Toilet seat assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9895035-B2
Application number	US-201415037113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2014
Priority date	Nov 25, 2013
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a toilet seat assembly comprising: a bidet housing for defining the appearance of a bidet; a hinge member which is fixed to the inner side of the bidet housing and is provided with a shaft, wherein the hinge member is provided with a circular ring-shaped coupling groove formed along the outer circumference of the shaft; and a toilet seat connected to the shaft so as to allow rotation thereon, wherein the bidet housing is provided with a coupling protrusion protruding to the inner side so as to be inserted into the coupling groove. Thus, it is possible to prevent moisture from permeating into the inside of the bidet housing, and to facilitate wiring of wires for supplying electricity to a heating device provided in the toilet seat.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A toilet seat assembly comprising:
a bidet housing for defining the appearance of a bidet;
a hinge member fixed to an inner side of the bidet housing and having a shaft, the hinge member having an annular coupling groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft; and
a toilet seat rotatable connected to the shaft,
wherein the bidet housing has a coupling protrusion protruding to the inner side and inserted into the coupling groove,
wherein the toilet seat is rotatably installed in the bidet housing via the hinge member, and
wherein the toilet seat rotates about the shaft of the hinge member.

2. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bidet housing has a toilet seat connection part provided on an inner side thereof and having a hinge coupling hole formed on one side thereof, and
one end of the shaft protrudes to an outer side of the toilet seat connection part through the hinge coupling hole.

3. The toilet seat assembly of claim 2 , wherein the hinge member includes a housing coupling part extending outwardly in a radial direction from the other end of the shaft and extending toward one end of the shaft in an axial direction, and
the coupling groove may be formed by the housing coupling part on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft.

4. The toilet seat assembly of claim 3 , wherein the coupling protrusion has a cylindrical shape formed on a circumference of the hinge coupling hole.

5. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an annular ring inserted into the coupling groove.

6. The toilet seat assembly of claim 5 , wherein the ring is formed of rubber.

7. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the shaft has a wire transfer hole provided on an inner side thereof.

8. The toilet seat assembly of claim 7 , wherein the toilet seat has a heating device and a wire for supplying electricity to the heating device, and
the wire is connected through the wire transfer hole.

9. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a wire duct extending in an axial direction from the other end of the shaft.

10. The toilet seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the hinge member further includes a fixing portion having a bolt hole, and is fixed to the bidet housing through screw-coupling of the bolt penetrating through the bolt hole.

Assignees

• Coway Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Hee Ju
• Jin Sung Worl
• Kim Young Pyo
• Jung Da Woon

Classifications

• A47K13/305 Primary

  Seats with heating devices · CPC title

• A47K13/12

  Hinges · CPC title

• E03D9/08 Primary

  Devices in the bowl producing upwardly-directed sprays; Modifications of the bowl for use with such devices (showers A47K3/28; bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes A61H33/00, for specific parts of the body A61H35/00 ){; Bidets; Combinations of bowls with urinals or bidets; Hot-air or other devices mounted in or on the bowl, urinal or bidet for cleaning or disinfecting} · CPC title