Patent Abstract:
A portable toilet is disclosed. The portable toilet includes a portable toilet seat and a portable cabana. The portable toilet seat includes a foldable base in a shape of conventional toilet seat. The foldable base includes seat members defining an open center for excretion of waste therethrough. Further, the portable toilet seat includes a receptacle removably connected to the seat members for covering operative back position of the open center and to receive the waste excreted through the open center. The portable cabana includes an extendable hollow cylindrical body which is extended up to a predetermined height during operation. Further, an opening is provided at an operative top position and at an operative bottom position of the body to allow accommodation of the portable toilet seat within the body.

Full Description:
FIELD OF INVENTION 
       [0001]    The present disclosure relates to the field of portable toilets. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to portable toilets, which are foldable, collapsible and usable at any location. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    In many underprivileged parts of the world, people are facing challenges on day-to-day basis due to scarcity of toilets or latrines. Still today, many undeveloped countries are facing sanitation problems. Many have to leave privacy of their shelters to perform one of the most basic human needs. They are conditioned to using unhygienic, often unsafe areas for their task. 
         [0003]    In other scenarios, such as at construction and recreation sites portable toilets are often used which are normally made of metal sheets or a wooden material. These portable toilets are generally heavy due to which lot of transport difficulties arise during shifting from one place to another. Further, these toilets need septic tanks or a sewage pipe system to be fitted with them which results in increased operational and construction cost. Furthermore, there are no proper disposing solutions for the waste of these portable toilets, which results in increased danger of epidemics. 
         [0004]    Sometimes, facilities available in public lavatories are unsanitary and one has to suffer if no other alternative is available. Conventionally, some disposable toilet seats, such as disposable covers are available however there are many disadvantages to these disposable covers. 
         [0005]    Thus, there is felt a need to alleviate drawbacks associated with conventional disposable toilet facilities. There is a need to address the demand of toilets that can be cost effective, portable, easy to use and easily available. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0006]    A portable toilet seat is disclosed. The portable toilet seat includes a foldable base configured in a shape of a conventional toilet seat, wherein the foldable base includes seat members defining an open center for excretion of waste therethrough. Each of the seat members includes a first end and a second end, wherein the seat members are connected with each other through a plurality of perforations provided at the first end and the second end of each of the seat members, to enable folding of the foldable base. The portable toilet seat further includes a receptacle removably connected to the seat members for covering operative back position of the open center, wherein the receptacle is configured to receive the waste through the open center. 
         [0007]    A portable cabana is disclosed. The portable cabana includes an extendable hollow cylindrical body configured to be extended up to a predetermined height during operation. Further, an opening is provided at an operative top position and at an operative bottom position of the body to allow accommodation for a user within the body. Furthermore, the body is foldable into a predefined shape in an event the user is not accommodating within the body. 
         [0008]    A portable toilet is disclosed. The portable toilet includes a portable toilet seat and a portable cabana. The portable toilet seat includes a foldable base in a shape of conventional toilet seat. The foldable base includes seat members defining an open center for excretion of waste therethrough. Further, the portable toilet seat includes a receptacle removably connected to the seat members for covering operative back position of the open center and to receive the waste excreted through the open center. The portable cabana includes an extendable hollow cylindrical body, which is extended up to a predetermined height during operation. Further, an opening is provided at an operative top position and at an operative bottom position of the body to allow accommodation of the portable toilet seat within the body. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS 
         [0009]    The novel features which are believed to be characteristic of the present disclosure, as to its structure, organization, use and method of operation, together with further objectives and advantages thereof, will be better understood from the following drawings in which a presently preferred embodiment of the invention will now be illustrated by way of example. It is expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration and description only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. Embodiments of this disclosure will now be described by way of example in association with the accompanying drawings in which: 
           [0010]      FIG. 1  illustrates a portable toilet seat in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
           [0011]      FIG. 2  illustrates a perspective view of the portable toilet seat during an operative condition, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
           [0012]      FIG. 3  illustrates a perspective view of unfolding of the portable toilet in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
           [0013]      FIG. 4  illustrates a perspective view of a portable cabana in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; and 
           [0014]      FIG. 5  illustrates a perspective view of a collapsed portable cabana in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0015]    The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing exemplary embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. The terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “including,” and “having,” are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not exclude the presence other features, operations, elements, and/or components thereof. The method steps and processes described in the present disclosure are not to be construed as necessarily requiring their performance in the particular order illustrated, unless specifically identified as an order of performance. 
         [0016]    In an event an element is referred to as being “on”, “engaged to”, “connected to” or “coupled to” another element, it may be directly on, engaged, connected or coupled to the other element, or intervening elements may be present. On the contrary, in an event an element is referred to as being “directly on,” “directly engaged to”, “directly connected to” or “directly coupled to” another element, there may be no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion. Further, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. 
         [0017]    Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as “first,” “second,” and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. 
         [0018]    The portable toilet of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which does not restrict the scope and ambit of the disclosure. The description provided is purely by way of example and illustration. 
         [0019]    The portable toilet of the present disclosure includes a portable toilet seat and a portable cabana. In an embodiment, the present disclosure describes functioning of the portable seat in conjunction with the portable cabana however the functioning and use of the portable seat and the portable cabana are not limited to each other and both may also be utilized as individual units. The portable seat is foldable and the portable cabana is collapsible, due to which the portable toilet of the present disclosure is convenient to carry and helpful in emergency situations. The portable toilet of the present disclosure is quite useful in rural locations where common amenities are not available or a remote location where toilet facilities are not available. The portable toilet of the present disclosure may also find its utility in urban areas of the third world countries where women, men and/or children may perform their toilet activities in privacy using the portable toilet. 
         [0020]    Referring to  FIG. 1 , a portable seat  100  includes a base  102  and a receptacle  104  connected to the base  102 . The base  102  further includes two seat members  102   a  and  102   b . For the purpose of description herein, number of seat members is restricted to two however the number of seat members may be increased for merely facilitating a design choice to a person ordinary skilled in the art. The placement of the seat members  102   a  and  102   b  defines an open center  116  which allows excretion of waste to the receptacle  104  placed underneath the open center  116 . 
         [0021]    As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , perforations  106  are provided at ends of the seat members  102   a  and  102   b . Specifically, perforations  106  are provided at a first end  108   a  and a second end  110   a  of the first seat member  102   a . Further, perforations  106  are provided at a first end  112   b  and at a second end  114 b of the second seat member  102   b . The perforations  106  may also be provided at other locations on the seat members  102   a  and  102   b  for merely facilitating a design choice to a person having ordinary skill in the art. 
         [0022]    In an embodiment, the receptacle  104  is securely connected to the seat members  102   a  and  102   b  in such a manner to cover operative back position of the open center  116 , thereby conveniently receiving all the excreted waste. The receptacle  104  may be extended downwards about the perimeter of the open center  116  (as shown in  FIG. 2 ) and may be securely engaged along the edges of the seat members  102   a  and  102   b.    
         [0023]    Referring to  FIG. 2 , a sealed portable toilet seat  200  is illustrated. During operation, the receptacle  104  extends downward (as shown in  FIG. 2 ) to receive waste being excreted by a user. The base  102  is foldable due to perforations  106  provided at the ends of the seat members  102   a  and  102   b . The perforations  106  facilitate movement of the seat members  102   a  and  102   b  in a direction and a manner being desired by the user. Depending on a location of the perforations  106  on the seat members  102   a  and  102   b , folding of the seat members  102   a  and  102   b  may be performed in different manners and styles (as indicated in  FIG. 3 ), thereby rendering storage and carrying of the portable toilet seat  100  easy and convenient. 
         [0024]    During operation, when the user is done with excretion of waste, the seat members  102   a  and  102   b  may be folded to get sealed with each other. In an embodiment, the seat members  102   a  and  102   b  may be sealed together (as shown in  FIG. 2 ) through a sticker (not shown in figures) pasted on a glue panel (not shown in figures) present on a surface of the seat members  102   a  and  102   b.    
         [0025]    The portable toilet seat  100  is foldable due to presence of the foldable base  102  therein. Referring to  FIG. 3 , the foldable base  102  of the portable toilet seat  100  may be folded to possess varying shapes and sizes as shown in  FIG. 3 . In  FIG. 3 , unfolding states of the portable toilet seat  100  has been shown. During operation, the user may unfold a first state  300  of the portable toilet seat to obtain a second state  400  of the portable toilet seat and subsequently may unfold the second state  400  of the portable toilet seat to obtain another intermediate state  500  of the portable toilet seat. The intermediate state  500  of the portable toilet seat may be unfolded to finally obtain the portable toilet seat  100  of  FIG. 1 . 
         [0026]      FIG. 4  illustrates a perspective view of a portable cabana  700  in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The portable cabana  700  includes a hollow cylindrically body  702 . The body  702  includes a first opening  704  at an operative top position and a second opening  706  at an operative bottom position. The first opening  704  and the second opening  706  enable a user to enter inside the body  702 . In an embodiment, the body  702  includes a room sufficient to accommodate the user sitting in a squat position. Typically, the body  702  is made of a flexible metal wire which may enable the user to increase the room inside the body  702 , if required. In another embodiment, height of the portable cabana  700  is adjustable due to flexible metallic wire body  702 . The user may adjust the height of the portable cabana  700  as per the requirement. 
         [0027]    As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the portable cabana  700  further includes a structure  708  attached at an edge of the body  702  in such a manner to provide shade on the user sitting within the portable cabana  700  and/or to act as head covering for protection against external elements. The structure  708  may be attached removably with the body  702 . Due to the flexible metallic body  702 , the portable cabana  700  may be collapsed during non-operative conditions as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
         [0028]    Referring to  FIG. 5 , the portable cabana  700  may be collapsed into an exemplary first collapsed state  800  which is a circular form or may be collapsed into another exemplary collapsed state  900  which is a “8” formation. Due to collapsible body  702 , it is easy to store and carry the portable cabana  700 . 
         [0029]    In an embodiment, the receptacle  104  may be a bag or pouch made of a plastic, stiff paper or any other waterproof material. The foldable base  102  may be made of a cardboard or a stiff paper which makes the portable seat  100  bio-degradable, cost effective and easy to dispose. 
         [0030]    In an embodiment, the portable toilet seat  100  may be used by a user while squatting within the portable cabana  700  or without the portable cabana  700 . In another embodiment, the portable toilet seat  100  may be placed on a conventional pedestal toilet seat. 
         [0031]    In an embodiment, the portable toilet seat  100  may be painted with florescent colors which help in usage of the portable toilet seat  100  in absolute darkness conditions too.

Technology Classification (CPC): 8