Patent ID: 11866924
Assignee: MAG AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle toilet sanitation and security feature for a vehicle toilet comprising a toilet bowl and a toilet shroud, wherein the toilet shroud is an outer shell covering the toilet bowl that provides support for a user, with an airflow space provided between the toilet bowl and the toilet shroud, wherein the vehicle toilet sanitation and security feature comprises:
the toilet shroud comprising a material that can optically change a transparency of the toilet shroud, the material comprising (a) a first configuration wherein the toilet shroud is transparent such that accumulation of waste or contraband underneath the toilet shroud is visible and (b) a second configuration wherein transparency of the toilet shroud is optically changed to opaque or non-transparent, wherein health inspection or security personnel can selectively render the toilet shroud transparent for sanitation or security checks.