EP0316971A1 - WC-Brille mit Kissen auf der Sitzfläche - Google Patents

WC-Brille mit Kissen auf der Sitzfläche Download PDF

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EP0316971A1
EP0316971A1 EP88200738A EP88200738A EP0316971A1 EP 0316971 A1 EP0316971 A1 EP 0316971A1 EP 88200738 A EP88200738 A EP 88200738A EP 88200738 A EP88200738 A EP 88200738A EP 0316971 A1 EP0316971 A1 EP 0316971A1
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cushion
toilet seat
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Kurt Landsberger
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/24—Parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22, e.g. devices imparting a swinging or vibrating motion to the seats
    • A47K13/28—Adjustably-mounted seats or covers

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  • toilet seats of the elevated type are indispensable aids for those who experience difficulty in sitting on and rising from conventional toilet seats.
  • elevated toilet seats for the purposes described are molded of a hard, rigid plastic material such as poly­ethylene, and are placed directly on a usually porcelain conventional toilet bowl. These seats are designed for comfort and stability when used by the elderly or infirm and sufferers from either chronic or acute illnesses or diseases which prohibit the use of conventional toilet seats.
  • Elevated toilet seats of the type described are marketed by Maddak, Inc., Pequannock, New Jersey, under their registered trademark TALL-ETTE.
  • TALL-ETTE I is a doughnut shaped elevated toilet seat which raises the seating level of a conventional toilet approximately four inches so as to be convenient for use by those who cannot position the body in an ideal and comfortable position on a con­ ventional toilet seat.
  • TALL-ETTE II is designed to provide user hip comfort and security by providing a contoured high back seat and is covered by U.S. Patent D237,887.
  • toilet seats of the type described serve the purpose for which they are intended, they have a dis­advantage for users whose body area in contact with the seat is sensitive for one reason or another, has lesions thereon due to illness or disease, or has a tendency for lesions or the like to easily form.
  • the described prior art toilet seats are rigid and hard as aforenoted, and thus aggravate the aforenoted conditions and add to the discomfort of users with the indicated problems.
  • conventional toilet seats may have a like disadvantage.
  • This invention contemplates a toilet seat for use by those who are unable for one reason or another to use a conventional toilet seat.
  • the seat is contoured and has a cavity in its seating surface which generally follows the contour of the seat.
  • the cavity receives a cushion which generally follows the contour of the cavity.
  • the body of a user is in contact with the cushion when the seat is used so as to minimize any discomfort to the user that might otherwise occur.
  • the cushion may be a foam rubber member; an air or water filled member; or may be a member containing a suitable gel, as the case may be.
  • an elevated toilet seat embodying the invention has a hard, rigid seat body designated by the numeral 2 which is disposed on a con­ventional toilet bowl (not shown) and a cushion designated generally by the numeral 4.
  • seat body 2 has a cavity 6 formed in a contoured seating surface 7 thereof, and which cavity 6 generally follows the contour of seating surface 7. Cavity 6 receives cushion 4.
  • cushion 4 generally follows the contour of cavity 6 so as to fit therein.
  • Cavity 6 and cushion 4 may be sized whereby the cushion fits snugly into the cavity so as to remain in place.
  • the cushion may re­main in place by virtue of its own weight as will be hereinafter discussed.
  • the underside of cushion 4 (not otherwise shown) may have a pressure sensitive adhesive surface so that when cushion 4 is placed in cavity 6 and pressed therein the cushion will adhere to the bottom of the cavity so as to remain in place.
  • FIG. 5 shows another elevated toilet seat embodying the invention and having a hard, rigid seat body 8 and a cushion 10.
  • seat body 8 has a cavity 12 formed in a contoured seating surface 13 thereof, and which cavity generally follows the contour of seating surface 13.
  • seating surface 13 as best shown in Figures 5 and 8 has a back 14 which is higher than the front 16 thereof so as to provide hip comfort and security to a user of the seat.
  • cushion 10 likewise has a back 17 which is higher than its front 18 and otherwise follows the contour of cavity 12 so as to fit therein.
  • Cushion 10 remains in place in cavity 12 by virtue of its size relative to the cavity size, by virtue of its weight or by virtue of a pressure sensitive adhesive surface on its underside (not otherwise shown) as heretofore referred to.
  • the arrangement is such that the depth of cavities 6 and 12 and the thickness of cushions 4 and 10, respectively, permits the inserts to extend above seating surfaces 6 and 13 of respective seat bodies 2 and 8, whereby the body of a user is in contact with the cushion when the seat is used.
  • Cushions 4 and 10 have outer casings or the like 5 and 11, respectively, of a suitable material such as vinyl or the like.
  • Casings 5 and 11 encase soft inserts 20 and 22, respectively, which are shown as being of a foam rubber. It will be understood that the invention contemplates air inflatable or water fillable outer casings 5 and 11, inflated or filled through a suitable valve (not shown) and which would satisfy the purpose of the invention.
  • the casings may be filled with a suitable gelatinous material such as a polyacrylamid gel marketed by Southwest Technologies, Inc., Kansas City, Mo. In each of these cases an insert would be provided as contem­plated by the invention.
  • the insert is of sufficient weight so that cushions 4 and 10 remain in place in cavities 6 and 12 without any further retaining means being required as heretofore referred to.
  • an elevated toilet seat having a hard, rigid body and a cushion disposed within and extending above the seat body so as to render the seat useful for those who have need for an elevated toilet seat, but have sensitive areas or lesions or the like on the body area coming into contact with the seat. Accordingly, the elevated toilet seat of the invention is useful for a particular group of users who cannot use a conventional toilet seat, and who, additionally, cannot use a prior art elevated toilet seat without experiencing discomfort.

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EP88200738A 1987-11-13 1988-04-19 WC-Brille mit Kissen auf der Sitzfläche Withdrawn EP0316971A1 (de)

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US11991287A 1987-11-13 1987-11-13
US119912 1993-09-10

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US3364505A (en) * 1965-12-23 1968-01-23 Ralph E. Palmier Toilet seat elevator
US3517396A (en) * 1964-08-20 1970-06-30 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Cushion toilet seat structure
US3587119A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-06-28 Fredesvindo Gerena Freses Toilet seat cover

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3517396A (en) * 1964-08-20 1970-06-30 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Cushion toilet seat structure
US3364505A (en) * 1965-12-23 1968-01-23 Ralph E. Palmier Toilet seat elevator
US3587119A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-06-28 Fredesvindo Gerena Freses Toilet seat cover

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