Wash, clean and dry system with removable spray canister device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11825992-B2
Application number	US-202217676240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2022
Priority date	May 6, 2016
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A method and a wash, clean and dry system are provided for washing, cleaning and drying a surface region of a human body. The system includes a toilet seat assembly with a bidet assembly having a spray canister device for spraying the surface region with a solution, such as a skin protecting barrier solution, a cleaning solution or a medicated solution. In one aspect, the spray canister device can be movably insert into and out of the toilet seat assembly and is easy to operate and use. In addition, the bidet assembly further includes a spray nozzle assembly and a drying nozzle assembly, which are adapted to wash, clean and dry the region of the human body in three dimensional moments. The removable spray canister device with the removable sleeved cover element is thus easy to carry and be re-filled with new solutions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for storing a first solution and spraying the first solution onto a region of the human body, comprising:
a toilet seat assembly having a seat cover and a bidet seat, wherein the bidet seat comprises a seat body, a seat base, a bidet housing for housing a bidet assembly therein, a bidet spray cover, and a bidet housing cover, wherein the bidet housing cover is positioned at a surface of the bidet housing, wherein the bidet spray cover is capable of being in an open position and a closed position and adapted to cover the bidet assembly housed within the bidet housing, and wherein the bidet assembly comprising a removable spray canister device adapted to store the first solution and be inserted in and out of the bidet housing cover.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the removable spray canister device further comprises: a sleeved cover element; and a canister element.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the sleeved cover element of the removable spray canister device further comprises:
a top cap portion;
an opening at the top cap portion;
a sleeve portion; and
a trigger bar.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first solution is stored within the canister element of the removable spray canister device and the first solution is sprayed out by triggering the trigger bar of the sleeved cover element against the canister element and moving the bottom portion of the canister element to be closer to the opening of the sleeved cover element.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first solution is selected form the group consisting of skin protectants, ointments, mineral oil, silicone fluids, dimethicone, cyclomethicone, petrolatum, cod liver oil, lanolin, zinc oxide, talc, calamine, kaolin, topical starch and allantoin, barrier materials, zinc oxide, skin moisturizers, skin lotions, moisturizing creams, skin sealants, water, medication, cleaning solutions, moisture barriers, medicaments, a pharmaceutical formulation, and combinations thereof.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bidet assembly further comprises:
a spray nozzle assembly comprising:
a spray nozzle housing adapted to house one or more spray nozzle units comprising one or more spray nozzle wands that are retractable and adapted to deliver a second solution to the region of the human body; and a first driving motor being connected to the one or more spray nozzle wands and adapted for moving the one or more spray nozzle wands in retracting- and extending motion.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the spray nozzle assembly further comprises one or more steering mechanisms, and a second driving motor being connected to the one or more spray nozzle wands and adapted for moving the one or more spray nozzle wands in three-dimensional circular rotational motion.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the one or more spray nozzle units of the spray nozzle assembly further comprise:
a first spray nozzle channel adapted to deliver the second solution; and a second spray nozzle channel adapted to deliver a third solution, wherein the second solution is selected form the group consisting of water, a cleaning solution, a barrier spray solution, a medicine-containing solution, and combinations thereof, and wherein the third solution is selected form the group consisting of water, a cleaning solution, a barrier spray solution, a medicine-containing solution, and combinations thereof.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first spray nozzle channel is adapted to deliver water to the region of the human body for washing the region, and wherein the second spray nozzle channel is adapted to deliver a cleaning solution to the region of the human body for cleaning the region.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second spray nozzle channel is adapted to deliver a medicine-containing solution to the region of the human body for treating the region.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bidet assembly further comprises a drying nozzle assembly comprising:
one or more drying nozzle units comprising one or more retractable air blower wands adapted to deliver air at a predetermined temperature to the region of the human body; and a fan connected to the one or more drying nozzle units.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the drying nozzle assembly further comprises:
a first driving motor being connected to the one or more drying nozzle units and adapted for moving the one or more retractable air blower wands in retracting- and extending motion; and a second driving motor being connected to the one or more drying nozzle units and adapted for moving the one or more retractable air blower wands in three dimensional circular rotational motion.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a medicine delivery assembly having one or more medicine storage cartridges, wherein the medicine delivery assembly is adapted to deliver one or more medicine-containing solutions stored at the one or more medicine storage cartridges.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more control units adapted to receive an user input and, based on the user input, to direct movements of the bidet assembly to be retractable out of the bidet housing when the bidet cover is in an open position and retractable inside the bidet housing when the bidet cover is in a closed position, wherein the one or more control units is selected from the group consisting of a remote control unit, a touch screen control unit, a joystick type control unit, a hand-held control unit, a steering-wheel type control unit, a built-in control unit adjacent the toilet seat assembly, a front end touch control unit, and combinations thereof.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one of the one or more control units is a front end touch control unit being positioned at a front end of the seat body to control the movements of the bidet assembly, and adapted to control opening and closing movements of the bidet cover; wherein the front end touch control unit is a single button with electric circuits therein to be adapted to control the movements of the bidet assembly and the opening and closing movements of the bidet cover, wherein the user input comprises repeated touching of the single button.

16. An apparatus for storing a first solution and spraying the first solution onto a region of the human body, comprising:
a toilet seat assembly having a seat cover and a bidet seat, wherein the bidet seat comprises a seat body, a seat base, a bidet housing for housing a bidet assembly therein, a bidet spray cover, and a bidet housing cover, wherein the bidet housing cover is positioned at a surface of the bidet housing, wherein the bidet spray cover is capable of being in an open position and a closed position and adapted to cover the bidet assembly housed within the bidet housing, and wherein the bidet assembly comprising a removable spray canister device adapted to store the first solution and be inserted in and out of the bidet housing cover; and a front end touch control unit position at a front end of the seat body to control the movements of the bidet assembly, and adapted to control opening and closing movements of the bidet cover.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the bidet assembly further comprises:
a spray nozzle assembly having a spray nozzle housing adapted to house one or more spray nozzle units comprising one or more spray nozzle wands that are retractable and adapted to deliver a second solution to the region of the human body; and
a drying nozzle assembly, comprising:
one or more drying nozzle

Assignees

• Bemis Mfg Co

Inventors

• Schwab Brian
• Peng Shao-Yu
• Murray Brian

Classifications

• A47K10/48 Primary

  Drying by means of hot air · CPC title

• A47K13/24

  Parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22 · CPC title

• A61M3/022

  Volume; Flow rate · CPC title

• A61M3/0279

  Cannula; Nozzles; Tips; their connection means · CPC title

• A61M3/06

  combined with bidets · CPC title