US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL on Dec. 23 for "Human waste collection system, for zero-gravity conditions, that automatically closes a used waste bag segment and provides an unused waste bag segment from operation of a seat and flush actuator" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,233, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC. (Windsor Locks, Conn.).

"Human waste collection system, for zero-gravity conditions, that automatically closes a used waste bag segment and provides an unused waste bag segment from operation of a seat and flush actuator" was invented by Rochelle Radawiec (Vernon, Conn.) and Kelly Luker (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human waste collection system, for zero-gravity conditions, the collection system having: a basin having a lower end that defines a lower plane and configured for being positioned against a floor and an uppe...