Abstract: The present invention is a urine bag comprising a bag portion and a collar comprised of a single piece of plastic and having a top edge, a medial edge, two distal edges, and an inside face. A tab extends outward from each of the distal edges. The collar further comprises a lip that extends at least partially around the top edge two sets of ridges on the inside face of the collar. The ridges are positioned such that they form a closure mechanism when the collar is folded along the medial edge. The plastic collar extends into the bag portion approximately one-fifth of the length of the bag portion.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 1, 2011
Publication date:
September 6, 2012
Applicant:
Phillips Environmental Products, Inc. d/b/a Cleanwaste
Inventors:
Timothy Lorin Jacobson, Marci Yamasaki, Michael Wayne Hetherington
Abstract: A method of treating human and/or animal waste products comprising contacting the waste products with an effective amount of Fusarium culmorum and Muscodor albus, together with a buffering agent and starch. The treatment process covered by the present invention can be employed in connection with pit toilets, portal a toilets, disposable waste bags, or any other environment in which the treatment of human and/or animal wastes is desired. Both the Fusarium culmorum and the Muscodor albus can be stored on infested seed grains, including, but not limited to, barley, rye, rice, wheat, mustard and grass. A method or preparing Fusarium culmorum for use in the treatment of human and/or animal wastes. An isolated culture of Fusarium culmorum. A composition comprising the same four elements used in the treatment process. A method for controlling the pH of a mixture of human liquid and sold wastes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 2005
Date of Patent:
December 28, 2010
Assignees:
Montana State Universtiy, Phillips Environmental Products, Inc.
Inventors:
Brian J. Phillips, Gary Allan Strobel, Emilie Dirkse, David Ezra, Uvidelio Castillo
Abstract: A method of treating human and/or animal waste products comprising contacting the waste products with an effective amount of Fusarium culmorum and Muscodor albus, together with a buffering agent and starch. The treatment process covered by the present invention can be employed in connection with pit toilets, portal a toilets, disposable waste bags, or any other environment in which the treatment of human and/or animal wastes is desired. Both the Fusarium culmorum and the Muscodor albus can be stored on infested seed grains, including, but not limited to, barley, rye, rice, wheat, mustard and grass. A method or preparing Fusarium culmorum for use in the treatment of human and/or animal wastes. An isolated culture of Fusarium culmorum. A composition comprising the same four elements used in the treatment process. A method for controlling the pH of a mixture of human liquid and sold wastes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 25, 2005
Publication date:
January 15, 2009
Applicants:
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN, PHILLIPS ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Inventors:
Gary Allan Strobel, Emilie Dirkse, David Ezra, Uvidelio Castillo, Brian Phillips