Portable stacking and nesting toilet

• US 4,807,308 A
• Filed: 12/11/1987
• Issued: 02/28/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kenneth A. Roddy, Luann H. Person
• Original Assignee: Kenneth A. Roddy, Luann H. Person
• Inventors: Person, LuAnn H., Roddy, Kenneth A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JACYNA, J CASIMER
• Application Number:
  US07/131,632
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 4/449, 4/450, 4/451, 4/452, 4/453, 4/458, 4/476, 4/483, 4/484, 4/479, 4/461, 4/474, 4/475
• US Class Current: 4/483
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/06 Chamber-pots bed pans or other sanitary devices for bed-ridden persons A61G9/00; Throw-away urinals for non-bedridden persons; Chamber-pots for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like

Abstract

A portable stacking and nesting toilet comprises a small cup member which will nest inside a larger cup-shaped member, a seat member having a central opening, and a resilient sealing lid. The bottom of each cup has a raised lip which will engage the lip of the other cup and the open top ends of the cups have an annular rim. The seat member has a groove which engages the rim of the larger cup. In the stored position, the smaller cup nests inside the larger one and the bottom of the larger cup fits inside the seat opening. When assembled for use, the smaller cup is inverted with the resilient lid installed on its rim to serve as a non-skid base and the larger cup is installed upright on the inverted smaller one to engage the bottom lips. A watertight bag is placed in the upright larger cup with the open end of the bag folded over its rim. The seat is placed on the rim of the larger cup to secure the top of the bag on the cup rim and the toilet is ready for use. After use, the seat is removed, the bag is disposed of and the members are nested in the stored position. If there is no convenient location for disposing of the used bag, it may be placed inside the smaller cup and sealed with the lid.

Claims

1. A portable stacking and nesting toilet comprising;

a first or smaller cup-shaped member having a bottom wall and an integral sidewall extending upwardly therefrom which terminates in an open top end,

a second or larger cup-shaped member having a bottom wall and an integral sidewall extending upwardly therefrom which terminates in an open top end, and

said first or smaller cup-shaped member sufficiently smaller than the second or larger cup-shaped member to be slidably received substantially therein in an upright nested position.

the bottom portions of said smaller cup-shaped member and said larger cup-shaped member each configured to releasably engage one another when placed end to end in an opposed stacked position,

the bottom portion of said larger cup-shaped member configured to releasably engage the open top end of said smaller cup-shaped member when placed thereon in an upright stacked position, and

a seat member having its underside configured to releasably engage the open top end of the uppermost cup-shaped member of the stacked cup-shaped members when placed thereon and having a central opening therethrough smaller than the open top end of the uppermost member and said seat member configured to receive the bottom portion of said larger cup-shaped member in the nested position.

2. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 including

a waterproof bag member of sufficient size to be placed inside the uppermost cup-shaped member of the stacked cup-shaped members with its open end folded over the open top end of said uppermost cup-shaped member and releasably held thereon when said seat member is placed on the open end of same said cup-shaped member.

3. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 including

at least one circular cover member formed of resilient material having a flat surface and a peripheral raised lip configured to releasably engage the open end of said cup-shaped members in a watertight sealing engagement.

4. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 3 in which

said cover member when installed on the open end of said lowermost cup-shaped member in the opposed stacked position providing a non-skid base and when installed on the open end of said smaller cup-shaped member with the cups in the nested position providing a watertight closure therefor allowing it to be used for a storage container.

5. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 3 including

a deoderizer element capable of being releasably secured to said cover member to mask undesirable odors.

6. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 including

a deoderizer element capable of being releasably secured to said cup-shaped members to mask undesirable odors.

7. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 6 in which

said deoderizer element provided with adhesive attachment means for releasably securing it to said cup shaped members.

8. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 including

a carrying bag for transporting the portable toilet in the nested position and having attachment means for releasably attaching the bag to other objects.

9. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 8 in which

said bag attachment means comprises a drawstring top closure arrangement.

10. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 including

a waterproof bag member of sufficient size to be placed inside the uppermost cup-shaped member of the stacked cup-shaped members with its open end folded over the open top end of said uppermost cup-shaped member and releasably held thereon when said seat member is placed on the open end of same said cup-shaped member,

at least one circular cover member formed of resilient material having a flat surface and a peripheral raised lip configured to releasably engage the open end of said cup-shaped members in a watertight sealing engagement, said cover member when installed on the open end of said lowermost cup-shaped member in the opposed stacked position providing a non-skid base and when installed on the open end of said smaller cup-shaped member with the cups in the nested position providing a watertight closure therefor allowing it to be used for a storage container,

a deoderizer element capable of being selectively releasably secured to said cup-shaped members and said cover member to mask undesirable odors, and

a carrying bag for transporting the portable toilet in the nested position and having attachment means for releasably attaching the bag to other objects.

11. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 in which

said seat member having its underside configured to releasably engage the open top end of said larger cup-shaped member and having a central opening therethrough, said opening being smaller than the open top end of said larger cup-shaped member and larger than the bottom portion of said larger cup-shaped member to slidably receive the bottom portion therein.

12. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 in which

the bottom portions of said smaller and said larger cup-shaped members each have a cylindrical raised lip extending a short distance beyond their bottom wall in axial alignment with the longitudinal cup axis and spaced radially inward from the sidewall to define an annular shoulder on the sidewall lower portion,

the raised lip of said smaller cup-shaped member of sufficient size to be slidably received within the inner diameter of the raised lip of said larger cup-shaped member to releasably engage said cup-shaped members with one another when placed end to end in an opposed stacked position, and

the raised lip of said larger cup-shaped member of sufficient size to be slidably received on the open top end of said smaller cup-shaped member when placed thereon in an upright stacked position to releasably engage the open top end of said smaller cup-shaped member therewith.

13. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 12 in which

the annular shoulder on the bottom portion of said smaller and larger cup-shaped members each has an inwardly curved radius at the juncture of said lip with the sidewall.

14. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 12 in which

the circumferential edge of the open end of each said smaller and larger cup-shaped members is an outwardly rounded annular rim.

15. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 12 in which

the annular shoulder on the bottom portion of said smaller and said larger cup-shaped members each has an inwardly curved radius at the juncture of said lip with the sidewall,

the circumferential edge of the open end of each said smaller and larger cup-shaped members is an outwardly rounded annular rim,

the inwardly curved radius of said smaller cup-shaped member being of sufficient size to engage the outwardly rounded annular rim of said larger cup-shaped member when placed thereon in an upright stacked position, and

the underside of said seat member having an inwardly curved shoulder to releasably engage the outwardly rounded annular rim of said larger cup-shaped member when placed thereon.

16. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 15 in which

the interior depth and diameter of the sidewall of the larger cup-shaped member is greater than the length and exterior diameter of the smaller cup-shaped member such that the smaller cup-shaped member may be slidably received in a nested condition within the larger cup-shaped member with the raised lip of the smaller cup-shaped member resting on the bottom wall of the larger cup-shaped member and the annular rim of the smaller cup just above the top of the rim of the larger cup-shaped member.

17. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 15 in which

the top of the opening of said seat member is curved corresponding to the radius of the curved portion of the shoulder of said larger cup-shaped member such that when the bottom portion of said larger cup-shaped member is placed on the seat opening, the raised lip of the larger cup-shaped member is slidably received within the opening and the larger cup-shaped member is releasably engaged in an upright position on the seat.

18. The portable stacking and nesting toilet according to claim 1 in which

the height of the nested cup-shaped members being slightly greater than the height of said larger cup-shaped member and the height of said cup-shaped members in the stacked position for use being approximately twice the height of said larger cup.