Combination packable toilet and stool

• US 6,047,414 A
• Filed: 01/26/1999
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GT Products, Inc. (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Original Assignee: Gerald A. Bailey
• Inventors: Bailey, Gerald A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Charles E.
• Application Number:
  US09/238,650
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• Field of Search: 4/460, 4/476, 4/483, 4/484
• US Class Current: 4/484
• 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

The present invention provides a combined toilet and stool that may be deployed as a toilet or a stool. The invention includes an interlockable structure of die-cut paperboard. The unitary structure includes a series of abutting sections that may be arranged to form four walls that define an internal bowl. The walls and bowl are covered by an upper section formed from additional abutting sections. The abutting wall sections include interlockable interior and exterior front panels, a rear panel and two angled side panels. The multiple component upper section includes an interlockable interior seat panel, an exterior seat panel and a selectively displaceable covering seat panel. The interior seat panel abuts the top of the rear panel. The exterior seat panel abuts the top of the exterior front panel. The covering seat panel abuts a side of the exterior seat panel. Appropriate perforations are defined between adjacent panels to enable the abutting panels to be appropriately folded for both storage and assembly. Perforations also bisect each side panel along its longitudinal axis to enable the sides to angle inwardly to form two spaced apart internal pillars beneath the seat panels. Two spaced apart holes and corresponding locking tabs in the front exterior panel and front interior panel respectively permit the interlocking of these two panels. The invention may be stored in a compacted configuration in conventional shrink wrap packaging. The folded configuration may be bound with a cord. During deployment, the folded configuration is expanded in an accordian-like fashion and the support members are interlocked. The support members include the interior and exterior front panels and the interior seat panel. When used as a toilet, the internal bowl can employ a receptacle to receive wastes or deposit wastes directly on the surface beneath. Appropriate paper for sanitary purposes may be included also.

Claims

1. A combined toilet and stool that may be transformed between a storage configuration and an operative configuration by expanding in an accordion-like fashion when deployed by a user, said combined toilet and stool comprising:

a folding structure including a front wall and a spaced apart, parallel rear wall, said front and rear walls connected by spaced apart, side walls to define an interior bowl with an open bottom and top and wherein each of said sides comprising means to enable said sides to angle inwardly near their middle to form two spaced apart integral internal support pillars and wherein said front wall includes an interior panel and an exterior panel and wherein said interior panel comprises at least one tab and said exterior panel comprises at least one hole adapted to receive said tab during the said transformation; and

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an interlockable interior seat panel and exterior seat panel providing openings aligned to function as a toilet seat and an integral cover for said seat panels.

2. The combined toilet and stool as recited in claim 1 further including a disposable receptacle adapted to be disposed in said bowl to receive waste deposited therein when said combined toilet and stool is used as a toilet.

3. The combined toilet and stool as recited in claim 2 further including a paper dispenser affixed to said cover.