Patent ID: 7020909

Claim:
A portable venting commode, comprising: (a) a portable commode frame structure, (b) a toilet seat attached to said portable commode frame structure; and (c) means for venting vapors to a distal location which is disposed outside of a room where said portable commode frame structure is disposed and wherein said means for venting includes a hose, having first and second ends and wherein the first end of said hose is attached to said portable commode frame structure and wherein the opposite second end of said hose is adapted to exhaust said vapors to said distal location; and wherein said means for venting vapors to a distal location, also includes one fan that is powered by a DC brushless motor and wherein said fan is attached to said hose at one location thereon selected from the first end of said hose; along the length between the first and second ends of said hose; at said second end of said hose and wherein said fan is adapted to generate a negative pressure in at least a portion of said flexible hose that is disposed intermediate said portable commode frame structure and said fan and wherein said fan has a discharge side for venting said vapors to said distal location.