having a top end and a bottom end, a rear end and a front end, and an inner surface and an outer surface;
• said leg means further having said outer surface of same in operable contact with said supporting toilet seat of said conventional toilet, when said leg means are in said retracted position, for usable cooperation of said apparatus with said conventional toilet;
• said leg relocating means comprising one or more hinge elements between said leg means and said seat means,
• each said hinge element having a first section integrally positioned adjacent said outer peripheral edge of said seat means, and a second section positioned adjacent to said top end of said leg means, with a shaft element operably and pivotably positioned therebetween said first and second sections, to, in turn, facilitate pivotal movement of said leg means relative to said seat means, towards relocation between said deployed and retracted positions,
• said one or more hinge elements further including locking means for releasably securing said leg means into their said deployed position so as to preclude said leg means from collapsing inwardly toward their said retracted position when an individual is using said articulable training toilet apparatus as said stand alone toilet, as well as to preclude said leg means from collapsing outwardly during said use by an individual,
• said locking means comprising one or more notches integrally formed in the inner surface of said leg means, and a locking tab element formed into the outer peripheral edge of said seat means,
• said locking tab element springedly engaging with said one or more notches upon positioning of said leg means in said deployed position relative to said seat means to substantially restrain said leg means in said deployed position, towards precluding the inward and outward collapse of same.

An articulable training toilet apparatus for use by a child in cooperation with a supporting toilet seat of a conventional toilet, and which can alternatively be used as a stand alone toilet on independent ground and table surfaces, said articulable training toilet apparatus comprising:

• seat means for providing a platform upon which a child may sit, said seat means including a top side, a bottom side, an outer peripheral edge, and an inner peripheral edge which defines an aperture for the passage of human waste there through;
• leg means operably attached to said seat means for providing elevated support to said seat means when said articulable training toilet apparatus is utilized as said stand alone toilet upon said independent surfaces,
• said leg means including leg relocating means for alternatively deploying and retracting said leg means from operable contact with said independent surfaces;
• said articulable training toilet apparatus being usable as a stand alone toilet when said leg means are in said deployed position with said leg means operably contacting said independent surfaces to elevate same, and alternatively usable in operable cooperation with said supporting toilet seat of a conventional toilet when said leg means are in said retracted position, while said toilet seat supports said articulable training toilet apparatus through operable contact with and support of said retracted leg means;
• said leg means being configured so as to preclude obstruction of said waste passage aperture in said seat means when said leg means are in either one of said alternative deployed and retracted positions,
• said leg means having a top end and a bottom end, a rear end and a front end, and an inner surface and an outer surface;
• said leg means further having said outer surface of same in operable contact with said supporting toilet seat of said conventional toilet, when said leg means are in said retracted position, for usable cooperation of said apparatus with said conventional toilet;
• said leg relocating means comprising one or more hinge elements between said leg means and said seat means,
• each said hinge element having a first section integrally positioned adjacent said outer peripheral edge of said seat means, and a second section positioned adjacent to said top end of said leg means, with a shaft element operably and pivotably positioned therebetween said first and second sections, to, in turn, facilitate pivotal movement of said leg means relative to said seat means, towards relocation between said deployed and retracted positions,
• said one or more hinge elements further including locking means for releasably securing said leg means into their said deployed position so as to preclude said leg means from collapsing inwardly toward their said retracted position when an individual is using said articulable training toilet apparatus as said stand alone toilet, as well as to preclude said leg means from collapsing outwardly during said use by an individual,
• said locking means comprising a portion of said outer peripheral edge of the top side of said seat means directly abutting with a portion of said inner surface of said leg means, proximate said top end of said leg means, when said leg means are in said deployed position so as to further preclude the inadvertent outward collapse of said leg means when weight is applied to said articulable training toilet apparatus when used as said stand alone toilet.