Portable Toilet with Telescoping Frame for Quick Setup and Breakdown
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional portable toilet systems are large, cumbersome, and require substantial effort to set up, break down, and transport, making them unsuitable for quick deployment and use in situations where privacy and restroom facilities are needed but not readily available.
Innovation Solution
A compact, lightweight portable toilet structure featuring a frame with telescoping supports, a hinged seat, and an outer shell that can be easily assembled and disassembled, providing privacy and functionality while occupying a small footprint, with features like anchor portions for stability and wheels for mobility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional portable toilet systems are used, then privacy and restroom functionality are provided, but the systems are large and require substantial effort to erect, break down, and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The portable toilet is divided into multiple telescoping supports (vertical and horizontal) that can independently extend and collapse, allowing the structure to be segmented for easy storage and quick deployment without requiring complex assembly procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The toilet structure employs dynamic telescoping supports with hinged connections that allow the frame to transition between collapsed and erected states through simple vertical motion, eliminating the need for complex assembly and disassembly operations
2Ease of operation
If conventional portable toilet systems are used, then privacy and restroom functionality are provided, but the systems require substantial effort to transport
Solution Approach 1:
The horizontal supports are nested within the vertical supports when collapsed, and the entire structure can be stored within a container, dramatically reducing the volume and effort required for transport while maintaining structural integrity when erected
3Ease of operation
If the portable toilet structure is made compact and lightweight, then ease of transport and storage is improved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The telescoping supports incorporate hinged connections with diameter depressions that provide dynamic stability when erected, allowing the lightweight structure to maintain rigidity and resist lateral forces while remaining portable when collapsed
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure merges multiple telescoping supports with hinged connections to create a triangulated stable geometry, providing structural stability equivalent to heavier conventional systems while maintaining lightweight portability
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus includes a frame, where the frame includes a plurality of telescoping vertical supports, a plurality of telescoping horizontal supports hingedly connected to a respective vertical support of the plurality of vertical supports, and a telescoping main cross bar hingedly connected to and extending between at least two of the vertical supports situated in a diameter depression in the at least two of the vertical supports. A seat is hingedly connected to the main cross bar, and an outer shell is operatively connected to a respective portion of the frame defining a plurality of walls.