Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Flush closet – Bowl
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-31
2001-01-30
Recla, Henry J. (Department: 3751)
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Flush closet
Bowl
C004S448000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06178568
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to bidets mounted on a toilet bowl and more particularly pertains to a new toilet and bidet assembly for directing a stream of water toward the anus or the genital parts of an individual sitting on a toilet.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of bidets mounted on a toilet bowl is known in the prior art. More specifically, bidets mounted on a toilet bowl heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art that have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,441,219; U.S. Pat. No. 4,422,189; U.S. Pat. No. 4,967,423; U.S. Pat. No. 4,691,391; U.S. Pat. No. 5,241,712; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 355,246.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new toilet and bidet assembly. The inventive device includes a toilet that has a toilet bowl. A main member is coupled to the toilet bowl. The main member has a mounting portion and a bidet portion. The bidet portion extends from the mounting portion into an interior space defined by the bowl portion of the toilet bowl. A spray nozzle is coupled to the bidet portion of the main member. The spray nozzle is positioned in a manner such that it directs water towards the anus of a user when the user is seated on the toilet seat. In addition, a cover member is pivotally coupled to the bidet portion for covering and uncovering the spray nozzle.
In these respects, the toilet and bidet assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of directing a stream of water toward the anus or the genital parts of an individual sitting on a toilet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of bidets mounted on a toilet bowl now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new toilet and bidet assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for directing a stream of water toward the anus or the genital parts of an individual sitting on a toilet.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bidets mounted on a toilet bowl mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new toilet and bidet assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bidets mounted on a toilet bowl, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a toilet that has a toilet bowl. A main member is coupled to the toilet bowl. The main member has a mounting portion and a bidet portion. The bidet portion extends from the mounting portion into an interior space defined by the bowl portion of the toilet bowl. A spray nozzle is coupled to the bidet portion of the main member. The spray nozzle is positioned in a manner such that it directs water towards the anus of a user when the user is seated on the toilet seat. In addition, a cover member is pivotally coupled to the bidet portion for covering and uncovering the spray nozzle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bidets mounted on a toilet bowl mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new toilet and bidet assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bidets mounted on a toilet bowl, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly that is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such toilet and bidet assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly that provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly for directing a stream of water toward the anus or the genital parts of an individual sitting on a toilet.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly that includes a toilet that has a toilet bowl. A main member is coupled to the toilet bowl. The main member has a mounting portion and a bidet portion. The bidet portion extends from the mounting portion into an interior space defined by the bowl portion of the toilet bowl. A spray nozzle is coupled to the bidet portion of the main member. The spray nozzle is positioned in a manner such that it directs water towards the anus of a user when the user is seated on the toilet seat. In addition, a cover member is pivotally coupled to the bidet portion for covering and uncovering the spray nozzle.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly that may be easily attached to an existing toilet.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new toilet and bidet assembly that provides increased hygiene.
These together with other objects o
Huynh Khoa D.
Recla Henry J.
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