Oversized Portable Restroom With Standardized Footprint

Abstract

A portable plastic resin restroom has an expanded interior space while maintaining a footprint with a standard depth dimension facilitating transport of the structure with conventional equipment. The depth dimension corresponds to that of conventional “utility” sized portable restrooms, and increased interior space is achieved by providing a width dimension half again as big. Its base has two or more runners, at least two of which are spaced at another industry standard dimension for transport equipment used to haul utility sized structures.

1 . A portable plastic resin restroom, comprising:
 a cabin defining an enclosed interior;   a tank disposed within the cabin interior for holding waste material; and   a base supporting the tank and the cabin, the base having a depth dimension corresponding to a standardized dimension and a width dimension corresponding to about 1.5 times the standardized dimension.   
   
   
       2 . The portable restroom of  claim 1 , wherein the standardized dimension is equal to a depth of a standard utility sized portable restroom. 
   
   
       3 . The portable restroom of  claim 1 , wherein the standardized dimension corresponds to a cabin footprint of about 41 inches deep by 41 inches wide. 
   
   
       4 . The portable restroom of  claim 3 , wherein the depth dimension of the base is about 41 inches and the width dimension is about 61 inches. 
   
   
       5 . The portable restroom of  claim 1 , wherein the base includes runners spaced apart in the width dimension. 
   
   
       6 . The portable restroom of  claim 5 , wherein the runners are spaced apart a second standardized dimension. 
   
   
       7 . The portable restroom of  claim 6 , wherein the second standardized dimension is about 40 inches. 
   
   
       8 . The portable restroom of  claim 6 , wherein there are at least three runners, two of which are spaced at the second standardized dimension. 
   
   
       9 . The portable restroom of  claim 8 , wherein a third runner is spaced from the next runner at about ⅓ of the width dimension. 
   
   
       10 . The portable restroom of  claim 8 , wherein there are four runners, first and second pairs of which are each spaced at the second standardized dimension. 
   
   
       11 . The portable restroom of  claim 8 , wherein the first pair of runners has one runner disposed between the second pair of runners. 
   
   
       12 . The portable restroom of  claim 8 , wherein the other of the first pair of runners is spaced from the second pair of runners at about ⅓ of the width dimension. 
   
   
       13 . The portable restroom of  claim 5 , wherein the base further includes a frame to which the runners are mounted supporting a floor panel. 
   
   
       14 . The portable restroom of  claim 13 , wherein the frame includes one or more structural channel members. 
   
   
       15 . The portable restroom of  claim 13 , wherein the runners define an integral mounting section fitting within the one or more channel members. 
   
   
       16 . The portable restroom of  claim 15 , wherein the mounting section includes an elongated groove receiving a lip of the associated one or more channel members. 
   
   
       17 . The portable restroom of  claim 5 , wherein the cabin has an access opening and a runner located proximate to the access opening extends a lesser distance than at least one other of the runners. 
   
   
       18 . The portable restroom of  claim 17 , wherein the runner proximate the access opening does not extend beyond a wall of the cabin defining the access opening. 
   
   
       19 . A portable plastic resin restroom, comprising:
 a cabin defining an enclosed interior;   a tank disposed within the cabin for holding waste material; and   a base having a frame supporting the tank and the cabin and at least two runners supporting the frame, wherein the base has a depth dimension corresponding to a standardized dimension corresponding to a depth of a conventional utility sized portable restroom and a width dimension corresponding to about 1.5 times the standardized dimension, and wherein the runners are spaced in the width dimension at a second standardized dimension.   
   
   
       20 . A portable plastic resin restroom, comprising:
 a cabin defining an enclosed interior;   a tank disposed within the cabin for holding waste material; and   a base having a frame supporting the tank and the cabin and at least three runners supporting the frame, wherein the base has a depth dimension corresponding to a standardized dimension corresponding to a depth of a conventional utility sized portable restroom and a width dimension corresponding to about 1.5 times the standardized dimension, and wherein two of the runners are spaced at a second standardized dimension and the third runner is spaced from the next runner by about ⅓ of the width dimension of the base.