JP2023042897A - toilet seat device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a toilet seat device that hardly leaves marks of a toilet lid on a toilet seat.SOLUTION: A toilet seat device 1 includes: a toilet seat 2 that has a top surface part 21 serving as a seating surface, a side surface part 22 extended downward from the top surface part 21 and a curved surface part 25 for connecting the top surface part 21 and the side surface part 22; and a toilet lid 3 that has a cushion part 5 arranged to be capable of abutting on the toilet seat 2 and that covers the toilet seat 2. The cushion part 5 has a first cushion part 51 that is arranged to be capable of abutting on the curved surface part 25 of the toilet seat 2 in the state of closing the toilet lid 3 and the toilet seat 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present disclosure relates to toilet seat devices.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is known to provide a toilet lid with a cushion in order to reduce the impact of the toilet seat and the toilet lid when the toilet seat and the toilet lid of a Western-style toilet are opened and closed. A technology has been proposed to prevent marks on the toilet seat due to the sliding resistance between the cushion and the toilet seat by changing the rigidity of the cushion depending on the position (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2021-083663 A

The toilet seat and toilet lid slide many times a day for long periods of time when the toilet bowl is installed. Therefore, there is a demand for a toilet seat device that makes it more difficult for the toilet seat to be scratched or scratched due to sliding.

The present disclosure includes a toilet seat having an upper surface serving as a seat surface, a side surface extending downward from the upper surface, and a curved surface connecting the upper surface and the side surface, and arranged so as to contact the toilet seat. and a toilet lid covering the toilet seat, wherein the cushion part is disposed so as to contact the curved surface of the toilet seat when the toilet lid and the toilet seat are closed. The present invention relates to a toilet seat device having a cushion portion.

It is a perspective view of the toilet seat device of this embodiment. It is the figure which looked at the toilet seat and the toilet lid of this embodiment from the bottom in the closed state. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the toilet seat device of the present embodiment as seen from the front side; It is a partial perspective sectional view of the toilet seat of this embodiment, and a 1st cushion part. It is the figure which looked at the toilet seat and toilet lid of this embodiment from the front in the opened state. It is a longitudinal section of the toilet seat device of this embodiment. It is a longitudinal section of the 2nd cushion part of this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the toilet seat device 1 is a device that is attached to a toilet body 10 of a Western-style toilet and covers a concave portion of the toilet body 10 in an openable and closable manner. The toilet seat device 1 has a toilet seat 2 , a toilet lid 3 and a functional part 4 .

In the following description, the front-rear direction when viewed from the user sitting on the toilet seat 2 is defined as the front-rear direction. The left-right direction when viewed from the user sitting on the toilet seat 2 is defined as the left-right direction. Let the vertical direction be the up-down direction.

The functional part 4 is arranged behind the toilet body 10, and has electronic parts for various functions of the toilet, such as opening and closing the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3, a cleaning device, a heating mechanism, and the like. The functional section 4 is covered with a cover body 41 . A toilet seat hinge portion 24 of the toilet seat 2 and a toilet lid hinge portion 33 (see FIG. 5A), which will be described later, are rotatably attached to the functional portion 4 .

The toilet seat 2 is arranged on the upper surface of the toilet body 10 so as to be openable and closable. The toilet seat 2 has a substantially oval opening 2a in the center and is formed in a flat annular shape having a predetermined width along the circumference of the opening 2a. The toilet seat 2 has an upper surface portion 21 , a side surface portion 22 , a lower surface portion 23 , a curved surface portion 25 and a toilet seat hinge portion 24 .

The upper surface portion 21 is a surface that serves as a seat surface on which the user sits. The upper surface portion 21 has a generally flat surface and is gently inclined so that the outer edge side of the ring of the toilet seat 2 is slightly higher than the central portion side thereof.

The side surface portion 22 is a surface extending downward from the upper surface portion 21 . The side surface portion 22 is a surface in the thickness direction on the outer edge side of the toilet seat 2 .

The lower surface portion 23 is a surface facing the upper surface portion 21, and is a surface facing the upper surface of the toilet body 10 when the toilet seat 2 is closed. A protrusion 231 made of rubber is arranged on the lower surface portion 23 , and the protrusion 231 contacts the upper surface of the toilet body 10 .

The curved surface portion 25 is a portion that connects the upper surface portion 21 and the side surface portion 22, and is a curved surface portion in which the corners formed by the connection are chamfered in an R shape.

The toilet seat hinge part 24 is arranged behind the toilet seat 2 and rotatably connects the functional part 4 and the toilet seat 2 . The toilet seat hinge portions 24 are behind the toilet seat 2 and protrude rearward from both left and right ends of the annular portion of the toilet seat 2 . The toilet seat hinge portion 24 has a shaft hole 242 through which a rotating shaft 241 arranged inside the function portion 4 described later can be inserted.

The toilet lid 3 is a lid that covers the toilet seat 2 and is formed in a substantially U shape. The toilet lid 3 has a lid surface 31 , a side wall portion 32 , a toilet lid hinge portion 33 and a cushion portion 5 .

The lid surface 31 is a substantially flat surface that covers the upper surface portion 21 of the toilet seat 2 and the concave portion of the toilet body 10 . The side wall portion 32 extends downward from the outer peripheral edge of the lid surface 31 toward the toilet seat 2 so as to cover the side portion 22 of the toilet seat 2 . The toilet lid hinge portion 33 is connected to the functional portion 4 behind the toilet seat hinge portion 24 . The toilet lid hinge portions 33 protrude rearward from both lateral ends of the lid surface 31 . The toilet lid hinge portion 33 has a shaft hole 332 through which a rotating shaft 331 arranged inside the function portion 4 to be described later can be inserted.

The cushion part 5 is arranged on the back side of the lid surface 31 of the toilet lid 3 so as to be able to come into contact with the toilet seat 2 . The cushion portion 5 has a first cushion portion 51 and a second cushion portion 52 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the first cushion portions 51 are arranged in pairs in the lateral direction of the toilet lid 3 so as to face each other. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the first cushion portion 51 is arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the curved surface portion 25 of the toilet seat 2 with the toilet lid 3 closed. The first cushion part 51 has a laterally long shape extending in the left-right direction when viewed from the front and the plan view of the toilet seat 2 . The first cushion portion has a contact portion 510 that contacts the toilet seat 2 , an inner end portion 51 a located on the central portion side of the toilet seat 2 , and an outer end portion 51 b located on the outer edge side of the toilet seat 2 . An outer end portion 51 b of the first cushion portion 51 is in contact with the side wall portion 32 of the toilet lid 3 .

The first cushion part 51 protrudes from the toilet lid 3 toward the toilet seat 2 . The first cushion portion 51 is formed by fitting a first cushion portion elastic member 512 to a first cushion portion protrusion 511 protruding downward from the toilet lid 3 . The first cushion elastic member 512 is, for example, rubber. The projection height of the first cushion part 51 from the toilet lid 3 increases from the central part side to the outer edge side of the toilet lid 3 . In other words, in the state where the toilet lid 3 and the toilet seat 2 are closed, the contact portion 510 of the first cushion portion 51 is inclined downward from the inner end portion 51a side toward the outer end portion 51b side. As shown in FIG. 3B, the inclination angle α formed by the imaginary line extending horizontally from the outer end portion 51b and the contact portion 510 of the first cushion portion 51 is 45 degrees or less.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first cushion part 51 does not contact the toilet seat 2 when the toilet seat 2 is raised and opened. When the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 are lifted up from the toilet body 10, the toilet lid hinge portion 33 is behind the toilet seat hinge portion 24. As shown in FIG. The front end of the toilet seat 2 is positioned below the front end of the toilet lid 3 . When the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 are lowered and closed from the state shown in FIG. While the toilet lid 3 and the toilet seat 2 rub against each other, the first cushion part 51 slides along the lateral edge of the toilet seat 2 . At this time, the first cushion portion 51 slides on the curved surface portion 25 of the toilet seat 2 as shown in FIG. 3A. As shown in FIG. 5A, when the toilet lid 3 is completely closed, the front end of the toilet lid 3 is in front of the front end of the toilet seat 2 .

The second cushion portion 52 is arranged between the pair of first cushion portions 51 and extends in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 5B, the second cushion part 52 has a vertically long shape. The second cushion portion 52 is formed by fitting second cushion portion elastic members 524a and 524b to second cushion portion projections 523a and 523b protruding downward from the toilet lid 3 . The second cushion elastic members 524a and 524b are continuous.

The second cushion portion 52 has a first contact portion 521 and a second contact portion 522 . The first contact portion 521 is a portion with which the front end of the toilet seat 2 collides and abuts when the toilet seat 2 is raised and opened. That is, the first contact portion 521 is a portion positioned toward the rear of the second cushion portion 52 and closer to the opening 2a of the ring of the toilet seat 2 when the toilet lid 3 is closed. The second contact portion 522 linearly extends forward from the first contact portion 521 and reaches a position near the front end a short distance from the front end of the toilet lid 3 . The second contact portion 522 does not contact the toilet seat 2 when the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 are raised from the toilet body 10 . When the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 are lowered toward the upper surface of the toilet body 10 and closed, the contact position between the toilet seat 2 and the second cushion portion 52 slides from the rear to the front.

As shown in FIG. 5B, in the second cushion portion 52, the second cushion portion elastic member 524a of the first contact portion 521 is closer to the second cushion portion elastic member 524b of the second contact portion 522 than the second cushion portion elastic member 524b. It is thin, has low rigidity, and is structured to easily absorb impacts. On the other hand, the second cushion elastic member 524b of the second contact portion 522 is thicker and has higher rigidity than the second cushion elastic member 524a of the first contact portion 521. When the toilet seat slides and overlaps, the load of the toilet lid 3 can be easily supported.

According to this embodiment, the following effects are achieved. The toilet seat device 1 is composed of a toilet seat 2 having an upper surface portion 21 serving as a seat surface, a side surface portion 22 extending downward from the upper surface portion 21, and a curved surface portion 25 connecting the upper surface portion 21 and the side surface portion 22. It has a cushion part 5 arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the toilet seat 2, and includes a toilet lid 3 that covers the toilet seat 2. - 特許庁The cushion part 5 includes a first cushion part 51 arranged so as to be able to abut on the curved surface part 25 of the toilet seat 2 when the toilet lid 3 and the toilet seat 2 are closed. Since the first cushion portion 51 is arranged so as to be able to abut on the curved surface portion 25, even if it slides in that state, it is difficult to leave marks due to sliding, and even if marks are formed, they are less noticeable.

According to this embodiment, the contact portion 510 of the first cushion portion 51 that contacts the toilet seat 2 is downwardly moved from the central portion of the toilet lid 3 toward the outer edge thereof with the toilet lid 3 and the toilet seat 2 closed. tilted to As a result, when the toilet lid 3 is closed, the surface of the inclined contact portion 510 contacts the curved surface portion 25, so that the curved surface portion 25 can be contacted over a wide area. As a result, the load of the toilet lid 3 is supported by the toilet seat 2 over a large area, and the behavior of the toilet lid 3 is stabilized.

According to this embodiment, the inclination angle α of the contact portion 510 is set to 45 degrees or less. Since the first cushion part 51 is gently inclined at a small angle, it easily contacts the toilet seat 2 over a wide area. In addition, since the inclination angle α is small and almost horizontal, even if the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 are displaced in the horizontal direction, the toilet seat 2 can be brought into contact with the curved surface 25 without fail.

According to this embodiment, the outer end portion 51b of the first cushion portion 51 is brought into contact with the side wall portion 32 extending from the outer peripheral edge of the lid surface 31 of the toilet lid 3 toward the toilet seat 2 side. As a result, no gap is formed between the first cushion portion 51 and the side wall portion 32, so dirt is easily removed and cleaning is facilitated.

According to this embodiment, the first cushion portion 51 is formed in a laterally long shape extending in the horizontal direction when the toilet seat 2 is viewed from above. As a result, the first cushion part 51 can be configured to have the minimum required area while increasing the area of the portion that can contact the toilet seat 2 .

According to this embodiment, a pair of the first cushion portions 51 are arranged facing each other in the lateral direction of the toilet seat 2 . The cushion part 5 is arranged including the second cushion part 52 arranged between the pair of first cushion parts 51 and extending along the front-rear direction perpendicular to the left-right direction.
The second cushion part 52 is composed of a first contact part 521 that contacts the toilet seat 2 when the toilet seat 2 is open, and a first contact part 521 that extends from the first contact part 521 to the vicinity of the front end of the toilet lid 3 so that the toilet seat 2 is closed when the toilet seat 2 is closed. and a second contact portion 522 slidably arranged. By arranging the second cushion part 52 between the pair of first cushion parts 51, the toilet lid 3 is supported at three points of the toilet seat 2 and the toilet lid 3 in the left-right direction. This stabilizes the movement of the toilet lid 3 when it slides. By arranging the second cushion part 52 to extend to the vicinity of the front end of the toilet lid 3, when the first cushion part 51 is arranged to contact the curved surface part 25 of the toilet seat 2, the second cushion part 52 is continuously It can be configured to contact and slide against the toilet lid 3 .

The present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes modifications, improvements, and the like within a range that can achieve the purpose of the present disclosure. For example, in the above embodiment, the first cushion portion 51 has been described as having a horizontally long shape. but. The shape of the first cushion portion 51 is not particularly limited. Also, the numbers of the first cushion portions 51 and the second cushion portions 52 are not limited to those in the above embodiment.

1 toilet seat device 2 toilet seat 3 toilet lid 5 cushion 10 toilet body 21 upper surface 22 side surface 25 curved surface 31 lid surface 32 side wall 51 first cushion 52 second cushion , 521 first contact portion 522 second contact portion

Claims (6)

a toilet seat having an upper surface serving as a seat surface, side surfaces extending downward from the upper surface, and curved surfaces connecting the upper surface and the side surfaces;
a toilet lid that covers the toilet seat and has a cushion that is arranged to contact the toilet seat;
The toilet seat device, wherein the cushion portion has a first cushion portion arranged so as to be able to contact a curved surface portion of the toilet seat in a state in which the toilet lid and the toilet seat are closed. 2. The contacting portion of the first cushion portion contacting the toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the contacting portion of the first cushion portion is inclined downward from the central portion side toward the outer edge side of the toilet lid when the toilet lid and the toilet seat are closed. toilet seat device. The toilet seat device according to claim 2, wherein the contact portion has an inclination angle of 45 degrees or less. The toilet seat device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an outer end portion of the first cushion portion abuts a side wall portion extending from the outer peripheral edge of the lid surface of the toilet lid toward the toilet seat. The toilet seat device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first cushion portion has a laterally long shape extending in the left-right direction in a plan view of the toilet seat. A pair of the first cushion portions are arranged facing each other in the lateral direction of the toilet seat,
The cushion portion has a second cushion portion disposed between the pair of first cushion portions and extending along the front-rear direction perpendicular to the left-right direction,
The second cushion part includes a first contact part that contacts the toilet seat when the toilet seat is open, and a first contact part that extends from the first contact part to the vicinity of the front end of the toilet lid, and the toilet seat is closed when the toilet seat is closed. and a second contact portion slidably arranged.

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