US1575131A - Portable toilet - Google Patents

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March 2 1926. 61,575,131

E. M. SCHUMACHER PORTABLE TOILET Filed April 8, 1925 Etta May Sehunaachgr Patented Mar. 2, i925.

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ETTA MAY scHUMAoHEn, or sTooKTon, CALIFORNIA.

PORTABLE TOILET.

Application filed April 8, 1925. Serial No. 2 1,499.

1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ETTA MAY SCHU- MAGHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Toilets; and I do declare the following to 7 beafull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part. of this application. 1

This invention relates to. improvements in camping equipment or accessories, the

principal object of my invention being to provide a portable, toilet structure which may be set up in any desired location relative to a camp and will then afiord the user complete privacy.

A further object is to construct the apparatus in such a manner that it may be very quickly set up for use and asquickly disassembled, and which when set up will provide a substantially tent-like enclosure which is directlysupported from and then practically forms a part of the toilet structure.

' of space.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective each made of a single piece of wood, the

for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a'perusal of the following. specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of the complete structure as set up and ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the side en closure removed. v

i 3 is a side viewv of the seatmember in sectioni Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the upper end of one of the enclosure supporting members. i

Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the struc' ture as dismantled and packed ready for transportation.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the'drawings, 1

and 2 denote a pairof flat elements forming a seat and preferably. are of equal size. These elements are hinged together on their under side by'hinges 3, so that saidaele ments may be folded down to lie against eachother and will when outstretched form a continuous plane surface. and the hinges areof such substantial char- These parts acter that whenthus outstretched to form I a seat they will not tend to buckle or collapse with any reasonable weight thereon. The members 1 and 2am provided with the necessary oval opening 4, whose major axis preferably" extends transversely of the hinged edges of said members.

- Adjacent the four outer corners of the seat on the under sidethereofare sockets 5, sunk therein so that their lower edges lie practically flush with the bottom ,of the seat.

These sockets removably receive the upper ends of legs 6 whichsupport the seat a suitable distance from the ground. The legs are interchangeable in the sockets and preferably have a bayonet lockconnection of well known type therewith, sothat if desired the seat may be lifted up and shifted from one place to another without the legs comingout. If preferred however, a quicksthread screw connection may be used between the legs and sockets instead of the other form of lock. The seat pieces are preferably edges being lined with a metal strip 7 to protect the same and prevent warping.

The front seat piece 1 carries on each side just in front of the hinged edge vertical is refined with at secured in a bridge or cross-bar 12 adapted to extend over to the top section 9 of the other standard, which latter section carries a pin 13 on top over which the adjacent end of the cross-bar removably fits. By employing a hinge connected between the bar and the standard section, said bar when not in use may be folded down alongside and outside of said section, as indicated in Fig. 1. When arranged for use the strain is taken off the hinge since one end of the bar rests on the head 10 and the other end on top of the opposite standard.

The standard sections are all interchangeable except the upper ones, which of course are easily identified by reason of their part ticular construction and the lack of the slipjoint sockets on top.

Pivoted at one end on top of the bar 12 centrally between the ends thereof is a relatively short arm 14 arranged for horizontal swinging movement.

' Vihen not in use this arm is turned to lie on the bar 12, but when in operation 'is adapted to support a surrounding enclosure 15 of canvas or the like which is open from the top to the bottom at the front, as shown in Fig. 1.

This enclosure is adapted to extend from the top of the standards to the ground and is so shaped and cut that while at its upper end the length of the top edge is such as to only extend between the standards and from the latter to the outer end of the arm 12 in the form of a triangle; at its lower end the length of the edge is sufficient to extend all about the seat in spaced relation thereto in the form of arectangle.

The enclosure therefore has a diverging slope all around from top to bottom, so that there is plenty of room for the feet and legs of the user inside the enclosure without bulging the same outwardly.

To hold the enclosure from undesired removal from the standards and arm, the arm 14 has upwardly projecting pins 16 at both ends, while a similar pin 17 projects from the arm 12 above the head 10. The pin 13 already provided on the section 9 is also used.

The upper edge of the enclosure is provided with a corresponding number of eyes 18 arranged in properly spaced relation to removably fit over the above described pins. When the enclosure is thus connected up, it will be seen that the arm 14 is held against swinging movementfrom one side to the other since the canvas extends taut between the standards to said arm.

The lower corners of the enclosure may be fastened or heldto the ground by tent pegs '19 so as to secure the enclosure in proper spaced relation to the seat and prevent the wind from dislodging the same, without of course I interfering with the front flaps formed between two corresponding corners.

The provision of the forwardly extending pins.

By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that all parts detachable from the seat and from eachother, except the enclosure, are of such. length that they may all be disposed alongside the folded seat without projecting be-. yond the same. The parts when thus arranged relative to each other may then be all held together by a'suitcase handle strap structure of ordinary character as indicated at 20. The structure will then be as compact in size as the ordinary Stllt-CZLFG and as easy to carry around or stow away.

If desired, however, a receptacle of canvas of other suitable material could be provided in which to pack the various parts instead of using the straps.

A pocket 21 of convenient size is preferably provided on the inner face of the enclosure 15, to one side or the other of the seat. 7

If desired only the standard to which the bar 12 is permanently attached may be employed, omitting the other one. In this case, the one standard would of course be made with sufficient inherent rigidity to support the weight of the enclosure without bending over.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

lVhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from'the spirit ofthe invention as defined by the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A portable toilet comprising a seat adapted to be supported from theground, a standard projecting upwardly from the seatand demountably supported therefrom, a

bar mounted on top of the standard and adapted to extend horizontally across the plane of the seat or to be folded to lie alongside the standard, an arm pivoted-onto said bar and adapted to extend horizontally at an angle thereto or to lie in alignment therewith, and a flexible side enclosure for the seat hung from the ends of the bar and from the outer end of the arm.

2. A portable toilet comprising a seat adapted to be supported from the ground, a standard projectingupwardly from the seat and demountably supported therefrom, a bar hinged at one end on top of the standard and adapted to extend horizontally across the plane of the seat or to be folded to lie alongside the standard, demount-able means for supporting the other end of the bar from the seat, and a flexible side enclosure for the seat adapted tobe detachably hung from the ends of the bar and the outer end of the arm.

3. A portable toilet comprising a seat adapted to be supported from the ground, standards projecting upwardly from opposite sides of the seat and demountably supported therefrom each section being formed of a number of sections demountably secured together, a cross bar flexiblyv A adapted to be detachably hung from the top means mounted in connection with said first named means for supporting the top of the enclosure centrally between the said opposed points and in substantially the vertical plane of the front of the seat, said enclosure slop ing outwardly from the top down whereby the enclosure will lie'outwardly of the front of the seat at the level thereof,

5. A portable toilet comprising aseat, demountable legs for thevseat, a flexible side enclosure for theseat above the same, and a standard from which the enclosure detachably depends projecting upwardly from the seat and demountably supported therefrom, said standard being formed of a number of detachable sections; the length of the legs and of said sections being not greater'than the length of one side of the seat, whereby when the parts are dismounted from the seat and from each other they may lie alongside of the same without projecting therebeyond.

- 'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ETTA MAY SCHUMAOHER.

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