Portable aviation lavatory service apparatus

摘要

A compact, self-contained servicing apparatus for onboard lavatories on private aircraft and other vehicles comprises a reservoir container with a lid coupled to a flexible hose bearing a standard lavatory clean-out coupling on its opposite end. The coupling mates with a clean-out port beneath the lavatory of the vehicle. The hose permits contents of the onboard lavatory to flow under gravity into the container. The device includes a rinse bucket for pouring rinse water through the lavatory and for refilling the lavatory with disinfect and fluid. The device also optionally contains gloves, goggles, towels and other supplies used in the self-service process, and a second lid seals the container for transporting lavatory effluent to a disposal area. In one embodiment, the components of the apparatus nest within the container to form a service kit that stores onboard the vehicle when it is not in use.

主权项

1. A lavatory service apparatus for a vehicle having an onboard lavatory, the lavatory service apparatus comprising
at least one reservoir container, each of said at least one reservoir containers having substantially cylindrical walls extending between a closed reservoir container bottom and an open reservoir container mouth and defining at least one reservoir container interior, said reservoir container bottom having a reservoir container bottom diameter; a drain lid adapted to couple to the open reservoir container mouth, said drain lid surrounding and defining a drain aperture communicating through said drain lid into said at least one reservoir container interior, the drain lid further having a hose coupling journaled within said drain aperture; a tubular drain hose coupled to said hose coupling by a proximate hose end and extending to a distal hose end bearing a drain coupling adapted to couple to said onboard lavatory; and at least one rinse chamber; each one of said at least one rinse chamber having
conical rinse chamber walls diverging upwardly between a rinse chamber bottom and a rinse chamber mouth, said rinse chamber bottom having a rinse chamber bottom diameter smaller than said reservoir container bottom diameter, said rinse chamber being adapted to journal within one of said at least one reservoir container interior with said rinse chamber bottom juxtaposed said reservoir container bottom and said rinse chamber walls displaced a spaced distance inside the cylindrical walls to create storage cavities between the at least one rinse chamber and the cylindrical walls.