Outdoor sanitation system including an urinal unit for temporary placement and frequent transport

Abstract

A sanitation system and a method for transporting such a sanitation system includes a urinal unit which has a unit body having at least one urinal compartment and at least one urinal unit accessory which has an accessory body. An outer shape of the accessory body is adapted to an inner shape of the inner compartment of the unit body. A close fit between the urinal unit accessory and the inner compartment of the unit body is obtainable to provide a stable transport assembly. Preferably, the urinal unit is provided with a compartment lock member and the urinal unit accessory is provided with a cooperating accessory lock member.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A sanitation system for temporary providing at least one urinal, wherein the sanitation system comprises:
 a urinal unit including an unit body with at least one urinal which unit body has an upstanding wall including a left and right sidewall which are opposite positioned to each other and together delimit an inner space forming a urinal compartment for providing privacy to a user while standing in front of the urinal; and   at least one releasable urinal unit accessory, e.g. a reservoir or a hand wash station, to be used as a separate accessory in combination with the urinal unit, wherein the urinal unit accessory comprises an accessory body which has an outer shape which fits inside the urinal compartment of the unit body of the urinal unit, wherein an outer shape of a lower portion of the accessory body is adapted to an inner shape of a lower region of the urinal compartment, such that the urinal unit accessory is placeable in the urinal compartment with a close fit to obtain a stable transport assembly of the sanitation system to prohibit undesired shifts of the at least one urinal unit accessory in the urinal compartment.   
     
     
         2 . The sanitation system according to  claim 1 , wherein the outer shape of the lower portion of the accessory body substantially equals to the inner shape of the lower region of the urinal compartment. 
     
     
         3 . The sanitation system according to  claim 1 , wherein at least two urinal unit accessories combined together form an accessory assembly having a lower portion which has an outer shape which substantially equals to an inner shape of a lower region of the urinal compartment. 
     
     
         4 . The sanitation system according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the urinal compartment and the accessory body comprises at least one lock member for holding the accessory body in the urinal compartment. 
     
     
         5 . The sanitation system according to  claim 4 , wherein the at least one accessory body fits by a form closure inside the urinal compartment of the unit body. 
     
     
         6 . The sanitation system according to  claim 4 , wherein the unit body comprises a compartment lock member for holding an accessory body in the urinal compartment. 
     
     
         7 . The sanitation system according to  claim 6 , wherein the compartment lock member is integrally formed with the unit body and integrally formed with the upstanding wall or the compartment lock member is integrally formed with the urinal in which in the urinal has a urinal bowl opening which forms the compartment lock member, wherein the accessory lock member is adapted to cooperate with the compartment lock member in the transport assembly of the sanitation system when the urinal unit accessory is placed inside the urinal compartment. 
     
     
         8 . The sanitation system according to  claim 4 , wherein the accessory lock member is integrally formed with the accessory body. 
     
     
         9 . The sanitation system according to  claim 7 , wherein the accessory body has an outer side which is provided with an urinal recess for receiving the urinal when the accessory body is placed in the urinal compartment, wherein the urinal has a urinal bowl opening which forms the compartment lock member and wherein the accessory lock member is formed as a male locking member to be inserted into the urinal bowl opening. 
     
     
         10 . The sanitation system according to  claim 6 , wherein the compartment lock member is complementary shaped to the accessory lock member, wherein the compartment lock member and the accessory lock member together form a pair of a male and a female locking member. 
     
     
         11 . The sanitation system according to  claim 10 , wherein the compartment lock member is a male lock member formed by a protrusion, in particular a lock ridge, positioned in the urinal compartment, in particular on at least one of the sidewalls or the urinal. 
     
     
         12 . The sanitation system according to  claim 10 , wherein the accessory lock member is a female lock member formed by a lock recess at an outer circumferential side of the accessory body. 
     
     
         13 . The sanitation system according to  claim 1 , wherein the accessory body is a reservoir for storing a liquid volume external from the unit body, which reservoir has a hollow reservoir body including at least one reservoir port for fluidly connecting the reservoir to the urinal unit or wherein the accessory body is a hand wash station for washing hands which hand wash station comprises a sink on top of a support body or, wherein the accessory body is a garbage bin for collecting garbage. 
     
     
         14 . The sanitation system according to  claim 1 , wherein the accessory body is a conduit cover for covering a conduit extending from the unit body. 
     
     
         15 . A urinal unit for a sanitation system according to  claim 1 , wherein the urinal unit comprises a unit body formed by an upstanding wall, which upstanding wall includes at least two each other facing sidewalls forming an inner space in between said sidewalls which inner space defines an urinal compartment for a user to stand in front of an urinal, wherein the unit body further comprises at least one compartment lock member for holding an urinal unit accessory inside the urinal compartment. 
     
     
         16 . The urinal unit accessory for a sanitation system, wherein the urinal unit accessory comprises an accessory body having a lower portion with an outer shape which corresponds with an inner shape of a urinal compartment of an accompanying urinal unit, such that the accessory body is placeable in the urinal compartment to obtain a transport assembly. 
     
     
         17 . A restroom area comprising at least one sanitation system according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         18 . The restroom area according to  claim 17 , wherein the restroom area comprises an array of urinal units in which at least one urinal unit accessory is positioned in between neighbouring urinal units, in which at least one urinal unit accessory is positioned against a side of a urinal unit, such that a sanitary wall is formed. 
     
     
         19 . A method for transporting a sanitation system comprising the steps of:
 providing a sanitation system according to any of the  claim 1  in which the sanitation system comprises an urinal unit which has a unit body having at least one urinal compartment, and at least one urinal unit accessory which has an accessory body, wherein an outer shape of the accessory body is adapted to an inner shape of the urinal compartment of the unit body, such that a close fit between the urinal unit accessory and the urinal compartment of the unit body is obtainable; and   placing the accessory body into the urinal compartment to obtain a transport assembly of the sanitation system.   
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19  further comprising a step of:
 locking the urinal unit accessory to the urinal unit by at least one of a compartment lock member and an accessory lock member.