US1526726A

US1526726A - Camp toilet

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Publication number: US1526726A
Application number: US630794A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles A Townsend
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-04-09
Filing date: 1923-04-09
Publication date: 1925-02-17
Anticipated expiration: 1942-02-17

Description

C. A. TOWNSEND Feb. 17; 1925.

CAMP TOiLET Filed April 9, 1925 m m m m Charlesimwn sena' Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

CAMP TOILET.

Application rfiled Aprils, 1923. Serial No. 630,794;

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Be 1t. known that 1, CHARLES A1. TOWN- SEND, a citizen of the: United States, residing, at Canandaigua, 1n the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented cerr tain, new. anduseful Improvements in Camp.

Toilets, of whichthe following is a specification.-

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved type of collapsible camp toilet that canbe quickly setup or knocked down and. carried about in its collapsedlform as a comparatively small package.

This andioth'er objectsof this invention will be fully illustrated inthe drawing, de scribed in the specification and pointed. out in the claims at the end thereof.

. In the accompanying. drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view. of the camp toilet with a portionof' the tent covering it partly broken away.

Figure 2 is a. vertical sectional view of one of the locking joints between. two of the upright sections forming the support of thecamp toilet.

In the several-figures of the. drawing, like reference numerals indicate like parts.

The camp toilet], forming the subject matter of this invention isintended for camp ers who travel in. automobiles and erect a temporary camp when and wherever they find. a suitable spot. for such a camp. For this reason the camp toilet is: so constructed that it can be carried about as a small parcel and when needed can be quickly erected and afterwards also quickly knocked down.

As illustrated in the drawing, the camp toilet comprises an upright 1 that is made up of three channel shaped

sections

2, 3 and 1. These channel sections are made to telescope into each other and when extended as illustrated in Figure 1 are locked in their extended position by means of the spring dogs 5 and 6. The spring dog 5 is mounted on the back of the channel section 2 near the top thereof and the pin 7 carried thereon is adapted to engage through the hole 8 provided near the top of the lower channel section 2 into the hole 9 provided near the bottom of the upper channel section 3. The engagement of the pin 7 into these two holes locks the section 3 to the end of the section. 2. A similar locking arrangement is provided between the ends of the channel sections- 3 and 4.

At the top of the channel section 1 a pair of horizontalbrackets 10 andll. are formed to project laterallly fromthischannel.section. T0 theouter. end of each of these bracketsis pivotedan arm 12 that. canibe swung into the horizontal position illustrated inFigure 1. On-top of. each: of the arms12 ispivoted a second arm 13-.having anv angular extension 14: formed thereon at the inner end thereof; The arms 13 are adapted to be swunglaterally into anangular. position with relation to the arms 12 to which they are pivoted as illustrated in Figure 1. In this position the angular ex tensionlet is adapted to project into a slot formed by the bracket 11 and. another bracket 15. mounted above the bracket 11 and parallel thereto. The engagement of the angular extension ltofthe arm13 under the bracket 15 operates to lOCkI both the arm 12 andthe arm 13 in the extended horizontal position.illustrated in Figure 1.

After the upright. 1 fie-erected, a suitable canvas tent 16 is-adapted to be placed over the arms 12 and. 13.. The sides, endand front of this tent are provided with suite able anchoringpinsorstakes 17 withwhich thesides, end and front of the tent can be anchoredto theiground to provide sufficient room on the. inside thereofas illustrated in the drawing. The front of the tent; is; slit to provide an entrance to the tent and the two sections of the front formed in this way may be hooked together on the inside of the tent by means of suitable locking means.

The lower end of the channel section 2 of the upright 1 is anchored in the ground by means of the sliding stake 18. This stake is mounted on the back of the channel section 2 and is held in place thereon by means of two

sleeves

19 and 20. These sleeves may be struck up from the back of the channel section and form an integral part thereof.

Besides the stake 18 the uprlght 1 is also provided with a pair of horizontal supporting

arms

21 and 22. These arms are pivoted to the side of the channel section 2 and in their laterally extended position illustrated in Figure 1, rest against the under side of the lugs 23 struck up from the sides of the channel section 2. \Vhen therefore the upright 1 is anchored to the ground by means or the stake 1S and the

arms

21 and 22 have been swung into the horizontal position illustrated in the drawing the arms form a substantial base for the upright which with the help of the stake hold the upright in its perpendieular position.

in the hannel section 2 is provided the seat which is formed by two horizontally extending arins 2d and These arms are mounted on the outer ends of the shaft mounted in the bearing The bearing 27 is struck up from the back of the channel section and allows the arms to swing down on the sides of the channel section until the arms rest on the lugs 28 tornied on he sides of this section. The lugs 28 then hold the arms in the horizontal position to form the seat.

As pointed out above, the channel sections and the parts mounted thereon are collapsible. Thus the three channel sections are made to telescope into each other. The arms 13 can be swung so as to lay parallel to the arms 12 and also allow these arms with the arms 13 to swing down against the side of the collapsed channel sections.

The arms 2st and 25 forming the seat are made to swing up against the sides of the channel section. The same is true of the

arms

21 and 22 that can be swung up against the side of the channel sections below the arms Q-tl and 25. The slidingstake 19 can slide up on the back oi the channel section and in that way all of the extendible parts of the upright can be folded up so that all of the parts of the upright make a parcel that is not much larger than the channel section 2 alone.

The outer ends of the

arms

12 and 13 may be padded with a piece of rubber hose that is slipped over the free end o1 these arms or any other suitable padding may be provided thereon.

I claim:

1. In a camp toilet, the combination of an upright formed of three sections adapted to telescope into each other, a pair of arms hinged to the upper section of said upright, a second pair or" arms pivoted on said first pair of arms near the hinged end and extending forwardly and outwardly, extensions formed on the inner ends of said second pair of arms, a pair of spaced brackets mounted on each side of the top of the upper section 01" said upright, said first pair of arms being hinged under the lower brackets, said extension of said second pair of arms being; adapted to engage between the pairs of brackets and hold said first and said second pair oi arms in a horizontal position with relation to said upright, a tent supported by said upright and said two pairs o1" arms.

2. In a camp toilet, the combination of an upright formed of three sections adapted to telescope into each other, a pair of arms hinged to the upper section of said upright, a second pair of arms pivoted on said first pair of arms near the hinged end and er;- tcndingforwardly and outwardly, extensions formed on the inner ends oi said second pair of arms, a pair of spaced brackets mounted on each side of the top 0t thew, per section ot' said. upright. said first pair of arms being hinged under the lower brackets, said extension of said second pair of arms being adapted to engage between the pairs of brackets and hold said first and second pair of arms in a horizontal position with relation to said upright, a tent supported by said upright and said two pairs of arms. spring pressed locking dogs mounted on said telescoping sections, said spring pressed lO('l ing dogs being adapted to lock said telescow ing' sections together in their extended position.

In testimony whereof I atfiX my signature CHARLES A. TOVVNSEN iii