ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,801, issued on Sept. 9.
"Portable toilet" was invented by Ronald Tamez (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable toilet for disposing evacuated body waste includes an outhouse comprising a housing and a waste tank. The waste tank is mounted in the housing and defines a waste chamber therein. An adapter drain is mounted to the bottom of the housing. The adapter drain comprises a tube which is configured to be in fluid communication with a sewer cleanout pipe such that the tube facilitates draining waste from the waste chamber to the sewer cleanout pipe."
The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2023, under Application No...