Patent ID: 6948196

Claim:
A portable lavatory apparatus for use in conjunction with a portable bathroom facility having conventional toilet seat secured directly upon the surface of a waste holding tank, said portable lavatory apparatus, comprising: a generally planar member having an opening therein and having a top surface and a bottom surface; four telescoping support members extending from said bottom surface of said planar member, each of, said four support members comprising a lower telescoping section having a top end, a central portion, and a bottom end, said bottom end of said lower telescoping section comprising a first non-skid footing and said central portion of said lower telescoping section comprising a second non-skid footing, an upper telescoping section in communication with said lower telescoping section, said upper telescoping section capable of moving into at least one position relative to said lower telescoping section, and a means for securing said upper telescoping section in said at least one position relative to said lower telescoping section; four hinge mechanisms securing said plurality of support members to said bottom surface of said planar member, said four hinge mechanisms capable of allowing said four support members to rotate from a perpendicular open position to a parallel closed position relative to said planar member such that when said four support members are in said perpendicular open position said first non-skid footings engage the surface of the waste holding tank, and when said four support members are in said parallel closed position said second non-skid footings engage the surface of the waste holding tank preventing contact with the conventional toilet sear secured thereupon.