Portable, collapsible toilet
AssigneeFentool, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Fenoglio
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Abstract
A portable, collapsible toilet made of a blank of foldable material and having a row of four side-by-side panels (10), (14), (16), (18) connected by three fold lines (48), (50), (52) to define front, rear and opposed side panels. A top panel 12 is secured to the rear panel (18) by a fold line (28) and includes an opening (20) that may be closed by an integral lid (22). When assembled in a rectangular configuration, a plastic bag (96) may be nested between the panels (10), (14), (16), (18) and the top panel (12) closed thereon.
Claims17
A portable, collapsible toilet made of a blank of rigid but foldable material, said blank having a row of four side by side panels connected by three fold lines to define a front panel, a rear panel and opposed side panels;
- an endmost one of said panels in said row having a fastening means for securement to the other endmost panel in said row;
- two opposite ones of said panels at their upper edges including foldable tabs of a length sufficient to overlap an intermediate one of the panels located between said opposite ones of said panels;
- first and second notches in said intermediate panel near respective ones of said opposite ones of said panels for receipt of said tabs whereby said tabs form opposed support surfaces at the upper edges of said opposite ones of said panels;
- a seat panel connected by a fourth fold line to one of said panels other than said opposite ones of said panels at an upper edge thereof and having a flap adapted to overlie the upper edge of the remaining one of said four panels and said support surfaces;
- means for securing said flap to said remaining one of said panels;
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- a seat opening in said seat panel.
A portable, collapsible toilet made of a blank of rigid but foldable material, said blank having a row of four side by side panels connected by three fold lines to define a front panel, a rear panel and opposed side panels;
- an endmost one of said panels in said row having a fastening means for securement to the other endmost panel in said row;
- two opposite ones of said panels at their upper edges including foldable first flaps that may be directed toward each other when said toilet is erected whereby said flaps form opposed support surfaces at the upper edges of said panels;
- a seat panel connected by a fourth fold line to one of said panels other than said opposite ones of said panels at an upper edge thereof and having a second flap adapted to overlie the upper edge of the remaining one of said four panels and said support surfaces;
- means for securing said second flap to said remaining one of said panels;
- a seat opening in said seat panel spaced bag mounting notches in at least one of said four panels and adjacent said fourth fold line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.