CN102031811A

CN102031811A - Toilet for handicapped

Info

Publication number: CN102031811A
Application number: CN2010102700768A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 基肖尔·钱德勒·德赛
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-09-30
Filing date: 2010-08-25
Publication date: 2011-04-27
Also published as: DE102010038957A1; US20110072569A1; CA2707839A1; DE102010038957B4; GB201005428D0; GB2476691A

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a toilet bowl and seat which is user-friendly to individuals who are physically (or possibly mentally) disabled and especially wheelchair-bound people or even normal people with bad knees. The toilet seat and bowl shape is turned through 180 degrees relative to a conventional front-to-rear tapered seat and bowl shape in order to facilitate the ability to easily slide onto the toilet from the transportation device and easily slide backwards onto the same after use. A handle is also provided at the cistern front/rear of the toilet seat for support while standing up or sitting down during/after use and which is removable or fixed. Flushing also is easier because the tank is in front of the user and the flush handle may be provided on either side to suit the user.

Description

Disabled person's toilet

Technical field

The present invention relates to toilet, aim at disabled person's design, be equally applicable to the people that traditional toilet is used in any inconvenience, do not perfect person or disabled person etc. certainly and also be suitable for.

Background technology

Customer and builder can buy in retail and wholesale hard ware store and other shops; be installed in family, public lavatory, hospital and school or steamer, aircraft or entertainment machine motor-car or other places; portable or fixing toilet all is a kind of/type design on the one hand, it is decided to be " traditional toilet " herein.That is to say that its seat ring is not symmetrical from front to back but other shapes, they have disposed the seat ring wider portion entirely, and the user is sitting in its buttocks or is placed on it, is positioned at the rear, and promptly the most close water tank or flushing tank and seat ring forwards narrow down.No matter be close-coupled whether toilet,, in fact be not always the case for the person of perfecting or health or impaired person's use mentally.For disabled person's toilet may be provided with a handle stem with auxiliary they move into and shift out toilet, but it generally is satisfied with to extend on the plane parallel with the toilet antero posterior axis, in the right side and/or the left-hand side of toilet.

For those healths or spiritual defectiveness person such as muscular atrophy, senile dementia, vertebrae injry or amputee, because of there not being other available selections, just they are generally except using these traditional toilets not have his method.Yet these are also desirable far to the individuals with disabilities.A subject matter of tradition toilet design is, when a wheelchair-bound disabled person wants to use toilet, it is very difficult him to leave that wheelchair forwards on the toilet.The wheelchair user must oneself 180 ° turn round, finally move on the toilet articles.

Even for those people who nurses the wheelchair user, allowing nurse that it is moved away from wheelchair, brings up to toilet, it is turned round and place also is difficult on the toilet articles.This process fatigue is a work of strain back to the utmost point concerning nurse.

U.S. issue about toilet in a large number by unexamined patent, hereinafter enumerated wherein ten:

1) D353,450 (12/1994) Folke Anderson etc., single is decorative design

2) 3,3986,316 (10/1976) Robert B.Davis etc., relevant low amount bath

3) 3,939,501 (02/1976) Frank T.Sargent, relevant portable toilet

4) 3,565,106 (02/1971) Baumbach, the diaphragm-type control valve

5) 3,801,991 (04/1974) Fulton etc., independent portable toilet

6) 3,858,249 (01/1975) Howard, independent sanitary privy

7) 3,994,028 (11/1976) Johan Victor can seal the formula container

8) 3,798,681 (03/1974) Abom Johansen, the high water level lavatory

9) 3,883,903 (05/1975) Broek etc., flush toilet

10) 3,905,409 (09/1975) Stokes etc., the water pump toilet

Above-mentioned or other formerly careful technology are not mentioned the convenient problem of using of aforementioned wheelchair user, and relate to these problems with regard to having in the theme of the present invention.

Summary of the invention

According to a first aspect of the invention, it is that a kind of toilet has toilet seat pot and water tank, wherein seat pot and seat ring are compared to traditional 180 ° of rotations, be that seat ring is oval or narrows down gradually to rear axle from the front axle of toilet at least, the seat ring narrower part is rear, i.e. Connection Block tank for excrement pan, and the seat ring wider portion is seated at the top for user's buttocks, be the forefront, promptly away from the toilet water tank.

This layout can directly slide on the toilet seat wheelchair user from wheelchair, need not to turn round to move apart wheelchair.

Toilet constructed according to the invention can not exceed the manufacturing cost of traditional toilet in fact, comfortable and easy-to-use after more having provided the wheelchair user and greatly improving.

The people who uses toilet is in the face of water tank, and water tank has a left side or right bath handgrip, and water tank is adjusted to the easy bath of auxiliary this unit of the arbitrary structure of permission aptly.Need not after using toilet, to turn round bath with the person.

Toilet is at toilet seat pot rear but be more preferably and be provided with a support handle/handle stem in water tank the place ahead aptly.It preferably crosses toilet rear horizontal-extending and being furnished with aptly and is positioned on rack leg in one or a pair of mounting socket, mounting socket is located on the water tank pedestal or toilet seat pot rear or the two coupling place, and handle/handle stem increases better to the tank top top.Handle/handle stem better frame at the toilet rear, on the bath spanner may be installed in point between the socket on the water tank.Handle is suitably the filling handle stem.

The user is towards the water tank of his front, although this may require some adjustment of previous custom, most users are with this new method of very fast adaptation.Afterwards, that is will be as bike riding simple and proved that this will be very comfortable pleasant experience.

For making the present invention clearer, hereinafter enclose diagram and be illustrated.

Description of drawings

Now a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail, a reference example as accompanying drawing.Note that the picture that is closely related formulates identical numbering but have different letter suffix.

Fig. 1 constitutes the stereogram of the preferred embodiment, has toilet complete, the close-coupled water tank from the left front to overlooking.

Fig. 1 (a) removes the toilet and two that supports handle stem to overlap the mounting socket of handle stem special uses, and mounting socket can or otherwise provide therein or on it in water tank support base (water tank pedestal) boring or the formation of casting formation/integral body.

Fig. 1 (b) is the handle that inserts, and assigns socket but be inserted in square, the tubular handle that outside/side adorns specifically.

Fig. 2 is the vertical view of this toilet.

Fig. 3 is the upward view of this toilet.

Fig. 4 is the left view (elevation) of this toilet.

Fig. 5 is the right view (elevation) of this toilet.

Fig. 6 is the front elevation drawing (elevation) of this toilet.

Fig. 7 is the rear elevation (elevation) of this toilet.

Fig. 8 is the detail perspective view of this detachable support handle,

Fig. 9 be the wheelchair user near or leave and use support handle to be sitting in diagrammatic view on the toilet in addition.

The specific embodiment

With reference to figure 1, the preferred embodiment of this toilet is by closely-coupled complete toilet seat pot and water tank, wherein seat pot and seat ring are compared to 180 ° of rotations of traditional structure, be that seat ring is oval-shaped or narrows down gradually to rear axle from the front axle of toilet at least, seat ring narrower part in the end side promptly links to each other with the toilet water tank, and the seat ring wider portion is adjusted its buttocks seat crouching for the user, is promptly away from the toilet water tank in the forefront.

Toilet water tank/flushing tank is by a base supports.Pedestal is suitably a solid block with the water tank weight that supports dress water with an anti-inclination equilibrant force is provided, and for example any toilet anchor bolt is because fatigue drops or their ceramic socket breaks or fracture.

The socket that solid block supports/pedestal below toilet seat pot back, the water tank/flushing tank has a cover to insert for the footing of long leg support handle/handle stem, handle/handle stem be the user during going to toilet/after date stands, stands up and sit down to provide support.Handle stem supports and can insert as a pair of boring socket in the block in all diagrams or a pair of tubular support socket that the broad spacing is arranged at block support/pedestal side of Fig. 1 (b) as mentioned.Handle stem has an inverted U-shaped shape, by the rack leg of pair of upright add rack leg eminence end across the filling handgrip hold up.The height of handle stem, as shown in the figure, increase several inches at paramount water tank top (centimetre), also having sideshake is that the user who is seated uses the bath handle to facilitate, and depends on the bath handle to be contained in the left side or the right of water tank/water-closet bowl flushing case front.

Toilet seat and flap and toilet seat pot junction are provided with one or two pair of hole aptly.Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are the elevations that each rack leg of support handle inserts, and Fig. 6 is that the bath handle can assign into the elevation on arbitrary limit, although be that the handle stem supporting leg place of passing has obvious spacing better.

Fig. 6 is the anterior elevational view of socket of footing of the tubular support handle stem supporting leg of transverse projections.These sockets can be in socket that block boring forms or the plug aperture that forms in toilet seat pot and pedestal making casting cycle.Manufacturing process embodies cheap and the most best approach.Support handle/handle stem can be detachable or can be fixing in more mode in a place.

Fig. 8 is that dismountable two kinds of multi-form two kinds of different supporting legs/footing end view pictures that have that have are--terminal for circular or square--so that adapt to the mounting socket of respective shapes.

Fig. 9 has showed easily from wheelchair and slides on the toilet and slide back the ability of wheelchair from toilet seat.

Advantage

From above-mentioned explanation, this new toilet has many advantages apparent, comprise following some:

1) user or nurse are with turning round

2) user can slide on the toilet from transit equipment easily. The individual who has does not need nurse for this thing, therefore, less dependence can be arranged;

3) can slip back on the transit equipment from toilet seat pot easily after the use;

4) therefore the bath handle need not to turn round bath in user the place ahead after using toilet. The bath handle can be contained in left/right on hand, and the conditional people of hand is had greatly the use advantage.

Be provided with hand steered when 5) standing or sitting down

6) this unit is very easy to use.

Therefore, the reader can find that this novel toilet concerning the wheelchair user, compares traditional toilet, and facility is also more simple.In case personal habits is used this novel toilet, use it will very natural/(as bike riding) just like that just as congenitally freely.

Claims

1. disabled person's toilet, comprise toilet seat pot and seat ring, it is characterized in that this toilet is adjusted to the user and sits towards the toilet rear, make wheelchair can directly slip into toilet seat, need not to turn round and move on on the seat ring from wheelchair from wheelchair with the person.

2. a kind of toilet as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this toilet is provided with a support handle/handle stem at toilet seat pot or near crossing toilet seat pot rear of extending at toilet width place, moves into or shift out toilet with auxiliary user towards the toilet rear.

3. a kind of toilet as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that seat pot surrounding edge and seat ring are compared to 180 ° of rotations of traditional structure, be that seat ring is oval-shaped or narrows down gradually to rear axle from the front axle of toilet at least, the seat ring narrower part is the side in the end, promptly being adjusted into the water tank that uses with toilet is connected, and the toilet wider portion is seated at the top for user's buttocks, in the forefront.

4. a kind of toilet as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that this toilet also comprises a water tank and support handle/handle stem, this support handle/handle stem supports by being contained in one or a pair of mounting socket one or pair of brackets leg, and mounting socket is located on the water tank pedestal or toilet seat pot rear or top or the two coupling place.

5. as claim 2 or 4 described a kind of toilets, it is characterized in that this support handle/handle stem increases to the tank top top.

6. a kind of toilet as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that water tank is provided with can be from the right side or the socket of the bath handle installed of left-hand side, with the convenient bath of auxiliary this unit.

7. the bath spanner as claim 2 or 4 described a kind of toilets, it is characterized in that support handle/handle stem, on may be installed in point between the socket on the water tank across the toilet rear.

8. a kind of toilet as claimed in claim 4, the mounting socket that it is characterized in that support handle/handle stem is in water tank pedestal or seat pot or the two coupling place boring or casting formation.

9. a kind of toilet as claimed in claim 4, the support handle/handle stem that it is characterized in that being contained in socket are that tubulose constitutes, on the both sides of water tank pedestal or toilet seat pot or the two coupling place.

10. toilet, comprise toilet seat pot, seat ring and a water tank, it is characterized in that seat pot and seat ring are compared to 180 ° of traditional rotations, be that seat ring is oval-shaped or narrows down gradually to rear axle from the front axle of toilet at least, the seat ring narrower part is rear, it is the Connection Block tank for excrement pan, the seat ring wider portion is seated at the top for user's buttocks, it is the forefront, promptly away from the toilet water tank, wheelchair can directly be slided on the toilet seat from wheelchair with the person, need not to turn round and shift out from wheelchair.

11. a kind of toilet that arbitrary as described above claim is described comprises toilet seat pot and water tank, it is characterized in that this water tank is closely-coupled with toilet seat pot, toilet seat pot and water tank form as a complete unit or form.

12. foregoing a kind of toilet is substantially with reference to appended accompanying drawing.