Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – Particular construction or configuration details
Patent
1976-03-03
1977-03-22
Smith, Robert I.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
Particular construction or configuration details
4254, E03D 1100
Patent
active
040127974
ABSTRACT:
A single water closet or toilet fixture for dual functional use as either a western style fixture wherein the user is in the sitting position and normally facing forward, or an eastern style fixture wherein the user is in the squatting position and facing either in the forward direction or the aft direction depending on the embodiment utilized. An external footrest is provided on each side of the fixture for supporting the user in the squatting position. A movable toilet seat when folded down onto the lower bowl portion of the toilet fixture is proportioned for use in the sitting position; and when the toilet seat is raised to an upright position, a fore and aft elongated receptical or bowl portion is exposed which is relatively narrow in width for straddling and is proportioned for use in the squatting position. Also, formed integral with the bowl portion of the fixture, is a urine spray shield which nestles under the contoured toilet seat and is functional in both the sitting and the squatting positions. The necessary height difference between the two function positions of sitting and squatting is incorporated into the height or thickness of the movable seat, in order that fixture can be made low enough to squat on without bodily supporting contact with the user and high enough to sit on.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1243148 (1917-10-01), Erwin
Hartmann H. Gus
Smith Robert I.
The Boeing Company
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