Disposable toilet

• US 5,524,301 A
• Filed: 01/20/1995
• Issued: 06/11/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David Mcguire
• Original Assignee: David Mcguire
• Inventors: McGuire, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Charles E.
• Application Number:
  US08/376,032
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 4/449, 4/476, 4/483, 4/484
• US Class Current: 4/460
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/02 Dry closets, e.g. incinerator closets
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/30 Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change

Abstract

A lightweight, portable toilet which is disposable after use. The apparatus is comprised of sturdy biodegradable, environmentally safe corrugated paper board which is capable of being incinerated or buried in the earth'"'"'s surface after use. The disposable toilet is comprised of a seat member which is placed over the top of a substantially rectangular base member. The seat member contains a rounded rectangular opening. The bottom of the base member is open so as to allow human waste excretions to fall into a pre-excavated hole in the earth'"'"'s surface located directly underneath the toilet. After use, the toilet can be moved to a new location or disposed of and the hole covered with soil.

Claims

1. A disposable toilet device comprising:

a base member, comprising at least one die-cut sheet of rigid material, adapted to be folded, thereby defining a planar aspect of said seat member, bordered by a plurality of downwardly projecting sidewalls;

a seat member, comprising at least one die-cut sheet of rigid material, adapted to a be folded, thereby defining a planar aspect of said seat member, bordered by a plurality of downwardly projecting sidewalls;

a central opening defined in said planar aspect of said seat member, said central opening having at least two flaps projecting inwardly from a perimeter of said central opening; and

a slot in the top edge of at least two sidewalls for receiving said at least two projecting flaps of said seat member in order to secure said base member to said seat member, thereby forming a substantially rigid structure.

2. The toilet device of claim 1, wherein said base member further comprises a plurality of substantially rectangular flanges projecting outwardly from said top edge of said base member.

3. The toilet device of claim 2, wherein said base member further comprises a plurality of score lines thereon to facilitate folding said sheet of rigid material to form a substantially rectangular periphery of sidewalls, thereby defining said interior hollow space.

4. The toilet device of claim 1, wherein said seat member further comprises a plurality of substantially rectangular flanges formed on a plurality of edges of said sheet of rigid material, thereby forming said plurality of downwardly projecting sidewalls.

5. The toilet device of claim 4, wherein said seat member further comprises a plurality of score lines thereon, to facilitate folding said sheet of rigid material to form said plurality of downwardly projecting sidewalls.

6. The toilet device of claim 4, wherein said central opening defined in said planar aspect of said seat member is substantially rectangular in form.

7. The toilet device of claim 6, wherein said means for interlocking said seat member to said top edge of said base member further comprises a plurality of reciprocating slots formed in said base member for receipt of said inwardly projecting flaps formed in said central opening of said seat member.

8. The toilet device of claim 1, wherein said rigid material is comprised of corrugated paper board.

9. The toilet device of claim 8, wherein said base member and said seat member are formed by cutting, scoring and bending flat pieces of said corrugated paper board.

10. A method of constructing a disposable toilet device comprising:

cutting out at least one base member and at least one seat member from a flat piece of rigid material, each comprising a substantial rectangular form and having a plurality of rectangular flanges extending from at least one edge of said form;

scoring at least one side of said form to produce a plurality of score lines;

folding said base member along said plurality of score lines to form a substantially rectangular form thereby defining a hollow space;

folding said flanges of said base member, formed along said at least one edge of said rectangular form, along said plurality of score lines, toward said interior hollow space;

cutting a central opening within said seat member such that said central opening includes at least two inwardly projecting flanges extending from a perimeter of said opening;

folding said flanges of said seat member along said plurality of score lines to form a plurality of sidewalls projecting downward from a planar aspect of said seat member;

cutting at least two slots in a top perimeter of said base member to coincide with said at least two inwardly projecting flanges of the seat member;

positioning said seat member, with said sidewalls projecting downward, on said edge of said base member;

interlocking said at least two inwardly projecting flanges of said seat member within said at least two slots of said base member to form said toilet device; and

positioning said toilet device over a pre-excavated hole in the earth'"'"'s surface.

11. The method of forming a toilet device of claim 10, wherein said step of interlocking said seat member to said base member comprises positioning a plurality of flaps projecting from said seat member into a plurality of reciprocating slots formed on said base member.