Personal, portable, folding toilet seat

Abstract

A personal, portable, folding toilet seat is provided. The personal, portable, folding toilet seat includes a plurality of support sections and a plurality of hinges. Each of the hinges is configured to connected adjacent support sections together. The personal, portable, folding toilet seat is configured for a first, deployed orientation and a second, stowed orientation. In the second, stowed orientated, the plurality of support sections are stacked upon each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A personal, portable, folding toilet seat comprising:
 a plurality of support sections; and   a plurality of hinges, each of the hinges configured to connected adjacent support sections together;   wherein the personal, portable, folding toilet seat is configured for a first, deployed orientation and a second, stowed orientation, wherein in the second, stowed orientated, the plurality of support sections are stacked upon each other.   
     
     
         2 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of support sections include a first support section, a second support section, a third support section, a fourth support section, a fifth support section and a sixth support section. 
     
     
         3 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 2 , wherein the first support section is rotatably connected to the second support section with a first hinge. 
     
     
         4 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 2 , wherein the second support section is rotatably connected to the third support section with a second hinge. 
     
     
         5 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 2 , wherein the third support section is rotatably connected to the fourth support section with a third hinge. 
     
     
         6 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 1 , wherein the personal, portable, folding toilet seat is formed as a unitary, one-piece structure. 
     
     
         7 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 1 , wherein the personal, portable, folding toilet seat is formed from ethylene vinyl acetate material. 
     
     
         8 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of hinges has the form of a line of weakness in the ethylene vinyl acetate material. 
     
     
         9 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 1 , wherein the personal, portable, folding toilet seat is configured for placement on an upper surface of a bowl of a conventional seatless toilet. 
     
     
         10 . The personal, portable, folding toilet seat of  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of support sections cooperate to define an opening that aligns with an opening in the bowl of the conventional seatless toilet. 
     
     
         11 . A method of using a personal, portable, folding toilet seat comprising the steps of:
 connecting a plurality of adjacent support sections together with a plurality of hinges;   orientating the plurality of adjacent support sections in a first deployed arrangement; and   folding the plurality of adjacent support sections into a second, stowed orientation, wherein in the second, stowed orientated, the plurality of support sections are stacked upon each other.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , including the step of forming a first support section, a second support section, a third support section, a fourth support section, a fifth support section and a sixth support section. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , including the step of connecting the first support section to the second support section with a rotatable first hinge. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , including the step of connecting the second support section to the third support section with a rotatable second hinge. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , including the step of connecting the third support section to the fourth support section with a rotatable third hinge. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , including the step of forming the personal, portable, folding toilet seat is formed as a unitary, one-piece structure. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , including the step of forming the personal, portable, folding toilet seat from ethylene vinyl acetate material. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , including the step of forming each of the plurality of hinges as a line of weakness in the ethylene vinyl acetate material. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , including the step positioning the personal, portable, folding toilet seat on an upper surface of a bowl of a conventional seatless toilet. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , including the step of arranging the plurality of support sections to define an opening that aligns with an opening in the bowl of the conventional seatless toilet.