ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,272, issued on March 24.
"Bodily waste harvesting, pathogen destroying, waterless toilet" was invented by Robert Matters (Sturgeon Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urine-harvesting urinal includes a collection conduit having a top opening, a bottom opening, and a side opening disposed on a wall of the collection conduit, a first venting conduit having a first opening near a first end of the first venting conduit and a second opening at a second end of the first venting conduit, configured to transfer air away from the collection conduit and configured to provide negative air pressure, a transition conduit, connecting the...