Combined portable stool and toilet

• US 6,889,393 B1
• Filed: 07/09/2003
• Issued: 05/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jim Rinaldo
• Original Assignee: Jim Rinaldo
• Inventors: Rinaldo, Jim
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Charles E.
• Application Number:
  US10/615,271
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: 448/0, 448/3, 448/4, 446/0, 424/21, 297/16.2, 297/18
• US Class Current: 4/484
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/04 Room closets; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets, e.g. night chairs ; Closets for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like

Abstract

A combined portable stool and toilet includes a frame selectively positionable between folded and unfolded positions. The combined stool and toilet further includes a seat member removably connectable to the frame for allowing a user to sit thereon. The seat member has an aperture formed therein for receiving a bag therethrough wherein a portion of a bag is disposed above and over a perimeter of the aperture so that when a user sits thereon the bag will be maintained in place by the weight of a user. Advantageously, a user to may displace excretions downwardly into the bag while seated on the present invention. The apparatus may further include a seat cover removably connected to the frame and foldable over the aperture for covering same. The apparatus may further include Velcro for assisting to maintain the seat cover at a folded position.

Claims

1. A portable stool comprising:

a frame selectively positionable between folded and unfolded positions;

a seat member removably connectable to said frame for allowing a user to sit thereon, said seat member having an aperture formed therein and for receiving a bag therethrough wherein a portion of a bag is disposed above and over a perimeter of said aperture so that when a user sits thereon said bag will be maintained in place by the weight of a user thereby allowing a user to displace excretions downwardly into a bag while seated on said stool;

a first plurality of elongate leg members each having opposed top and bottom end portions and being removably connectable to each other generally medially thereof;

a second plurality of elongate leg members each having opposed top and bottom end portions and being removably connectable to each other generally medially thereof, said first and second pair of lea members being spaced from each other;

a plurality of elongate connector members having opposed end portions removably connectable between said top portions of said first and second plurality of leg members respectively; and

an elongate support member having opposed end portions removably connected to one said first plurality of leg members and one said second plurality of leg member respectively, said support member assisting to maintain said frame at an unfolded position.

2. The stool of claim 1, further comprising a seat cover removably connected to said frame and being foldable over said aperture for covering same.

3. The stool of claim 1, wherein said seat member is connected to said plurality of connecter members and is disposed therebetween.

4. The stool of claim 2, wherein said seat cover is connected to one said plurality of connector members.

5. The stool of claim 2, further comprising means for assisting to maintain said seat cover at a folded position.

6. The stool of claim 5, wherein said maintaining means comprises hook and loop material.

7. The stool of claim 1, further comprising a carrying case, said stool able to be disassembled and stored in said carrying case during non-use conditions.

8. A portable toilet comprising:

a frame selectively positionable between folded and unfolded positions;

a seat member removably connectable to said frame for allowing a user to sit thereon, said seat member having an aperture formed therein and for receiving a bag therethrough wherein a portion of a bag is disposed above and over a perimeter of said aperture so that when a user sits thereon said bag will be maintained in place by the weight of a user thereby allowing a user to displace excretions downwardly into a bag while seated on said stool;

a seat cover removably connected to said frame and being foldable over said aperture for covering same;

a first plurality of elongate leg members each having opposed top and bottom end portions and being removably connectable to each other generally medially thereof;

a second plurality of elongate leg members each having opposed top and bottom end portions and being removably connectable to each other generally medially thereof, said first and second pair of leg members being spaced from each other;

a plurality of elongate connector members having opposed end portions removably connectable between said top portions of said first and second plurality of leg members respectively; and

an elongate support member having opposed end portions removably connected to one said first plurality of leg members and one said second plurality of leg member respectively, said support member assisting to maintain said frame at an unfolded position.

9. The toilet of claim 8, wherein said seat member is connected to said plurality of connecter members and is disposed therebetween.

10. The toilet of claim 8, wherein said seat cover is connected to one said plurality of connector members.

11. The toilet of claim 8, further comprising means for assisting to maintain said seat cover at a folded position.

12. The toilet of claim 11, wherein said maintaining means comprises hook and loop material.

13. The toilet of claim 8, further comprising a carrying case, said stool able to be disassembled and stored in said carrying case during non-use conditions.

14. A combined portable stool and toilet comprising:

a frame selectively positionable between folded and unfolded positions;

a seat member removably connectable to said frame for allowing a user to sit thereon, said seat member having an aperture formed therein and for receiving a bag therethrough wherein a portion of a bag is disposed above and over a perimeter of said aperture so that when a user sits thereon said bag will be maintained in place by the weight of a user thereby allowing a user to displace excretions downwardly into a bag while seated on said stool;

a seat cover removably connected to said frame and being foldable over said aperture for covering same;

means for assisting to maintain said seat cover at a folded position;

a first plurality of elongate leg members each having opposed top and bottom end portions and being removably connectable to each other generally medially thereof;

a second plurality of elongate leg members each having opposed top and bottom end portions and being removably connectable to each other generally medially thereof, said first and second pair of leg members being spaced from each other;

a plurality of elongate connector members having opposed end portions removably connectable between said top portions of said first and second plurality of leg members respectively; and

an elongate support member having opposed end portions removably connected to one said first plurality of leg members and one said second plurality of leg member respectively said support member assisting to maintain said frame at an unfolded position.

15. The combined portable stool and toilet of claim 14, wherein said seat member is connected to said plurality of connecter members and is disposed therebetween.

16. The combined portable stool and toilet of claim 14, wherein said maintaining means comprises hook and loop material.

17. The combined portable stool and toilet of claim 14, further comprising a carrying case, said stool able to be disassembled and stored in said carrying case during non-use conditions.