Classifications

• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a support, particularly for a sanitary fixture.
• sanitary fixtures comprising a sitting portion to which a ring is usually pivoted, a cover being in turn pivoted to such ring.
• the aim of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, eliminating the drawbacks of the cited background art, by providing a support which allows a plurality of users to use in succession a same sanitary fixture, giving them assurance of perfect hygiene.
• an object is to provide a support which ensures that hygiene is maintained without requiring cleaning interventions between the various uses of the sitting portion.
• Another object is to provide a support which can be used easily and does not force users to handle any component of the sanitary fixture.
• Another object of the invention is to be able to give the various users the assurance of using the sanitary fixture in conditions of absolute hygiene.
• a further object is to provide a support which is structurally simple and has low manufacturing costs.
• a support particularly for a sanitary fixture comprising a sitting portion, characterized in that it is constituted by an open and stackable box-shaped body, which can be arranged detachably so as to straddle only the lateral regions of the sitting portion.
• Such lateral regions are constituted by two arms which are arranged approximately parallel to each other.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sitting portion and of two supports, one of which is raised with respect to the sitting portion;
• Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of a plurality of supports according to the invention in the stacked condition
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of a detail of the invention.
• Figure 4 is a partially sectional perspective view of a support in the step which precedes coupling to an arm which constitutes the sitting portion of the sanitary fixture;
• Figure 5 is a view, similar to Figure 4, of a support associated with the arm;
• Figure 6 is a view, similar to Figure 5, of another solution for a support, illustrating means for connection to the sitting portion;
• Figure 7 is a side view of a detail of the support of Figure 5 before its application to the arm;
• Figure 8 is a view, similar to Figure 7, of the support applied to the arm;
• Figure 9 is a perspective view of two supports stacked together.
• Figure 10 is a partially sectional perspective view of three supports stacked together and associated with an arm of a sanitary fixture;
• Figure 11 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a support.
• the reference numeral 1 generally designates a support particularly for a sanitary fixture 2 composed of a sitting portion 3.
• the sitting portion 3 is constituted by a bowl 4, which is hollow and open at the top and the bottom of which can be connected to appropriate pipes and siphons which lead to the sewage system of a building.
• Two arms 5a and 5b are provided on the preferably flat upper perimetric rim of the bowl 4, advantageously in its lateral regions, are approximately mutually parallel and advantageously have a transverse cross-section shaped approximately like an isosceles trapezoid.
• Each one of the arms 5a and 5b is delimited at the rear by a recess, designated by the reference numerals 6a and 6b, which affects the upper perimetric rim of the bowl 4, so as to form, for each arm 5a and 5b, two ends
• each arm 5a and 5b is provided with an upper surface 8 which has a rectangular plan shape.
• the support 1 is constituted by an open and stackable box-shaped body 9, which can be arranged detachably so as to straddle the lateral regions of the sitting portion 3 which form the arms 5a and 5b.
• the box-shaped body 9 has, in a transverse cross- section, a shape which is approximately complementary with respect to such arms and is therefore shaped approximately like an inverted letter U, so as to form a base 10, which is shaped substantially complementarity with respect to the upper surface 8 of the arms and from the longitudinal sides of which two first walls 11a and l ib protrude approximately at right angles thereto, the walls preferably diverging slightly away from the base 10 in order to be arranged approximately parallel, during use, on the lateral surfaces of the arms 5a and 5b.
• Two second walls 12a and 12b protrude from the transverse sides of the base 10 of each one of the arms 5a and 5b and are shaped approximately complementarily with respect to the two ends 7a and 7b of each arm, so as to prevent axial movement of the box-shaped body 9 once it has been arranged so as to straddle a single arm.
• the second walls 12a and 12b further prevent mutual translational motions in a longitudinal direction of the supports 1 when the supports are stacked together.
• a longitudinal protrusion designated by the reference numerals 13a and 13b, protrudes from the free end of each first wall 11a and 1 Ib, approximately parallel to the base 10 and toward the outside of the box-shaped body 9.
• a plurality of advantageously longitudinal ribs 14 protrude from the surface of the base 10 which is directed toward the inside of the box-shaped body 9 and are adapted to increase the compressive strength of the base 10 and to avoid, during use, the adhesion by suction of the base 10 to the upper surface 8 of each arm with which the base is associated; the ribs 14 further prevent mutual adhesion by suction between the bases 10 of the various box-shaped bodies 9 when they are stacked together.
• the outer surface of the box- shaped body 9 can be covered partially or completely by a layer 30 of covering material, made for example of paper or plastics, which is adapted to increase the sitting comfort of the user.
• a layer 30 of covering material made for example of paper or plastics, which is adapted to increase the sitting comfort of the user.
• means for the temporary connection of the support to such sitting portion and/or means for mutually engaging two of the supports 1 in the stacked condition are provided.
• the means for temporary connection to such sitting portion are constituted advantageously by at least one pair of holes 15a and 15b, which are formed in the first walls 11a and l ib, advantageously but not necessarily in a position which is adjacent to the longitudinal protrusions 13a and 13b.
• Complementarily shaped pins 16a and 16b can be accommodated respectively in the holes 15a and 15b, protrude from the lateral surfaces of the arms 5a and 5b, and are arranged at a distance which is equal to the distance between the holes 15a and 15b.
• the pins 16a and 16b can be inserted, during use, respectively in the holes 15a and 15b of the box-shaped body 9, thus rigidly coupling the box- shaped body to the respective arm.
• the means for temporary connection to the sitting portion and the means for mutually engaging two of the supports 101 in the stacked condition are constituted advantageously by at least one pair of slots 117a and 117b, which have an elongated and preferably rectangular plan shape and are formed in the first walls I l ia and 111b of the box-shaped body 109 approximately at right angles and starting from their free ends, at a chosen mutual distance.
• two tabs 118a and 118b protrude from the mutually facing longitudinal perimetric edges of the slots 117a and 117b, at a region thereof which lies proximate to the longitudinal protrusions 113a and 113b and toward the inside thereof; such tabs are elastically deformable and preferably approximately triangular and are arranged so as to approximately face each other.
• the minimum distance between the two tabs is shorter than the diameter of the pins 116a and 116b which protrude from the lateral surfaces of each arm 105.
• the slots 117a and 117b are adapted to accommodate, in the region between the tabs and their closed end, the pins 116a and 116b which protrude from each arm 105, while the tabs 118a and 118b are both sufficiently deformable to allow the previous arrangement of the pins and sufficiently rigid to avoid the accidental lifting of the box-shaped body arranged at the top of the stack.
• the pins 116a and 116b enter the slots 117a and 117b of a plurality of mutually stacked supports 101, thus rigidly coupling them to each other and to the arm 105.
• the means for mutually engaging two of the supports 101 in the stacked condition further comprise at least one pair of wings 119, which are obtained for example by means of a notch provided at the first walls I l ia and 111b of the box-shaped body 109 proximate to the edge for connection to the base 110.
• the wings 119 are approximately rectangular and are connected to the respective first wall at their upper end, and can thus be folded, with their lower end, toward the outside of the box-shaped body 109; when two box-shaped bodies are stacked, the wings 119 of one box- shaped body are arranged above the corresponding wings of the second box- shaped body, allowing to achieve mutual interconnection or engagement.
• the means for mutually engaging two box-shaped bodies 109 in the stacked condition can also comprise a plurality of pleats 120, provided on the first walls I l ia and 111b, which form an alternation of teeth and grooves, which are adapted, by means of their engagement respectively with the grooves and teeth of an additional overlying or underlying box-shaped body, to keep them mutually coupled in the stacked position during use.
• Operation is therefore as follows: with reference to Figure 1, two box- shaped bodies 9 which constitute the supports 1 can be associated with the arms of a sitting portion 3 of a sanitary fixture 2, thus remaining stably positioned on the respective arms also by way of the presence of the means for temporary connection to the sitting portion 3.
• the user can therefore employ the sitting portion 2, in conditions of perfect hygiene, by sitting on the two box-shaped bodies 9.
• the user can remove the supports 1, for example in order to throw them into the trash, or alternatively can leave them applied to the arms.
• the next user can arrange a second pair of box- shaped bodies 9 so as to cover the first box-shaped bodies, without having to touch the first ones; the second box-shaped bodies 9 therefore remain stably associated with the first ones by means of the action of the mutual engagement means.
• the user can remove the supports 1 and 9, which are firmly stacked, for example to throw them into the trash, or alternatively can leave them applied to the arms.
• a plurality of users can therefore use the sitting portion 2 in succession in complete hygiene by stacking together a plurality of box- shaped bodies 9.
• the invention has achieved the intended aim and objects, a support particularly for a sanitary fixture composed of a sitting portion having been provided which by providing a new and clean supporting base for each different user allows a plurality of users to use in succession the sitting portion in conditions of maximum hygiene, without requiring cleaning between one use and the next.

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