ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,676, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Jag Mobile Solutions Inc. (Howe, Ind.).

"Portable restroom" was invented by William L. Gibson (Angola, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable restroom with a base spaced apart from a ceiling. There are a plurality of walls therebetween that together define an interior of the restroom with one or more toilets. The restroom has at least one door configured to provide ingress into the interior. A plurality of fork tine ports are provided over the door that receive forklift tines for moving the portable restroom by its ceiling."

The patent was filed on Oct. 31, 2024, under Application No...