Patent ID: 8201284

Claim:
A portable toilet comprising: a seat and a base segment; a collapsible assembly operatively connected to the seat and the collapsible assembly comprising a plurality of segments located between the seat and the base segment, the collapsible assembly having a compressed state and an expanded state; the collapsible assembly having the base segment at the bottom of the collapsible assembly; at least one support arm for securing the collapsible assembly in the expanded state, said support arm having at least two vertically spaced apart inserts, the at least two vertically spaced apart inserts are configured to releaseably engage with at least two segments of said plurality of segments of the collapsible assembly, each of said at least two segments comprise a support hole configured to receive one of said inserts to support the collapsible assembly in the expanded state; and, the at least one support arm having a retained peg; the base segment having a retaining hole receiving the retained peg; the retaining hole having a stop to retain the retained peg within the retaining hole; the retained peg movable within the retaining hole to allow the at least one support arm to move from an engaged support position where the arm supports the toilet in the expanded state to a disengaged position.