EP1169961B1 - Toilet seat arranged for distributing and placing seat covers made up of paper or similar material - Google Patents
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- EP1169961B1 EP1169961B1 EP01830370A EP01830370A EP1169961B1 EP 1169961 B1 EP1169961 B1 EP 1169961B1 EP 01830370 A EP01830370 A EP 01830370A EP 01830370 A EP01830370 A EP 01830370A EP 1169961 B1 EP1169961 B1 EP 1169961B1
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- seat
- seat cover
- toilet seat
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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
- A47K13/14—Protecting covers for closet seats
- A47K13/16—Protecting covers for closet seats of single sheets of paper or plastic foil or film
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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
- A47K13/14—Protecting covers for closet seats
- A47K13/16—Protecting covers for closet seats of single sheets of paper or plastic foil or film
- A47K13/165—Dispensers therefor
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- the present invention concerns a toilet seat for hygienic utilities, offices and the like, arranged for distributing and placing seat covers made of paper or other similar material.
- US 1 682 987 relates to improvements in paper covers for toilet seats, the kind designed to protect the body of the user from coming in direct contact with the seat.
- the paper cover has crossing rows of perforations all confined to its central area except one of said rows one end of which is extended to the margin of said paper cover.
- Solutions available up today are not surely able to give a solution to the safety and hygiene requirements, mainly comprising suitably shaped sheet made up of a proper material that must be put on the board before seating.
- a toilet seat for hygienic services hinged with a back, provided with a housing for a plurality of sheets, made of paper or other similar material, acting as seat-cover.
- Said sheets are rubberised in some specific parts, in order to make it possible the self drawing of a single sheet and to ensure an anti-slipping effect while using the seat.
- the solution suggested according to the present invention provides some modifications to the shape of the seat board and of the cover sheets, realised in such a way to solve the above mentioned drawbacks, thus preventing the occurrence of damaging of the same seat cover.
- a toilet seat arranged for distributing and placing seat cover sheets made up of paper or similar material, comprising a seat board, provided with a handle, and hinged with a back, whereby a plurality of stacked seat cover sheets is housed within said back, in such a way that in use for each complete lifting of the seat board said seat cover sheets are singularly taken, characterized in that both said seat board and said seat cover sheets have a substantially squared shape with rounded corners and have an inner hole having four right angles, said seat cover sheets having at each of the inner hole four right angles a die cut line of minor resistance.
- each seat cover sheet has a size slightly bigger than the size of the seat board and the die cut lines of minor resistance are diagonally die cut at each one of the four right angles of the inner hole.
- said back centrally provides a raised shaped body, suitable in use to engage with the inner hole of the seat cover sheets, in such a way to maintain them in place.
- the handle is a frontally lifting projecting handle, the handle having on the coupling base with the seat board one or more adhesive pads, said seat cover sheets being provided on the lower side corresponding with the pads with a zone treated by latex in such a way that said pads and said latex zone are in use in touch and adhere each other when in use the seat cover sheet is placed on the seat board, the pads being preferably replaceable pads.
- said back has in his upper part projecting pins or tines able to maintain in place the seat cover sheets when taken them singularly by said pads.
- the toilet seat further comprises a panel covering the seat covers sheet stack, which is hinged to the seat back.
- the panel comprises two symmetrical semi-parts laterally hinged.
- a further object of the present invention is a stack of toilet seat cover sheets made up of paper or similar materials, to be arranged in a toilet seat previously disclosed, wherein said sheets of seat cover stack have a zone treated with latex, have a substantially squared shape with rounded corners, have an inner hole having four right angles, and have a die cut line of minor resistance at each of the inner hole four right angles.
- each cover sheet has a size slightly bigger than the one of the toilet seat board previously disclosed, and said die cut lines of minor resistance are diagonally to each one of the four right angles of the inner hole.
- each sheet cover is treated by latex in a zone being provided on the lower side of the seat cover sheet, preferably in the front part.
- a seat 1 according to the present invention, provided with a lifting handle 2, frontally projecting.
- Said seat 1 is further provided with a back 3, hinged on the rear of the ceramic vase 12, containing a certain number of stacked die cut sheets 4, acting as cover seats, made up of suitable paper or of other material having analogous characteristics.
- Said lifting handle 2 is provided above a fixing base having the shape of a rectangular plate, housed in a suitable depressed seat provided on the seat, and the function of which will be described in greater detail in the following.
- Said back 3 has a suitable shape and is peripherically provided with a rather high edge, defining a cavity housing the cover seat sheet stack placed within said back.
- the shape of the seat board 5 according to the invention, as well as of the seat cover sheets 4, is substantially rectangular, in such a way to guarantee a complete covering of the seat board 5, when the seat cover sheet 4 is put in the use position shown in figure 4 or 5.
- the quadrangular shape of the sheets, provided with four right angles ensures the holding of the seat cover sheet 4, said holding being further guaranteed by the presence of minor resistance lines 6 diagonally die cut at each one of the four right angles of the inner hole.
- Paper seat cover sheet 4 preferably has sizes bigger than the toilet seat board 5, in order to obtain inner protective limbs (10), to cover the inner part of the same toilet seat board 5.
- Inner right angles of the toilet seat board 5 are necessary to facilitate the falling of four inner limbs (10) of the seat cover sheet 4, diagonally die cut (6) at the four angles, when the user is seated.
- a pair of projecting pins or tines 7 are provided within the edge of the back 3, in such a way to easily replace the seat cover sheets 4. Said projecting tines 7 work to keep the seat cover sheets 4 when taking the first seat cover sheet 4, and their ideal projection for the working of the device can be influenced by the sloping of the back 3 when it is rest to the wall.
- Cover seat die cut sheets 4 are each one treated by application of latex on some parts, namely in the front part, having a rectangular surface to grasp during the step of figure 3, with the adhesive pads 9 of the fixing plate of the lifting handle 2, said action ensuring the good positioning of the sheet during the taken and use step.
- Toilet seat board 5 provides at the bottom four dampening elements 11, that, according to a preferred embodiment can be higher than the standard ones, in order to space as more as it is possible the skin of the user from the ceramic vase 12 of the toilet.
- the hinge, the braces hinging the back (3) and the handle 2 frontally placed on the seat 1 are preferably made of stainless steel, said material being irreplaceable for public hygienic services.
- two semi-parts 13 of a panel covering the seat cover sheets 4 are hinged. Said panel covers the sheets when the seat boards is lifted, and protects them from the urine splashes due to a male user, using the toilet standing.
- Saids semi-parts 13 of the panel are provided with grooves 14 to house the dampening elements 11.
- the seat 1 according to the invention when not used, is in the position shown in figure 1.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT2000RM000355A IT1317053B1 (it) | 2000-06-28 | 2000-06-28 | Sedile da water predisposto per distribuire e posare coprisedili incarta o materiale simile. |
ITRM200355 | 2000-06-28 |
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EP1169961A1 EP1169961A1 (en) | 2002-01-09 |
EP1169961B1 true EP1169961B1 (en) | 2006-12-13 |
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EP01830370A Expired - Lifetime EP1169961B1 (en) | 2000-06-28 | 2001-06-06 | Toilet seat arranged for distributing and placing seat covers made up of paper or similar material |
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EP (1) | EP1169961B1 (it) |
AT (1) | ATE347844T1 (it) |
DE (1) | DE60125102T2 (it) |
IT (1) | IT1317053B1 (it) |
Families Citing this family (1)
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IL237131A (en) * | 2015-02-05 | 2016-05-31 | Eliyahu Shimon | Automatic system for supplying disposable seat cover for toilet seat |
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US1682987A (en) * | 1926-09-07 | 1928-09-04 | Hilda M Saxon | Paper cover for toilet seats |
IT1213898B (it) | 1987-08-12 | 1990-01-05 | Tognazzi Giorgio E Burattini T | Sedile da water per servizi igienici di locali pubblici uffici e similari predisposto per distribu ire e posare coprisedili in carta o materiale simile |
CA2123716A1 (en) * | 1993-06-07 | 1994-12-08 | Walter H. Breyer | Flushable, laminated toilet seat cover |
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- 2001-06-06 EP EP01830370A patent/EP1169961B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-06-06 AT AT01830370T patent/ATE347844T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
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DE60125102D1 (de) | 2007-01-25 |
ATE347844T1 (de) | 2007-01-15 |
IT1317053B1 (it) | 2003-05-26 |
DE60125102T2 (de) | 2007-09-20 |
ITRM20000355A0 (it) | 2000-06-28 |
ITRM20000355A1 (it) | 2001-12-28 |
EP1169961A1 (en) | 2002-01-09 |
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