JP2003019087A - Simple folding toilet bowl made of paperboard - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foldable simple toilet made of cardboard to be easily assembled, folded, housed and carried with excellent withstand load strength. SOLUTION: The simple toilet (10) is formed by the punching forming of one sheet of the cardboard. By horizontally bending one toilet seat forming panel (14R), mounting the edge frame (52) of an excreta housing bag (48) on it and then horizontally bending the other toilet seat forming panel (14L), the simple toilet (10) is assembled. After use, the excreta housing bag (48) is taken out and the simple toilet (10) is thinly folded and housed in a reverse order.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a foldable simple toilet bowl made of paperboard (including corrugated paperboard).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a toilet becomes unusable due to a disaster such as an earthquake, when you want to let a child excrete in a car on a congested road, or when you want to use it as a camping paperboard A foldable toilet bowl is used.

The paperboard simple toilet described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-114618 has a cylindrical main body formed by assembling a single folded paperboard, and a peripheral edge integrally bonded to the inside of the main body. It is equipped with a waste bag made of polymer film. The toilet seat is formed by double-folding the upper edge of the paperboard body inward. The simple toilet described in Utility Model Registration No. 3005974 has a hexagonal tubular body made of paperboard,
The toilet seat with a lid made of paperboard is placed on the tubular body, and the bottom plate is fitted to the bottom of the tubular body. At the time of use, the tubular body is covered with a waste bag made of a polymer film, and a toilet seat is placed on the waste bag to fix the waste bag.

[0004]

In the simple toilet described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-114618, the excrement storage bag cannot be replaced because it is integrally bonded to the tubular body. . Therefore, the paperboard toilet has to be disposable each time, which is not economical. Further, since the toilet seat is formed by double-folding the upper edge of the main body made of paperboard, the load-bearing strength is insufficient and it can be used only by a person with a light weight such as an infant. Utility model registration
Since the simple toilet described in No. 3005974 is assembled from a large number of parts including a tubular body, a toilet seat with a lid, a bottom plate, and a waste container, it takes time and effort to assemble. Moreover, since the plurality of parts are separated separately, they are easily lost and lost.

An object of the present invention is to provide a folding type simple toilet bowl which is formed from a single paperboard and is easy to assemble, fold, store and carry. Another object of the present invention is to provide a foldable simple toilet bowl which is made of paperboard and is excellent in load bearing strength. Another object of the present invention is to provide a foldable simple toilet bowl in which the excrement storage bag can be easily replaced and can be used repeatedly.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A folding simple toilet of the present invention comprises a folded tubular body having a pair of left and right side walls, and a pair of left and right foldable toilet seat forming panels connected to the side walls of the tubular body. These are integrally formed by punching a single board (not only cardboard in a narrow sense, but also corrugated paper). In the simplest embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the tubular body as well as the outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel may be rectangular. The toilet seat forming panel has a central opening. Preferably, means are provided for supporting the free edge of the toilet seat forming panel which is first folded during assembly against the opposite side wall.

At the time of assembly, the left and right toilet seat forming panels are sequentially horizontally folded along the lateral folds toward the side walls facing each other. As a result, the respective toilet seat forming panels respectively bridge the left and right side walls, and the two toilet seat forming panels overlap each other, so that the load of the user can be favorably supported. Further, since this simple toilet can be assembled simply by horizontally bending the left and right toilet seat forming panels, the assembling is extremely simple and there is no risk of parts being scattered.

In a preferred embodiment, the toilet seat forming panel is a laterally inflated outer side, such as a hexagon, an octagon, a boat shape with a pointed front and back, and a chamfered ellipse (a truncated oval). Has a contour. The tubular body also has a cross-sectional shape in which the left and right side walls bulge outward in correspondence with the outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel. With this structure, the side wall of the tubular body bulges outward as the toilet seat forming panel is bent horizontally, so that the toilet seat forming panel is elastically held in a horizontal position by the elasticity of the paperboard, and The shape of the mold body is also retained. Therefore, the prior art bottom plate for retaining the shape of the tubular body is not required, and the number of parts is reduced.

In a preferred embodiment, the paperboard toilet bowl further comprises a disposable waste storage bag. The excrement storage bag has a paperboard frame arranged along the upper opening thereof. At the time of use, the edge frame of the waste storage bag is sandwiched between two vertically stacked toilet seat forming panels, and the waste storage bag hangs down from the central opening of the toilet seat forming panel. The excrement storage bag can be easily set by sandwiching the edge frame between two toilet seat forming panels, and can be easily replaced by raising the upper toilet seat forming panel.

Preferably, a reinforcing material is attached to the back surface of the toilet seat forming panel along the outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel. In a preferred embodiment, a toilet seat support panel is provided which is connected to the front and rear side walls of the tubular body. Preferably, the tubular body has a boat shape having a bow and a stern projecting upward, and a central portion is recessed like a saddle. The above-mentioned features and effects of the present invention, as well as other features and effects, will be further clarified by the description of the following embodiments.

[0011]

1 to 6 show a foldable simple toilet bowl according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to these drawings, basically, the simple toilet 10 includes two foldable toilet seat forming panels 14 that act as toilet seats, and a hollow tubular body that supports these toilet seat forming panels 14 in an assembled state. 12 and. More specifically, the body 12
Is a pair of front and rear side walls 16F, 1 which face each other in the front-rear direction.
6R and a pair of left and right side walls 18 that face each other in the left-right direction
It is composed of L and 18R. In the illustrated first embodiment, the body 12 is configured to have an octagonal shape when assembled, and accordingly, the left and right side walls 18L and 18R are respectively provided with the central panel 20.
It is composed of three panels, L and 20R, front panels 22L and 22R and rear panels 24L and 24R, which are adjacent to the front and rear.

As shown in FIG. 1, these panels 14, 16, 20, 22, 24 constituting the simple toilet 10 are formed by punching out a piece of corrugated paper. As is clear from FIG. 1, a fold line 26 extending in the vertical direction is provided between the respective panels constituting the body 12.
Is preprocessed so that the body 12 can be folded along at least two suitable vertical folds 26 when not in use, as shown in FIG.

The left and right toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R are respectively
It has an elongated octagonal outer contour and has an oval central opening 28. The central openings 28 of the toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R may have the same size, but the central opening 28 of the toilet seat forming panel that is first folded in assembly is smaller than the central opening of the toilet seat forming panel that is folded later. It is preferable to determine that

Each of the toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R is a body 1
2 lateral folds 30 on the upper edges of the left and right side walls 18L and 18R
The left and right side walls 18L and 18R continuously extend upward through the. In the illustrated embodiment having an octagonal fuselage 12 with left and right sidewalls 18L, 18R each consisting of three panels 20, 22, 24, a lateral fold 30 has a horizontal fold corresponding to the upper edge of the central panel 20. A central fold 32 (FIG. 2) and an inclined fold 34 corresponding to the upper edges of the front and rear panels 22, 24. Therefore, the central panel 20 has a rectangular contour and the front and rear panels 22, 24 have a trapezoidal contour.

As shown in FIG. 1, a blank 36 is provided at one end of the punched intermediate product, and the tubular body 12 is completed by adhering it to the back surface of the other end. There is. Instead of connecting the adhesive margin 36 by adhesion, a known fitting structure may be provided at both ends of the intermediate product so that the user can connect both ends at the time of use and disassemble again at the time of storage.

As shown in FIG. 1, the toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R are provided with a reinforcing member 38 made of a corrugated cardboard strip extending in the front-rear direction on the back surface thereof.
It is designed to reinforce 14L and 14R. Also, the front and rear side walls
Above the 16F and 16R, a lateral fold line 40 is provided on the upper edge of the 16F and 16R.
The toilet seat support panel 42 is continuously extended through the. As shown in FIG. 1, at least one of the left and right side walls 18
A support member 44 made of a corrugated cardboard strip that extends in the front-rear direction slightly below the horizontal fold 32 is attached to L or 18R, and the toilet seat forming panel 14L or 14R that is first folded when assembled is free. It is designed to support the edges.

In the simple toilet 10 of the present invention, the excrement storage bag 48 shown in FIG. 5 can be used together. The excrement storage bag 48 is a disposable type, and has a bag 50 made of, for example, a polymer film, and a paperboard frame 52 attached to the bag 50 along the upper opening of the bag 50 by adhesion or the like. The edge frame 52 has the same size as or slightly smaller than that of the toilet seat forming panel 14. When not in use, the excrement storage bag 48 can be folded by folding the edge frame 52 along the longitudinal fold line 54. A sheet 56 of a water-absorbent polymer or powder can be contained in the excrement storage bag 48.

When not in use, the simple toilet bowl 10 of the present invention is
As shown in FIG. 2, it can be stored and carried in a thinly folded state. Alternatively, when both ends are connected by a fitting structure instead of the glue allowance 36, it may be folded further smaller along the appropriate vertical fold line 26.

In use, the left and right side walls 18L and 18R are opened as shown in FIG. 3A, and two toilet seat support panels 42 are laterally folded as indicated by an arrow 58 in FIG. 3B. Fold inward along 40. In this state, the left and right side walls 18L, 18R are separated from each other by a distance equal to the width of the front and rear side walls 16F, 16R.

Next, as indicated by the arrow 60 in FIG. 3B, one of the toilet seat forming panels (for example, the right seat forming panel 14R) is moved toward the opposite side wall along the transverse folds 32 and 34. And fold it horizontally. Since the toilet seat forming panels 14L, 14R have an octagonal outer contour, and therefore the maximum width in the left-right direction is larger than the width of the front and rear side walls 16F, 16R,
When the right toilet seat forming panel 14R is laid horizontally toward the left toilet seat forming panel 14L, the free edge of the right toilet seat forming panel 14R slides along the inner surface of the opposite left toilet seat forming panel 14L, and the central panel 20L. , 20R are pressed against each other and the left and right side walls 18L, 18R are bulged outward.

Since the folds 34 between the front and rear panels 22 and 24 of the side walls 18L and 18R and the toilet seat forming panel 14 are inclined, when the right toilet seat forming panel 14R is bent as shown by the arrow 60, the toilet seat is initially formed. Crease 2 on forming panel 14R
Compressive force is stored on both sides of 6. When the toilet seat forming panel 14R passes over the neutral position and becomes in the over-center state on both sides of the fold line 26 by further bending the toilet seat forming panel 14R, the toilet seat forming panel 14R is snapped down to move downward as shown in FIG. 4 (A). Invert. In this state, the toilet seat forming panel 14R is elastically urged downward due to the elasticity of the paperboard.

The free end edge of the right toilet seat forming panel 14R has a support member 44 attached to the inner surface of the left toilet seat forming panel 14L.
And the reinforcing member 38 can be positioned. In this state, the load acting on the free edge of the right toilet seat forming panel 14R will be supported by the left side wall 18L.

After the right toilet seat forming panel 14R is bent and positioned as described above, the excrement storage bag 48 is set next. In this, the polymer bag 50 of the waste storage bag 48 is inserted through the central opening 28 of the right toilet seat forming panel 14R,
This is performed by placing the edge frame 52 on the upper surface of the right toilet seat forming panel 14R.

Finally, as shown by the arrow 62 in FIG. 4B, when the left toilet seat forming panel 14L is laid down horizontally, the two toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R are attached to each other as shown in FIG. The overlapping frame 5 and the edge frame 5 of the waste storage bag 48 between them.
2 is pinched. The simple toilet 10 is now ready for use. As described above, the simple toilet 10 of the present invention can be assembled very simply by bending the two toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R.

Since the respective toilet seat forming panels 14L, 14R bridge the left and right side walls 18L, 18R, they effectively support the load of the user. The reinforcing member 38, the toilet seat support panel 42, and the toilet seat support member 44 improve the load bearing strength of the paperboard toilet bowl 10. As can be seen from FIG. 6, the front and rear panels 22 and 24 of the left and right side walls 18L and 18R have a trapezoidal shape, so that in the assembled state, the body 12 of the toilet bowl has a protruding tip 6
It has a boat shape with four and a stern 66. These protrusions act as a "kinkushi". After use, the excrement storage bag 48 can be taken out and disposed of. The water-absorbent polymer sheet 56 absorbs and fixes the moisture of excrement. Toilet bowl 1
0 can be thinly folded and stored in the reverse order of the above.

7 to 10 show a folding type simple toilet bowl according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in that the body 12 of the simple toilet 10 and the toilet seat forming panel 14 have a chamfered elliptical (conical elliptical) contour in the front and rear. Therefore, FIGS.
In FIG. 10, the same components as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the repeated description will be omitted.

To explain only the differences, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, each of the toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R has a truncated elliptical contour, and the left and right side walls 18L and 18R and the toilet seat forming panel. The lateral fold line 30 between 14L and 14R is smoothly curved. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG.
When the left and right toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R are bent horizontally around the curved fold line 30, the left and right sidewalls 18 are formed.
L and 18R bulge outward to an elliptical shape, and two toilet seat forming panels
14L and 14R are turned downward and elastically urged. Although not shown, the contour of the edge frame 52 of the waste storage bag 48 can be adapted to the elliptical contour of the toilet seat forming panels 14L and 14R. The manner of assembling, using, and storing the simple toilet according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment and will not be described.

Although not shown in the drawings, as another embodiment, the tubular body may have a rectangular shape that is long in the front-rear direction, a hexagonal shape, an oval shape, a boat shape with a pointed front-back shape, or any other suitable shape. Although a specific embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications and changes can be made. For example, the upper surface of the tubular body may be flat and the front and rear protrusions may be omitted. Further, fitting structures may be provided at both ends of the tubular body so that the user can connect the both ends at the time of use. It is rational and convenient to form the central opening of the toilet seat forming panel in the front-rear direction, but it may be circular or any other shape.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a folding simple toilet according to a first embodiment of the present invention, showing a paperboard after punching as viewed from the back, and broken lines showing folds.

FIG. 2 shows the folding type toilet bowl according to the first embodiment of the present invention thinly folded.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an assembling sequence of the folding simple toilet according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an assembling sequence of the folding type simple toilet according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B show a waste storage bag used in the folding simple toilet of the present invention, FIG. 5A being a side view and FIG. 5B being a perspective view.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the folding simple toilet according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing a folding type toilet bowl according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 3A, showing a foldable simple toilet according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 4 (A) showing a folding type simple toilet according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 6, showing a foldable toilet bowl according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Simple toilet 12: tubular body 14: Toilet seat forming panel 16: Front and rear side walls of the body 18: Left and right side walls of the body 20, 22, 24: Left and right side wall configuration panels 26: Vertical folding of paperboard 28: Central opening of toilet seat 30: Horizontal folds on paperboard 38: Reinforcement material 42: Toilet seat support panel 44: Toilet seat panel support member 48: Waste storage bag 52: Edge frame of waste storage bag 56: Water-absorbent polymer sheet

Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A fold-down type simple toilet bowl formed by punching and molding a sheet of paperboard, wherein at least two tubular bodies having a pair of front and rear side walls and a pair of left and right side walls that face each other are provided. Folded along vertical folds, and a pair of left and right foldable central openings continuously extending upward from the respective side walls through lateral folds provided at the upper edges of the pair of left and right side walls A toilet seat forming panel, and when assembled, each of the pair of left and right toilet seat forming panels bridges the left and right side walls when horizontally bent toward the side wall facing each other along the lateral fold line. A simple toilet bowl made of foldable paperboard. 2. A disposable excrement storage bag disposed inside the body during use, the excrement storage bag comprising an edge frame disposed along an upper opening thereof, and is vertically disposed when in use. The edge frame of the excrement storage bag is sandwiched between a pair of folded toilet seat forming panels, and the excrement storage bag is hung from the central opening of the toilet seat forming panel. Folding paperboard simple toilet bowl based on. 3. The edge frame of the waste storage bag is formed of paperboard, and the edge frame of the waste storage bag is folded along a longitudinal fold line when not in use. Foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl based on 2. 4. Each toilet seat forming panel with a central opening has an octagonal outer contour, and the tubular body exhibits an octagonal cylinder corresponding to the octagonal outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel when assembled, Each side wall of the tubular body is composed of three panels including a central panel and front and rear panels adjacent to the center panel. When assembling, each toilet seat forming panel is horizontally oriented toward the side wall which is relatively rolled along the lateral fold line. The foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each side wall bulges to the left and right when folded. 5. Each toilet seat forming panel having a central opening has a frusto-elliptical outer contour, and the tubular body has an elliptical cylinder corresponding to the elliptical outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel when assembled. 4. When presenting, each side wall bulges laterally when the respective toilet seat forming panels are horizontally bent toward the side wall which is relatively curved along the lateral fold line during assembly. Folding paperboard simple toilet bowl based on either of these. 6. The foldable paperboard simple toilet according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the tubular body has a boat shape having a bow and a stern protruding upward during assembly. 7. Each toilet seat forming panel having a central opening has an octagonal outer contour, and the tubular body exhibits an octagonal cylinder corresponding to the octagonal outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel when assembled, Each side wall of the tubular body is composed of three panels, a rectangular center panel and front and rear trapezoidal panels adjacent to the rectangular center panel, and a lateral fold line provided on the upper edge of each side wall corresponds to the upper edges of the three panels. And a horizontal central fold and front and rear sloping folds adjacent to the horizontal fold, each side wall of each toilet seat forming panel is folded horizontally toward the side wall that is relatively curved along the three folds. A foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to claim 6, which bulges to the left and right. 8. Each toilet seat forming panel with a central opening has a frusto-elliptical outer contour, and the tubular body has an elliptical cylinder that corresponds to the elliptical outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel when assembled. Each of the side walls of the tubular body has a curved upper edge corresponding to the elliptical outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel, and the side walls of the respective toilet seat forming panels relative to each other along the curved fold line during assembly. 7. The foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to claim 6, wherein each side wall bulges laterally when folded horizontally. 9. A foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a reinforcing material is attached to the back surface of the toilet seat forming panel along the outer contour of the toilet seat forming panel. 10. An assembly comprising: a pair of front and rear toilet seat support panels continuously extending upward from respective front and rear side walls through lateral folds provided at the upper edges of the front and rear side walls of the tubular body. At this time, each of the toilet seat support panels is horizontally bent along the respective lateral folds toward the side walls that face each other, and the toilet seat forming panel is folded on the side wall to enhance the support of the toilet seat forming panel. A foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to any one of claims 1 to 9. 11. Foldable paperboard package according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it is provided with means for supporting the free edge of the toilet seat forming panel which is first folded during assembly against the opposite side wall. Toilet bowl. 12. The foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to claim 1, wherein the central opening of the toilet seat forming panel has an elliptical shape that is long in the front-rear direction. 13. The foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to claim 2, further comprising a water-absorbent polymer sheet arranged in the excrement storage bag. 14. A foldable simple toilet bowl formed by punching a sheet of paperboard, wherein a boat-shaped body having at least a pair of left and right curved side walls facing each other is formed along at least two vertical folds. And a pair of left and right sideways having a central opening and continuously extending upward from the respective side walls through lateral folds provided at the upper edges of the pair of left and right side walls and having a boat-shaped outer contour. And a foldable toilet seat forming panel, the side walls of the pair of left and right side walls are horizontally bent when each of the pair of left and right toilet seat forming panels is horizontally folded along the lateral folds. A foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl that bulges in one direction and each toilet seat forming panel bridges the left and right side walls. 15. A foldable simple toilet bowl formed by punching out a sheet of paperboard, wherein a hexagonal tubular body having at least a pair of left and right side walls facing each other is provided along at least two vertical folds. A folded pair, a left and right pair having a central opening and a hexagonal outer contour, which continuously extends upwardly from each side wall through lateral folds provided on the upper edges of each of the pair of left and right side walls. And a foldable toilet seat forming panel, the side walls of the pair of left and right side walls are horizontally bent when each of the pair of left and right toilet seat forming panels is horizontally folded along the lateral folds. A foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl that bulges in one direction and each toilet seat forming panel bridges the left and right side walls. 16. The assembly according to claim 14, wherein the fuselage has a bow and a stern protruding upward during assembly.
Folding paperboard simple toilet bowl based on. 17. A disposable excrement storage bag disposed inside the body during use, the excrement storage bag comprising a paperboard edge frame disposed along an upper opening thereof. Sometimes, the edge frame of the waste storage bag is sandwiched between a pair of left and right toilet seat forming panels that are vertically folded, and the waste storage bag is made to hang down from the central opening of the toilet seat forming panel. A foldable paperboard simple toilet bowl according to any one of claims 14 to 16.