EP1103214A2 - Tragbarer Toilettensitz - Google Patents

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EP1103214A2
EP1103214A2 EP00830755A EP00830755A EP1103214A2 EP 1103214 A2 EP1103214 A2 EP 1103214A2 EP 00830755 A EP00830755 A EP 00830755A EP 00830755 A EP00830755 A EP 00830755A EP 1103214 A2 EP1103214 A2 EP 1103214A2
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seat
toilet seat
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portable toilet
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Emanuela Menghi
Nadia Peraro
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Alemplast- Srl
Naliste SNC Di Peraro Nadia & C
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Naliste SNC Di Peraro Nadia & C
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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
    • A47K13/005—Auxiliary or portable seats

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  • the present patent application relates to a portable toilet seat.
  • the invention has been designed to solve the problem of poor hygienic conditions of community toilets, such as public toilets, hotels and restaurants.
  • the manufacture that should have solved the problem of poor hygienic conditions of public toilets consists in a disposable paper cover having the same exact shape of toilet seats. The cover is placed on the entire perimeter of the toilet seat before sitting down.
  • the paper cover shows several inconveniences during its use, mainly because it is quite difficult to exactly place it on the toilet seat (due to the user's weight, the paper cover easily moves out of its position, causing the direct contact with the toilet seat) and because the paper cover is permeable and cannot be used when the toilet seat is wet, as it often happens in public toilets.
  • the portable toilet seat according to the present invention has been devised, which is capable of overcoming all inconveniences of the prior art, while offering a very comfortable seat to the users.
  • the invention is based on an innovative principle: instead of covering it, the user can replace the seat of public toilets with a personal object - that is the portable toilet seat according to the present invention - characterised by proven hygienic, comfortable conditions.
  • the portable toilet seat according to the present invention is made of preferably soft, flexible plastic material and features an articulated structure with hinges that allow to fold its various sections one on top of the other.
  • the portable toilet seat according to the present invention can be produced in a disposable version or in another version for repeated use.
  • the manufacture according to the present invention must be conveniently produced with simplified technologies and a limited use of plastic materials.
  • the same portable toilet seat will have a more articulated structure with quality finish, in order to provide for maximum efficiency and comfort from the functional viewpoint.
  • the toilet seat (1) according to the present invention is made with moulded soft, flexible plastic material and has four regularly spaced linear notches on its entire section, two (2a and 2b) on the longitudinal axis of the seat (1) and two (3) on its transversal axis.
  • the four notches (2a, 2b and 3) identify four identical sections with 90° curving (T1, T2, T3 and T4) on the structure of the toilet seat (1).
  • the notch (2a) in the centre of the front transversal section of the seat (1) is free, while the notch (2b) in the centre of the rear transversal section of the seat (1), as well as the two notches (3) located half way on the two longitudinal sections of the toilet seat (1) are associated with hinges (4b, 4a).
  • the hinges provide the structural continuity of the entire seat (1) and at the same time allow to fold it in four parts, according to the sequence shown in figs. 2 and 3. This allows for considerably reducing the volume of the seat (1) during transportation inside a bag.
  • the two notches (3) with transversal axis identify two transversal halves (the rear half and the front half), which can rotate by 90°, one towards the other, until their upper sides touch (that is the sides on which the user sits) by means of the hinges (4a) located on the transversal notches (3), as shown in fig. 2.
  • the rear hinge consists in a thin transversal bead (4b) obtained during moulding with the same material as the toilet seat (1).
  • the bead (4b) joins the two contiguous rear sections (T3, T4) of the seat (1) on their base and is intrinsically provided with high flexibility that allows it to withstand the turning over of the two sections (T3, T4) of the seat (1) from down upwards and vice versa, without irreversible damage or plastic deformation.
  • the two lateral hinges consist in identical beads (4a), whose function and structure are exactly the same as the rear bead (4b), although they are located on the upper part of the corresponding pairs of sections (T2-T3, T1-T4) of the seat (1).
  • the seat (1) can make use of different hinge systems between the various sections of its structure, without exiting the principle of the present invention.
  • the ends of the contiguous seat sections (Tx, Ty) internally have an upturned L-shaped transversal section with a horizontal wing (5a) with reduced thickness and a vertical wing (5b) representing an edge that extends from one lateral edge to the other edge of the seat section.
  • the transversal edge (5b) of one (Tx) of the seat sections moves to touch the corresponding edge (5b) of the contiguous section (Ty). After that, the two edges (5b) are joined by means a series of rivets (6) with horizontal axis, as shown in fig. 4B.
  • Figs. 5A, 5B and 5C show another hinge system applied on two contiguous sections (Tx, Ty) of the seat having the same structure as the one shown in figs. 4A, 4B and 4C above.
  • the ends of the sections (Tx, Ty) of the seat (1) have special L-shaped notches, whose vertical part (8a) goes along the entire thickness of the corresponding seat section, while the horizontal part (8b) is a sort of lowered step in longitudinal position on the upper surface of the corresponding seat section, ending on its transversal edge.
  • the two ends of the strap must be inserted from up downwards through the two vertical parts (8a) belonging to two different aligned notches on two contiguous sections (Tx, Ty) of the seat.
  • the strap can be placed in the aligned horizontal parts (8b) of the two notches located on the seat (1) without causing any problem of space. Then, the two ends of the strap must be energetically pulled downwards and firmly joined on the lower side of the seat (1).
EP00830755A 1999-11-29 2000-11-16 Tragbarer Toilettensitz Withdrawn EP1103214A3 (de)

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ITAN990039U 1999-11-29
ITAN990039 IT248951Y1 (it) 1999-11-29 1999-11-29 Ciambella per water di tipo portatile.

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WO2023091482A1 (en) * 2021-11-16 2023-05-25 Wilson Eric R Personal, portable, folding toilet seat

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Citations (5)

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US1156629A (en) * 1915-06-09 1915-10-12 Abraham Rivera Collapsible and portable toilet-seat cover.
US1410427A (en) * 1919-10-25 1922-03-21 Walter D Turnquist Portable child's toilet seat
US3261030A (en) * 1963-06-18 1966-07-19 Donald W Blem Portable seat
US4525880A (en) * 1983-08-08 1985-07-02 Joseph Bass Portable auxiliary toilet seat
US5005223A (en) * 1990-04-13 1991-04-09 Children On The Go, Inc. Foldable toilet seat

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1156629A (en) * 1915-06-09 1915-10-12 Abraham Rivera Collapsible and portable toilet-seat cover.
US1410427A (en) * 1919-10-25 1922-03-21 Walter D Turnquist Portable child's toilet seat
US3261030A (en) * 1963-06-18 1966-07-19 Donald W Blem Portable seat
US4525880A (en) * 1983-08-08 1985-07-02 Joseph Bass Portable auxiliary toilet seat
US5005223A (en) * 1990-04-13 1991-04-09 Children On The Go, Inc. Foldable toilet seat

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2023091482A1 (en) * 2021-11-16 2023-05-25 Wilson Eric R Personal, portable, folding toilet seat

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EP1103214A3 (de) 2003-03-19
IT248951Y1 (it) 2003-03-06
ITAN990039U1 (it) 2001-05-29

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