EP3410911B1 - Befestigungsmechanismus für toilettensitz/-deckel und verfahren zur verwendung davon - Google Patents

Befestigungsmechanismus für toilettensitz/-deckel und verfahren zur verwendung davon Download PDF

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EP3410911B1
EP3410911B1 EP16804856.9A EP16804856A EP3410911B1 EP 3410911 B1 EP3410911 B1 EP 3410911B1 EP 16804856 A EP16804856 A EP 16804856A EP 3410911 B1 EP3410911 B1 EP 3410911B1
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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
    • A47K13/24—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
    • A47K13/26—Mounting devices for seats or covers

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  • This invention relates to an attachment mechanism for a toilet seat/lid arrangement and a method of using the same.
  • a toilet seat and/or toilet lid are attached to a toilet pan using one or more bolts that are inserted through apertures defined on an upper surface of the toilet pan adjacent a rear edge or cistern thereof.
  • One or more washers and nuts are used to secure the one or more bolts to the toilet pan on a lower surface of the toilet pan.
  • a decorative location disk is provided on the upper surface of the toilet pan for association with each aperture.
  • the decorative location disk includes an aperture therethough and a user typically has to align the bolt with the decorative location disk and the aperture on the toilet pan prior to securing the bolt with the washer and nut from the underside surface of the toilet pan. This process can be fiddly and time consuming for a user to undertake.
  • Document WO 90/15565 A1 discloses a connector rotatably joining the toilet seat/cover and permits rapid attachment to a toilet bowl or other covered device without the use of tools and without leaving securing members on the toilet bowl or other container, whereby the closing of clamping components in the existing screw-holes in the toilet bowl or, according to a second embodiment, atmospheric pressure by means of suction cups to which a similar securing mechanism is connected holds the toilet seat/cover to the edge of the toilet bowl.
  • Further document DE 20 2013 102982 U1 discloses an equipment series characterized in that an instant mounting fastener is provided and the fastener and can be matched to and used for all items of equipment, e.g. in the bathroom, kitchen, WC etc. whereby the fastener could comprise a suction cup and the suction cup could build up the vacuum effect via an integrated pump.
  • the invention further comprises a method claim 8 defining steps for attaching a toilet seat to a toilet pan.
  • a method claim 8 defining steps for attaching a toilet seat to a toilet pan.
  • an attachment mechanism for attaching a toilet seat to a toilet pan comprising: a body portion having engagement means for engaging part of a toilet seat; attachment means for attaching the body portion to the toilet pan, wherein the attachment means comprises a suction cup having a suction cavity; and an actuation mechanism to allow the suction cup to be moved between a first engaged position and a second disengaged position; wherein the actuation mechanism comprises a pump and the pump has a conduit that connects with the suction cup to allow fluid to be removed from the suction cavity of the suction cup; wherein the actuation mechanism is provided in or associated with the engagement means of the attachment mechanism, such the movement of the engagement means actuates movement of the actuation mechanism.
  • the present invention uses vacuum/suction means for attaching a toilet seat to a toilet pan in use.
  • This has the advantage that no apertures are required to be formed in the toilet pan for the location of toilet seat/lid attachment bolts as is conventionally required. This simplifies the tooling required for manufacturing the toilet pan and improves the aesthetic appearance of the resulting toilet.
  • the toilet seat can be fitted and/or removed by a user entirely from an upper surface of the toilet pan and so the problem associated with the prior art of gaining access to the underside surface of the toilet pan for securing/releasing attachment of the toilet seat is removed.
  • the process of fitting and/or removing the toilet seat with respect to the toilet pan is significantly simplified, no special tools or user skill is required, and the time for undertaking the fitting/removing process is significantly reduced.
  • the toilet seat can be positioned wherever the user wishes on an upper surface of the toilet pan and the positioning is not limited to the location of toilet seat attachment apertures, as is conventionally the case with prior art toilets.
  • the attachment mechanism therefore offers a universal fit, irrespective of the design, shape and/or dimensions of the toilet pan and/or toilet seat.
  • a toilet seat attachment mechanism 2 comprising an elongate body portion 4 having a top surface 6, a base surface 8, end walls 10, 12 and front and rear side walls 14, 16 respectively.
  • Engagement means 18 are provided to allow engagement of a toilet seat (not shown) to the same in use.
  • the engagement means can take any suitable form to allow a toilet seat to be pivotably or hingedly connected to the attachment mechanism 2.
  • Vacuum or suction means in the form of two suction cups 20, 22 are located on base surface 8 adjacent end walls 10 and 12.
  • the inner surface 24 of the suction cups 20, 22 that faces towards the surface to which the mechanism 2 is to be attached to in use is curved, as shown by dotted line 26.
  • the suction cups 20, 22 are formed from a resilient flexible material.
  • User actuation means 28 are associated with each suction cup 20, 22 to allow the suction cups 20, 22 to be moved between an engaged position, wherein the inner surface 24 is moved towards the surface to which the mechanism 2 is to be attached to in use, so that the inner surface 24 forms a relatively planar or substantially horizontal position; and a disengaged position, wherein the inner surface 24 is moved away from the surface to which the mechanism 2 has been attached to and forms a relatively curved or non-planar position.
  • the user actuation means 28 includes an operating lever 30 which is pivotably connected to one end of an actuating arm 32 at a pivot point 34.
  • Resilient biasing means in the form of a spring 36 is associated with each actuating arm 32.
  • the other end 38 of the actuating arm 32 is attached centrally to the outer surface of the suction cup 20, 22.
  • Operating lever 30 protrudes outwardly and upwardly from top surface 6 of the attachment mechanism 2 in this example to allow easy access by a user.
  • a user places the attachment mechanism 2 on an upper surface 40 of a toilet pan 42 towards a rear wall or cistern 44 thereof at a location where they would like a rear edge of a toilet seat 46 to be located in use.
  • the user actuation means 28 are typically in a disengaged position.
  • a longitudinal axis of the operating lever 30 In the disengaged position, a longitudinal axis of the operating lever 30 is vertical or substantially vertical and/or is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the top surface 6 of the attachment mechanism body portion 4.
  • the inner surface 24 of the suction cups 20, 22 is in a relatively curved position with a cavity 39 defined between the inner surface 24 of the cup and the toilet pan surface 40 on which the attachment mechanism is located.
  • a user grips each operating lever 30 and pivots the levers 30 outwardly (or inwardly) of each other towards the top surface 6 of the attachment mechanism body portion 4. This brings the operating levers 30 to an engaged position, wherein a longitudinal axis of the levers is substantially parallel, parallel, horizontal or substantially horizontal with respect to the top surface 6.
  • the user has to apply sufficient force in moving the operating lever 30 from the disengaged position to the engaged position to overcome the biasing force of spring 36.
  • the inner surface 24 of the suction cup 20, 22 is moved towards the upper surface 40 of toilet pan 42.
  • This movement forces the air contained in the cavity 39 outwardly of the peripheral rim of the suction cup to form a partial vacuum, such that the air pressure on the outer wall of the suction cup 20, 22 is greater than the air pressure on the inner wall of the suction cup.
  • This pressure differential secures the suction cups, and therefore the attachment mechanism 2 and toilet seat 44, to the upper surface 40 of the toilet pan 42.
  • a user If a user requires removal of the toilet seat, such as for cleaning purposes, replacement and/or repair, a user simply moves the operating levers 30 from the engaged position, to the disengaged position, thereby pulling the inner surface 24 of the suction cup away from the upper surface 40 of the toilet pan and allowing air at atmospheric pressure to enter the cavity now formed (or enlarged) adjacent the inner surface 24 of the suction cup.
  • the suction cups can be covered by the body portion or cover means so as to hide the same from view from a user when the attachment mechanism 2 is viewed externally when in an engaged position.
  • FIGS. 2a-2c there is illustrated a further embodiment of an attachment mechanism 100 not according to the present invention.
  • the same features are referred to by the same reference numerals used in the embodiment shown in figures 1a-1b .
  • the embodiment shown in figures 1a-1b required a toilet pan to be formed where no existing toilet seat attachment apertures are provided on the upper surface 40 of the toilet pan 42, any toilet seat attachment apertures provided are covered up using cover means, or the spacing between the suction cups 20, 22 to be such that they do not overlap with any toilet seat attachment apertures that would interfere with the suction engagement
  • the embodiment shown in figures 2a-2c has locating pins 102 which are for location in the existing toilet seat attachment apertures present on the upper surface 40 of a toilet pan 42.
  • the locating pins 102 are provided on base surface 8 of the attachment mechanism 100 and protrude outwardly and downwardly thereof.
  • a single suction cup 20 is provided centrally between the locating pins 102 on base surface 8.
  • a pump 104 is associated with the suction cup 20 for removing air that may reside in the cavity formed between the inner surface 24 of the suction cavity and the upper surface of the toilet pan when in the disengaged position, in order to form the engaged position.
  • User actuation means in the form of a pump operating lever or piston 106 is accessible via upper surface 6 of the attachment mechanism 100 to allow actuation of the pump to help remove air from the suction cavity of the suction cup.
  • engagement means in the form of hinge support straps 108 are provided adjacent ends 10, 12 on the upper surface 6 to allow a toilet seat to be hingedly mounted to the same.
  • the hinge support straps 108 protrude outwardly from upper surface 6 and each have an aperture 110 defined therein for the location of a hinge pin therethrough in use.
  • the hinge pin is associated with the toilet seat to be fitted to the attachment mechanism 100 in use.
  • FIGS. 4a-8 there is illustrated an embodiment of the present invention wherein the vacuum or partial vacuum in the suction cup is created, maintained and/or released by a vacuum pump that is actuated by movement of the toilet lid.
  • the attachment mechanism 200 includes a housing 202 having a base 204 to which a suction cup 206 is attached.
  • a sleeve member 208 is provided on a top 210 of the housing 202 in which a vacuum pump mechanism 212 is associated.
  • the suction cup 206 is located on an upper surface of a toilet pan to which the toilet seat and lid is to be attached to in use.
  • An aperture 214 is defined in the suction cup 206 and this aperture is in communication with suction conduit 216 attached to a vacuum pump 218. Activation of the vacuum pump causes air or fluid to be sucked from the area between the suction cup 206 and the toilet pan surface via suction conduit 216 in use.
  • a cam head or member 220 is associated with an end of the vacuum pump.
  • the cam head 220 cannot undergo rotational movement but is capable of undergoing linear reciprocal movement in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve member 208 in which it is located. This linear reciprocal movement of the cam head 220 allows activation and deactivation of the vacuum pump in use.
  • a shaft 222 is provided having a first end 224 with a cam member 226 provided thereon.
  • a second end 228 of shaft 222 has a profile that is complementary to the profile of a toilet seat attachment.
  • second end 228 is provided with a plurality of teeth arranged adjacent the peripheral edge of end 228 which engage with complementary recesses provided on an interior wall of a sleeve element 230 associated with a toilet seat 232.
  • shaft 222 is engaged to the toilet seat 232 via second end 228.
  • this causes shaft 222 to pivot around its longitudinal axis 'x'.
  • Cam member 226 is an eccentric cam member, such that rotation or pivoting of shaft 222 causes eccentric cam member 226 to rotate. Eccentric cam member 226 does not undergo longitudinal movement along sleeve member 208. However, due to the profile of the eccentric cam 226, which is complementary in shape to the profile of cam head 220, rotation of cam member 226 causes cam head 220 to move longitudinally along sleeve member 208, thereby activating or deactivating the vacuum pump 218.
  • opening of the toilet seat 232 causes deactivation of the vacuum pump or the vacuum pump to be fully open or relatively extended in terms of its travel capability, as shown in figures 6a and 7b .
  • Closing of the toilet seat causes activation of the vacuum pump or the vacuum pump to be fully closed or relatively depressed or recessed in terms of its travel capability, as shown in figures 6b and 7a .
  • Activation of the vacuum pump sucks air or fluid from the suction cup 206, thereby increasing the suction force of the suction cup to the toilet pan in use.
  • the toilet seat mechanism can be used to replenish the vacuum in the suction cup 206 during use or it can be used to create the vacuum in the suction cup. If the toilet seat mechanism is being used to replenish the vacuum in the suction cup only, user actuation means can be provided to allow the initial vacuum to be created and/or released as described previously.
  • a pressure sensor and/or switch can be provided to detect a pressure or pressure change in the suction cup. If the vacuum in the suction cup needs to be replenished, improved, reduced and/or the like, a battery operated mechanism can be used to activate or deactivate the vacuum pump to increase or decrease the vacuum in the suction cup. It will also be appreciated that the above mechanism can be used with the toilet lid and the toilet seat. A soft close mechanism 234 can be associated with the toilet seat 236 and the toilet lid as required.

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  1. Befestigungsmechanismus (200) zum Befestigen eines Toilettensitzes an einer Toilettenschüssel (42), wobei der Befestigungsmechanismus (200) Folgendes umfasst: einen Körperabschnitt mit Eingriffsmitteln zum Eingreifen in einen Teil eines Toilettensitzes (236); Befestigungsmittel zum Befestigen des Körperabschnittes an der Toilettenschüssel, wobei die Befestigungsmittel einen Saugteller (206) mit einem Saughohlraum umfassen; und
    einen Betätigungsmechanismus, um zu ermöglichen, dass der Saugteller zwischen einer ersten in Eingriff genommenen Position und einer zweiten gelösten Position bewegt wird;
    wobei der Betätigungsmechanismus eine Pumpe (218) umfasst und die Pumpe (218) eine Leitung (216) aufweist, die mit dem Saugteller (206) verbunden ist, um zu ermöglichen, dass Fluid aus dem Saughohlraum des Saugtellers (206) entfernt wird;
    wobei der Betätigungsmechanismus in den Eingriffsmitteln des Befestigungsmechanismus bereitgestellt oder diesen zugeordnet ist, sodass die Bewegung der Eingriffsmittel Bewegung des Betätigungsmechanismus auslöst.
  2. Befestigungsmechanismus nach Anspruch 1, wobei ein oder mehrere Abdeckelemente bereitgestellt sind, um zumindest eine Öffnung abzudecken, die auf der Oberfläche der Toilettenschüssel, an welcher der Befestigungsmechanismus anzubringen ist, vorhanden sein kann.
  3. Befestigungsmechanismus nach Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, wobei der Saugteller angeordnet ist, sodass er zwischen einer ersten in Eingriff genommenen Verwendungsposition, wobei zumindest ein Teilvakuum zwischen dem Saugteller und der Toilettenschüssel gebildet ist, und einer zweiten gelösten Position, wobei kein Teilvakuum zwischen dem Saugteller und der Toilettenschüssel gebildet ist, bewegt werden kann.
  4. Befestigungsmechanismus nach einem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei Betätigung des Betätigungsmechanismus über mechanische Mittel und/oder elektrische Mittel ist.
  5. Befestigungsmechanismus nach Anspruch 4, wobei die mechanischen Mittel eine oder mehrere Nocken oder Exzenternocken beinhalten.
  6. Befestigungsmechanismus nach einem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Pumpe durch eine oder mehrere Batterien angetrieben wird.
  7. Toilettensitz, der einen Befestigungsmechanismus nach einem vorhergehenden Anspruch umfasst.
  8. Verfahren zum Befestigen eines Toilettensitzes an einer Toilettenschüssel, umfassend die folgenden Schritte:
    Bereitstellen eines Toilettensitzes nach Anspruch 7; und
    Befestigen des Toilettensitzes an der Toilettenschüssel durch Positionieren des Saugtellers auf einer Oberfläche der Toilettenschüssel und Betätigen der Pumpe, um zumindest ein Teilvakuum innerhalb des Saugtellers zu Produkt, um ihn an der Toilettenschüsseloberfläche anzubringen.
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