Toilet seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10874267-B2
Application number	US-201916559915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A toilet seat includes a bottom plate including a first main part including a first opening, a pair of first hinge parts provided on both side ends of a first back end portion of the first main part, a top plate provided on the bottom plate, the top plate including a second main part including a second opening opposing the first opening and a pair of second hinge parts provided on both side ends of a second back end portion of the second main part, a first bonding member bonding an outer perimeter side of the bottom plate and the top plate, and a second bonding member bonding an inner perimeter side of the bottom plate and the top plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toilet seat, comprising:
a bottom plate including a first main part and a pair of first hinge parts, the first main part including a first opening, the pair of first hinge parts being provided on both side ends of a first back end portion of the first main part;
a top plate provided on the bottom plate, the top plate including a second main part and a pair of second hinge parts, the second main part including a second opening opposing the first opening, the pair of second hinge parts being provided on both side ends of a second back end portion of the second main part;
a first bonding member bonding an outer perimeter side of the bottom plate and the top plate; and
a second bonding member bonding an inner perimeter side of the bottom plate and the top plate,
the first main part including a first outer edge portion positioned outside the first opening in front of the first back end portion and the pair of first hinge parts,
the second main part including a second outer edge portion positioned outside the second opening in front of the second back end portion and the pair of second hinge parts,
the top plate abutting the second edge portion on the first edge portion, abutting the second back end portion on the first back end portion, abutting the pair of second hinge parts on the pair of the first hinge parts, and abutting an open end of the second opening on an open end of the first opening,
the second bonding member bonding the open end of the first opening and the open end of the second opening,
the first bonding member bonding the first outer edge portion and the second outer edge portion, bonding the first back end portion and the second back end portion, and bonding the pair of first hinge parts and the pair of second hinge parts,
the first main part includes a first portion, a second portion inclined to the top plate side as it goes backward from the first portion, and a third portion between the second portion and the first back end portion, and
an angle made by a bottom surface of the third portion and a bottom surface of the first portion is smaller than an angle made by the bottom surface of the third portion and a bottom surface of the second portion.

2. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the first bonding member bonds the outer perimeter side of the bottom plate and the top plate over an entire circumference, and
the second bonding member bonds the inner perimeter side of the bottom plate and the top plate over an entire circumference.

3. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the bottom plate includes an outer perimeter engaging part and an inner perimeter engaging part, the outer perimeter engaging part is provided along outer perimeter edges of the first main part and the pair of first hinge parts, the outer perimeter engaging part has a recessed shape, the inner perimeter engaging part is provided along an inner perimeter edge of the first main part, the inner perimeter engaging part has a recessed shape,
the top plate includes
an outer perimeter sidewall part extending downward from outer perimeter edges of the second main part and the pair of second hinge parts,
a first hanging part extending downward from a lower end of the outer perimeter sidewall part, overlapping on the bottom plate, and engaging with the outer perimeter engaging part,
a second hanging part provided on the lower end of the outer perimeter sidewall part, the second hanging part being disposed on an outer perimeter side than the first hanging part and being separated from the first hanging part, the first hanging part and the second hanging part providing a first recess, the first recess being provided between the first hanging part and the second hanging part and recessing upward,
an inner perimeter sidewall part extending downward from an inner perimeter edge of the second main part,
a third hanging part extending downward from a lower end of the inner perimeter sidewall part, overlapping on the bottom plate, and engaging with the inner perimeter engaging part, and
a fourth hanging part provided on the lower end of the inner perimeter sidewall part, the fourth hanging part being disposed on an inner perimeter side than the third hanging part and being separated from the third hanging part, the third hanging part and the fourth hanging part providing a second recess, the second recess being provided between the third hanging part and the fourth hanging part and recessing upward,

the first bonding member is provided in the first recess, and
the second bonding member is provided in the second recess.

4. The toilet seat according to claim 3 , wherein
a ratio of a width of the first hanging part provided on an outer perimeter edge of the pair of second hinge parts to a width of the outer perimeter engaging part provided on an outer perimeter edge of the pair of first hinge parts is smaller than a ratio of a width of the first hanging part provided on an outer perimeter edge of the second outer edge portion to a width of the outer perimeter engaging part provided on an outer perimeter edge of the first outer edge portion, a ratio of a width of the first hanging part provided on an outer perimeter edge of the second back end portion to a width of the outer perimeter engaging part provided on an outer perimeter edge of the first back end portion, and a ratio of a width of the third hanging part to a width of the inner perimeter engaging part.

5. The toilet seat according to claim 4 , wherein
an outer side surface of the first hanging part provided the outer perimeter edge of the pair of second hinge parts is disposed to be separated from the outer perimeter engaging part, and
a part of the first bonding member enters between the outer side surface of the first hanging part provided on the outer perimeter edge of the pair of second hinge parts and the outer perimeter engaging part.

6. The toilet seat according to claim 3 , wherein
the second hanging part and the fourth hanging part are disposed at a position where the second hanging part and the fourth hanging part do not overlap the bottom plate in a vertical direction,
the first bonding member includes a first exposed surface exposing externally between the second hanging part and the bottom plate,
the second bonding member includes a second exposed surface exposing externally between the fourth hanging part and the bottom plate,
the first exposed surface is disposed on an outer perimeter side of a center in a width direction of the lower end of the outer perimeter sidewall part, and
the second exposed surface is disposed on an inner perimeter side of a center in a width direction of the lower end of the inner perimeter sidewall part.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Inada Takeshi
• Hayashida Takeshi
• Umeda Nobuhiko
• Nishiyama Shuhei
• Sato Minoru

Classifications

• B29L2031/769

  Sanitary equipment (diapers B29L2031/4878) · CPC title

• B29C66/70

  characterised by the composition, physical properties or the structure of the material of the parts to be joined; Joining with non-plastics material (chemical aspects C08J5/12, C09J) · CPC title

• B29C65/48

  using adhesives {, i.e. using supplementary joining material; solvent bonding} · CPC title

• A47K13/00 Primary

  Seats or covers for all kinds of closets · CPC title

• A47K13/12 Primary

  Hinges · CPC title