US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Sept. 16 for "Human waste collection system, for zero-gravity conditions, including user selectable modes for collecting liquid waste, solid waste and menses" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,626, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Human waste collection system, for zero-gravity conditions, including user selectable modes for collecting liquid waste, solid waste and menses" was invented by Kelly Luker (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Rochelle Radawiec (Vernon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human waste collection system having a basin defining a basin cavity and a lower end that is configured for being positioned against a floor and an upper end that is displaced further from the plane than the lower end; a storage bag system disposed in the basin cavity; a seat disposed at ...