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Abstract

Ultra-light weight, compact, self-contained, easily stored and transported, disposable alternative to portable toilets and potties (“the Device”) comprised of impermeable bag fused or adhered to annular (round, oval or rectangle) frame in such manner that bottom portion of bag extends downward through frame forming collection pouch with top portion of bag extending upward through frame but gathered below outer edge of frame and held in place by lip at frame's outer edge. Frame holds bag open for collection of body waste. Frame is gripped at edges to hold the Device against the buttocks (similar to positioning of toilet seat) while spreading feet and squatting to push or release body waste into bag. Top portion of bag is then pulled up from securing frame lip where a sufficient amount of upper part of bag is twisted and then knotted sealing in body waste and its odor ready for disposal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a disposable toilet used; in outdoor activities such as driving, camping, and fishing; in civil engineering and construction sites where there are no permanent toilets; in disasters as earthquake and the like.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Generally, one would need to use the disposable toilet to eliminate solid and liquid body waste in places where there are no permanent toilets; such as outdoor activities like driving, camping and fishing; such as civil engineering and construction sites; or in emergency disasters such as earthquake. Various portable toilets used in such situations have been proposed in the related art.[0003]Among them, the portable toilets share the characteristics of structure comprised of seat and / or collection pail or bucket of sturdy enough construction necessary to support body weight while maintain their shape not only while in use, but also when stored or transported. Absent from the current art are devices that a...

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Benefits of technology

[0018]The invention of the disposable toilet permits, for the first time, easy, convenient, access to sanitary collection and disposal of solid and liquid human waste during: hiking, driving, or fishing; drives to remote construction sites with a vehicle full of required materials for tasks to be performed at the site; or natural or manmade disaster when many permanent toilets are unavailable or inoperable.

[0019]Specifically, the present invention also referenced to herein as “the device” (an ultra-light weight, compact, single use, self-contained disposable alternative to the portable potty) can be used in the following situations where it has the advantage of being much lighter in weight and much more compact in its physical dimensions than portable toilets or portable potties and where its single use application makes its use much more sanitary.

[0020]In natural disasters including earthquake, hurricanes, tornados and major floods the disposable toilet of the present invention can be quickly and economically distributed by government agencies and private relief organization to disaster victims where normal sanitary facilities are no longer operating or are otherwise unavailable. Because the device can be relatively inexpensively manufactured, stored and transported...supplies can be maintained in advance for immediate distribution to any affected area. Such distribution could be made quickly en mass to temporary housing centers, other overcrowded emergency centers as well as to individual homes. The light weight and compactness of the device makes possible needed sanitation to prevent the spread of disease which can occur without this type of sanitary protection for each individual person and the public as a whole.

[0021]The device is sufficiently light-weight and compact for use by the military during their maneuvers, while on patrol, while fighting in urban, rural or remote war zones without permanent toilets or where access to toilets would be unwelcomed by local inhabitants or otherwise unsafe to approach or use.

[0022]Hospitals can use the present invention for patients who are confined to bed by having patient lie on their side at the edge of the bed and pushing the annular frame up against patient's buttocks allowing patient to push and release waste into the bag portion of the device. The device can also be used for patients who are nauseas to vomit into the device providing the same easy sanitary collection by tying the upper part of the bag into a knot.

[0023]Nursing Homes can use the present invention for patients who are confined to bed by having patient lie on their side at the edge of the bed and pushing the annular frame up against patient's buttocks allowing patient to push and release waste into the bag portion of the device. The device can also be used for patients who are nauseas to vomit into the device providing the same easy sanitary collection by tying the upper part of the bag into a knot.

Problems solved by technology

Sometimes it is not feasible to use a public restroom when nature calls and a more immediate and rapidly available solution is required.

Portable potties can serve some of this need but their use is limited because they are cumbersome to store and inconvenient to transport due to their bulkiness and weight.

A portable toilet or portable potty is generally not connected to permanent plumbing, it may or may not be connected to a surrounding structure and is moveable but inconvenient to store or transport since it is bulky and may weigh several pounds.

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