Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Seat and lid – Plural seats
Patent
1996-10-01
1998-08-25
Walczak, David J.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Seat and lid
Plural seats
4237, A47K 1300
Patent
active
057971480
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a toilet seat according to the preamble of claim 1 and especially to the cover or seating portion of a toilet seat, the seating portion being provided with suitable hand and/or arm rests or supports to assist a person to sit down and get up from said seat.
It has been prior known to provide toilet seats with auxiliary devices which, for example, have helped the aged or the disabled to sit down to and to get up from the toilet seat. According to a known type of solutions, suitable support elements are mounted to the wall or on to the floor elements of the bathroom or lavatory room, DE patent application 30 32 052 being mentioned hereby as an example of such arrangements. Eventhough the presented solutions are per se steady and efficient, the assembly of them has, however, involved some problems due to the difficult and labor consuming and thus expensive fixing, as well as, in many cases due to the lack of a proper fixing spot. Furthermore, in bathroom conditions it is usually not desirable to drill holes, for example, in tiles or similar floor or wall elements, since moisture may enter the structures of a building through such holes and can thus cause serious damages. Furthermore, the assembly of such space consuming support arrangements into the usually small and close toilet rooms is difficult.
According to an another type of solution the body of the toilet seat is provided with supporting handles. Such solutions are disclosed for instance in DE patent applications 36 21 451 and 36 22 853 and in open laid SE documents 377656, 403429 and 464332. In the presented arrangements various types of support beams and mechanisms made from pipes and/or rods or similar means are assembled in connection with the seat and adapted for being at least partly pivotable away from around the seat portion. However, the disclosed arrangements present several disadvantages. All of the disclosed arrangements comprise several pivoted parts, the use of such not being easy for, for example, aged or disabled persons. Furthermore, eventhough the arrangements are presented as to be fixed to the body of the seat, they need particular additional supports, since the lever effort caused by a long support handle or arm member can break the toilet seat body around the fixing spot or even overturn the whole seat. Additionally, this type of structures assembled around the seat cause a significant inconvenience to the cleaning and sanitation of the toilet seat and the toilet room and thus a disadvantage in view of a common level of hygiene. Said products have proven to be relatively expensive to manufacture and assemble and thus it is only in institutional use they have become more common.
The object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a totally new solution for a support member of a toilet seat. The objective is a support member for hands or arms, said member being simple as to its construction, easy to manufacture and to assemble to the seat, light and easy to use and economical to manufacture.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a support member for a toilet seat, which is easy to clean and which does not hinder the cleaning of the surroundings of the seat.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a combination of a support member and a seat ring, by which it is easy to substitute an old, original seat ring.
An additional object of the present invention is to provide a toilet seat arrangement, in which the user can choose whether he or she wants the support member to be provided at both sides of the user, only at one side, or not at all.
A still additional object of the invention is to provide a toilet seat arrangement which is provided with necessary safety devices to prevent the user from falling off the seat.
A still additional object of the present invention is to provide a toilet seat arrangement which is provided with integrated means by which it is possible to adjust the size of the aperture of a seat ring o
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Walczak David J.
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