HYGIENE DEVICES FOR USE WITH WATER CLOSETS
This invention relates to hygiene devices for use with water closets and in particular to an improved device for enhancing both hygiene and comfort for male users.
British Patent Specification 2196031A discloses a disposable paper toilet seat cover which is designed to be temporarily adhered to the front of a toilet seat by means of a self-adhesive strip. The device is made of paper and is so configured that a paper flap hangs down inside the toilet bowl in order to prevent contact between the end of the penis of the user and the inside surface of the toilet bowl when the user is seated. The device disclosed in this specification, however, is complex to produce and inconvenient to use.
According to the present invention, there is provided a protective device adapted for use with a toilet seat which device consists of a generally elongate waisted body of flat highly flexible material, and which is generally symmetrical about its longitudinal axis and wherein the amount of material to one side of a centre line transverse to the longitudinal axis and at the narrowest portion of the waisted body is within 30% of
the amount on the other side thereof .
In use, the waist portion of the device is placed on top of the frontmost portion of the toilet seat with its elongate axis of the device going from front to back of the seat. Because the device is flexible, one end of the device then hangs down in front of the toilet seat and the other hangs down inside the toilet seat and above the front uppermost portion of the water closet bowl. The dimensions of the device are so chosen that the front upper portion of the water closet bowl is covered by the device down to a level which can be expected to be lower than the lower end of the tip of the flaccid penis of the user.
In use, the device constitutes a physical barrier between the tip of the penis and the inside of the toilet bowl, and, indeed, a physical barrier on top of the front portion of the toilet seat. Because of the substantially symmetrical nature of the device, it stays in position when merely placed with the waisted section substantially over the front part of the toilet seat, and thus not only does it not require any additional fixing means, but additionally the user does not have to decide which way round to use the device, or to take any special steps to secure it in place; it is simply hung over the front portion of the seat before the user sits down.
If desired, the device may be impregnated overall or at one or both end portions with an appropriate germicide or antiseptic material.
The end of the device which hangs down outside of the water closet bowl provides a counterweight to the portion hanging inside the bowl, so enabling the device to be simply positioned without slippage. Additionally, the outer end constitutes a substantial tab which may simply
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