Toilet apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10448791-B2
Application number	US-201715677148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	Aug 17, 2016
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

The toilet apparatus includes a main part and a toilet seat. The main part includes a function part, and a case cover covering the function part. The main part is attached on a toilet bowl. The toilet seat is attached rotatably to the case cover. The toilet seat has a closed state and an open state. The case cover includes an extending portion, a height of the extending portion becoming low toward forward, and a toilet seat pivot support portion provided backward the extending portion, and pivotally supporting the toilet seat. The toilet seat includes a first portion positioned forward the case cover in the closed state, and a second portion rising backward from the first portion in the closed state, overlapping the extending portion, and being pivotally supported to the toilet seat pivot support portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toilet apparatus comprising:
a main part including a function part, and a case cover covering the function part, the main part being attached on a toilet bowl; and
a toilet seat attached rotatably to the case cover, the toilet seat shifting between a closed state and an open state, in the closed state a user being capable of seating upward the toilet bowl, in the open state an upper surface of the toilet bowl being exposed,
the case cover including
an extending portion, a height of the extending portion becoming low toward forward, and
a toilet seat pivot support portion provided backward the extending portion, and pivotally supporting the toilet seat,

the toilet seat including
a first portion positioned forward the case cover in the closed state, and
a second portion rising backward from the first portion in the closed state, overlapping the extending portion, and being pivotally supported to the toilet seat pivot support portion,

an upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion changing to lower a height toward forward, and forming a generally continuous surface to an upper end surface of the second portion,
a first angle between a virtual line and a first tangent line being not more than 5°, the virtual line being a virtual line connecting the rear end of the upper end surface of the second portion to the front end of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion, the first tangent line being a tangent line to the rear end portion of the upper end surface of the second portion, and
a second angle between the virtual line and a second tangent line being not more than 5°, the second tangent line being a tangent line to the front end portion of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion.

2. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a height change of a forefront of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion in a horizontal direction is generally the same as a height change of a rear end of the upper end surface of the second portion in the horizontal direction,
a change amount increasing toward backward of a center portion of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion is larger than a change amount increasing toward backward of a side end portion of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion, and
a change amount decreasing toward forward of a center portion of the upper end surface of the second portion is larger than a change amount decreasing toward forward of a side end portion of the upper end surface of the second portion.

3. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a toilet lid attached rotatably to the case cover, the toilet lid shifting between the closed state and the open state, in the closed state the toilet seat being covered, in the open state the toilet seat being exposed,
the case cover being provided backward the toilet seat pivot support portion, and including a toilet lid pivot support portion pivotally supporting the toilet lid, and
a length in a front-back direction of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion being longer than a length in the front-back direction of an upper end surface of the toilet lid pivot support portion.

4. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the toilet seat is provided at a rear end of the second portion and includes a pair of hinge portions pivotally supported to the toilet seat pivot support portion, and
an upper end surface of the pair of hinge portions is quadrangle, and forms the generally continuous surface to the upper end surface of the second portion and the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion.

5. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a height of a center portion in a horizontal direction of the upper end surface of the second portion is lower than a height of a side end portion in the horizontal direction of the upper end surface of the second portion, and
a height of a center portion in the horizontal direction of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion is higher than a height of a side end portion in the horizontal direction of the upper end surface of the toilet seat pivot support portion.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Takeshita Megumi
• Sato Mihoko
• Rokuta Tomomi
• Ashihara Akihiro
• Shigeta Ayaka
• Tani Minoru
• Nakabayashi Hirotaka

Classifications

• E03D9/007

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• A47K13/00 Primary

  Seats or covers for all kinds of closets · CPC title

• G01J5/0025

  Living bodies (ear thermometers G01J5/0011; detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00) · CPC title

• A47K13/305 Primary

  Seats with heating devices · CPC title

• A47K13/12

  Hinges · CPC title