Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Cover for seat – Specific material
Patent
1997-02-06
1999-11-02
Fetsuga, Robert M.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Cover for seat
Specific material
A47K 1316
Patent
active
059745940
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a protective overlay for toilet seats, with an oblong band of a folded, thin, flexible foil, to be laid on the seat surface of a toilet seat, the band having a turned down edge that is swung into a protruding position when the band is unfolded.
2. Related Art
In the state of the art, a protective overlay of this kind was made known by EP-B-0 331 631 of the applicant. The inventor took on the technical problem of creating a protective overlay of this kind that is even easier to handle and is nevertheless secure for the user. The protective overlay should still be able to be manufactured inexpensively and be foldable into a small packet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, technical problem is solved, with a generic protective overlay, in that the band has at least two areas differently folded and tensing differently during unfolding in the longitudinal direction of the band. The invention is based on the idea of precisely setting the optimal tension of the protective overlay when unfolding and in the laid-on position, by the choice of the portions of different fold areas. The inventor thus recognized that the tension is quite essential to the handling of the protective overlay. With a band with only one type of fold, the tension when unfolding is predetermined and cannot be changed. With the invention, it is now possible to determine in a wide range the optimal tension by corresponding choice of the different fold areas. It is thus possible to create a protective overlay that has precisely the optimal tension. Consequently, excessive tension can be avoided, which, with the protective overlay laid on, could cause the gluing points to detach. Also avoidable is excessively low tension, with which the protective overlay would sag when unfolding the band and it would be very difficult to lay it on. Avoiding an excessive tension also has the essential advantage that the band lies flatter on the seat surface and thus less material is required.
According to a further development of the invention, at least one area has a cross-fold and the other area has at least one simple, so-called fanfold. This design has the essential advantage that in the packed state, the protective overlay has a more compact, smaller volume than a protective overlay consisting only of cross-folds. According to a further development of the invention, an optimal tension can be attained when simple folds and cross-folds alternate along the band. A design is also conceivable in which areas are provided with several adjacent cross-folds. If simple folds are used, the band can be formed as a rectangular strip. This is particularly advantageous since it facilitates production and mounting a cover.
Manufacturing the protective overlay according to the invention is particularly economical when it has a cover consisting of two separately produced sections. These sections can be rectangular, punched-out paper sections. According to a further development of the invention, a suitable cover can be easily produced in that a first section is connected, particularly glued, to one end and the other end of the band as well as to one end and the other end of a second section. The glued ends of the two sections can then form flaps that can be grasped by hand in order to tear the cover open along weakening lines. A fastening of the ends of the protective overlay on the seat surface is particularly easy to achieve when the ends of the second part have punched-out apertures that leave gluing points of the first section open. The cover then consists only of two separately produced sections. All essential functions are nevertheless fulfilled, particularly the easy grasping of the flaps, the undoing of the cover and the fastening of the protective overlay on the seat surface.
Further advantages are shown in the following description as well as the drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES
An example of execution of the invention is explained in greater detai
REFERENCES:
patent: 3251219 (1966-05-01), Mitsumori
patent: 5658230 (1997-08-01), Schweizer
Fetsuga Robert M.
Linmark AG
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