US 12,220,731 B2
Waste disposal system
Rick Duncan, Covington, KY (US)
Assigned to Blue Bagger, Inc., Covington, KY (US)
Appl. No. 18/004,890
Filed by Blue Bagger, Inc., Covington, KY (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/040862
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/011124, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,289, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356272 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B08B 17/02 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (2006.01); E03F 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 17/025 (2013.01) [B64D 11/02 (2013.01); E03F 1/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waste disposal apparatus for servicing a lavatory of an aircraft, the waste disposal apparatus comprising:
an open-top waste receptacle for accidental fallout of a waste debris or a chemical solution from the aircraft, the waste receptacle including a plurality of sidewalls that are joined to and extend upwardly from a floor, the plurality of sidewalls further joined to each other at their side edges, the floor and the plurality of sidewalls together forming a bounds of a workspace within an interior of the waste disposal apparatus, a tall sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls forming a barrier between a user and the interior of the waste receptacle;
an orifice disposed within the tall sidewall, the orifice configured to allow a user to extend their hands from an exterior of the waste disposal apparatus into the workspace of the interior of the waste disposal apparatus;
a face shield disposed atop and operatively connected to the sidewall, a substantial portion of the face shield substantially transparent to allow viewing of the workspace of the interior of the waste disposal apparatus from the exterior of the waste disposal apparatus; and
a plurality of hose ports disposed within the tall sidewall of the waste receptacle, the plurality of hose ports comprising:
a waste hose port, the waste hose port configured to facilitate the transport of waste from the aircraft by allowing a waste hose to extend from the exterior of the waste disposal apparatus through to the interior of the waste disposal apparatus, the waste hose not connected to the waste hose port and free to move within the waste hose port; and
a rinse/refill hose port, the rinse/refill hose port configured to facilitate the transport of a chemical solution to the aircraft by allowing a rinse/refill hose to extend from the exterior of the waste disposal apparatus through to the interior of the waste disposal apparatus, the rinse/refill hose not connected to the rinse/refill hose port and free to move within the rinse/refill hose port.