Patent ID: 6061845
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A47K,Y02A

Abstract:
A portable plastics stool, comprising:an enclosing wall assembly made of plastic;a flat seat made of plastic and having an opening therethrough for use as a toilet;the enclosing wall assembly having a rectangular configuration in plan view in an extended state and being collapsible to a folded state, the enclosing wall assembly including:a pair of right and left side walls facing one another;a pair of transverse walls each consisting of vertical halves hinged by mediate joints to each other in such manner that said vertical halves are capable of swinging only between a position assumed when said enclosing wall assembly is in said extended state presenting said rectilinear configuration and a position thereof when in said folded state;each of said side walls having a front and rear vertical edges hinged by corner joints to the transverse walls at lateral and vertical edges thereof adjacent to said vertical edges of the side wall; andwherein a back side of the seat has at least one member capable of fittably engaging at least one other member formed on an upper end of each of said side walls of the enclosing wall assembly, such that when said enclosing wall assembly is opened to the extended state from the folded state and fittably engaged with said seat, said extended state of said enclosing wall assembly is achieved during set-up and maintained during active use without use of any supplemental base support structure.