Portable toilet

Patent 6023792 Issued on February 15, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 21, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 119851 filed on 07/21/1998

US Classes:

4/484, Flexible material4/458, Automobile4/460Field

Examiners

Primary: Phillips, Charles E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Chase & Yakimo, L.C.

International Class

A47K 011/06

Abstract

A portable toilet for attachment to a vehicle trailer hitch comprises a toilet seat pivotally attached to a frame. The toilet includes extendable legs for supporting the front portion of the toilet seat and frame under the weight of a user. The legs are pivotally attached to the frame and thus can be rotated to a position adjacent and parallel to side arms of the frame when not in use or for transport and storage. The camping toilet further includes a waste collection assembly having a waste bag removable attached thereto, the assembly being slidably positioned beneath the toilet seat. A mounting assembly includes a bar which secures the toilet within a selected pair of the plurality of inclined slots presented by a mounting bracket. Accordingly, the height of the toilet above the ground is regulated. The mounting bracket is fixedly attached to a draw bar for mounting the overall camping toilet to a box hitch or ball hitch of a vehicle. Alternatively, the camping toilet can include a pair of hook-like support arms for hanging the toilet upon a tire of a vehicle.