JP2003093269A - Toilet seat and portable toilet stool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet seat which is extremely comfortable to sit on. SOLUTION: This toilet seat 6 is composed of a soft body 13 and a rigid base plate 14 for supporting the soft body 13. A root end part of the base plate 14 is pivotally mounted on a receiving plate 7 which is placed on a top face of a toilet stool body 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet seat and a portable toilet bowl.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a rigid toilet seat has generally been used as a toilet seat.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional toilet seat has a problem that the seat is hard to hit when sitting on the toilet seat and the sitting comfort is not good. Furthermore, if the toilet seat is simply made soft, there is a problem in that the attachment strength when the toilet seat is attached to the toilet body cannot be secured.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a toilet seat (6) whose root end is pivotally mounted on a toilet body (2) as a means for solving the above conventional problems. 6) is the soft body
(13) and a rigid base plate (14) for supporting the soft body (13), the base end of the base plate (14) is a toilet seat (6) pivotally mounted on the toilet body (2). It is provided. The soft body (13)
Is provided with thigh holding recesses (15) on both sides of the front end, a central wiping recess (16) is provided at the center, and a rear end recess (17) is provided at the rear end. Is desirable. A recess (4) for storing a toilet bucket is provided on the upper surface of the toilet body, and a receiving plate (7) is placed on the upper surface of the toilet body. The toilet bucket is suspended on the receiving plate (7) and the toilet seat (6 It is useful as a portable toilet (1) in which the root end of the hard substrate (14) is pivotally attached.

[0005]

[Function] In the toilet seat (6) of the present invention, the rigid substrate (1
4) Since the soft body (13) is supported on it,
(13) plays the role of a cushion, so that the user can obtain a very good sitting comfort.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, legs (3) are provided at four corners of the body (2) of the portable toilet (1),
A recess (4) for storing a stool bucket is provided on the upper surface. As shown in FIG. 3, a low step portion (5) is provided on the upper surface of the main body (2) at the upper edge of the recess (4). Then, the receiving plate (7) having the toilet seat (6) mounted thereon is placed on the upper surface of the main body (2), and the peripheral edge of the lower surface of the receiving plate (7) is the concave portion of the main body (2).
(4) It is received by the lower step (5) around the upper edge.

As shown in FIG. 4, the receiving plate (7) is provided with an opening (8), and the inner peripheral edge of the opening (8) is dropped to provide a small water receiving groove (9). Side walls (10, 10) are provided on both edges, and the side walls (10, 10) form elevated portions (11, 11) at the rear end of the receiving plate (7). Further, bearing seats (6) bearings (12) are provided on both sides of the rear end of the receiving plate (7), and a damper mechanism is attached to one bearing (12).

As shown in FIG. 4, the toilet seat (6) comprises a soft main body (13) and a hard substrate (14) supporting the soft main body (13), and the upper surface of the soft main body (13). Is inclined toward the inside so that the user's leg fits, a thigh holding recess (15) is provided on both sides of the front end, and a local wiping recess (16) is provided at the center of the front end. The rear end is provided with a rear end recess (17). Further, a plurality of positioning projections (18) are provided on the lower surface of the soft body (13). A plurality of fitting recesses (19) are provided on the upper surface of the hard substrate (14) at positions corresponding to the positioning projections (18) of the soft body (13). Further, an inner peripheral wall (20) is provided on the inner peripheral edge of the hard substrate (14), and an outer peripheral wall (21) is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the hard substrate (14), the outer peripheral wall (21). The front end of the is cut out. Further, two pieces of protrusions (21A) are respectively projected from the left and right sides of the outer peripheral wall (21) of the hard substrate (14).

In this embodiment, the soft body (13) of the toilet seat (6)
Examples of the material include EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer) foam, soft polyethylene foam, polyurethane foam, SBS (styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer) foam, SEBS (styrene-ethylene-butylene-). Styrene block copolymer) foam, S
EPS (styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene block copolymer) foam, SIS (styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer) foam, polyurethane elastomer foam, polypropylene foam, synthetic rubber foam, thermoplastic elastomer foam. A foam such as a body is used. The material of the hard substrate (14) of the toilet seat (6) is, for example, polyethylene, similar to the portable toilet body (2).
Synthetic resins such as polypropylene, polystyrene, AS (acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer), ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer) are used.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the toilet seat (6)
The soft body (13) of the toilet seat (6) is obtained by fitting the positioning projection (18) provided on the lower surface of the soft body (13) into the fitting recess (19) on the upper surface of the hard substrate (14). The toilet seat (6) is attached and fixed to the rigid substrate (14) of the bearing plate (7).
The hinge plate (22) at the root end of the rigid base plate (14) of the toilet seat (6) is rotatably attached to the toilet seat (6) so that it is pivotally attached to the receiving plate (7). When the soft body (13) is attached to the hard substrate (14), the soft body (13) is slightly plastically deformed and enters the underside of the protrusion (21A) of the hard substrate (14), and the protrusion (21A) Preventing the soft body (13) from coming off the hard substrate (14),
The soft body (13) is firmly fixed. In addition, the soft body (1
Since the inner end of the soft body (13) is located at the same position as the inner end of the inner peripheral wall (20) of the hard substrate (14) with the (3) attached to the hard substrate (14), the soft body (13 Even if a small amount of water splashes on the upper part of the above), it is difficult for the small amount of water to enter between the soft body (13) and the inner peripheral wall (20) (see FIG. 6).

When the toilet seat cover (23) is attached to the toilet seat (6), the lower portion of the outer peripheral wall (21) and the lower portion of the inner peripheral wall (20) of the rigid board (14) of the toilet seat (6) are to be attached. Hook the toilet seat cover (23) to cover the toilet seat (6) with the toilet seat cover (23). At this time, notches (24) are provided in the outer peripheral wall (21) on the left and right sides of the hinge portion (22) at the root end of the rigid board (14) of the toilet seat (6), and the toilet seat is provided from the notches (24). If a part of the cover (23) is diverted to the upper side of the hinge (22), the toilet seat cover (23) can be attached to the toilet seat (6) without being interfered by the hinge (22) ( (See FIGS. 6 and 7).

As described above, since the soft main body (13) is supported on the hard substrate (14) of the toilet seat (6), the soft main body (13) plays the role of a cushion, and the user is very good. You can get a comfortable sitting. Furthermore, the rigid board of the toilet seat (6)
Since the front end of the outer peripheral wall (21) of (14) is notched, the outer peripheral wall (21) of the hard substrate (14) hits the thigh lower side of the seated person and the cushioning feeling of the soft body (13) is impaired. Never. Further, the soft body (13) of the toilet seat (6) is replaced by the soft body (13).
Since the positioning projection (18) provided on the lower surface is fitted into the fitting recess (19) on the upper surface of the rigid board (14), it is attached and fixed to the rigid board (14) of the toilet seat (6). , The toilet seat (6)
The flexible main body (13) is prevented from shifting and becoming unstable when it is used, and when the toilet seat (6) is flipped up after use, the soft main body (13) is fixed to the hard substrate (14). ) Can be prevented. Furthermore, since the positioning protrusions (18) of the flexible body (13) are not provided on the left and right front portions that support the thighs of the seated person, the positioning protrusions (18) of the seated person The cushion feeling of the soft body (13) is not impaired by hitting the lower side of the thigh. Furthermore, the soft body
(13) is detachable from the hard substrate (14) and can be easily removed from the hard substrate (14) by pulling the soft body (13) with an appropriate force. It is easy to clean the substrate (14).

Since the thighs of the seated person are held by the thigh holding recesses (15) on both sides of the front end of the soft main body (13) of the toilet seat (6), the thigh of the seated person is held, The feeling of use is very good, and a stable sitting comfort is obtained. Furthermore, by providing a local wiping recess (16) at the center of the front end of the soft body (13) of the toilet seat (6), the user or the caregiver inserts his or her hand through the local wiping recess (16) and the user It becomes easy to clean and wipe the local area of. Furthermore, by providing a rear end recess (17) at the rear end of the soft main body (13) of the toilet seat (6), the tail bones of the seated person are less likely to hit, and good sitting comfort is achieved even when sitting for a long time. can get.

Further, a recess (26) for mounting the shower device (25) is provided at the center of the rear end of the receiving plate (7), and the shower device (25) and the outside of the shower device (25) are provided on both inner side walls of the recess (26). Three vertical grooves (28) are provided to fit the vertical ribs (27) protruding from the side surface (see FIG. 4).

The vertical ribs (27) of the shower device (25)
By selecting and fitting one of the vertical grooves (28) of the recess (26) of the receiving plate (7), as shown in FIG.
The water attached to (7) and introduced into the hose (29) by a pump from a water tank (not shown) is jetted obliquely upward from the nozzle hole (30) to wash the user's local area.

When the shower device (25) is not used, the shower device (25) is removed to cover the cover (31) as shown in FIG.
To wear. The cover (31) is provided with vertical ribs (32) on both sides, and is fitted into the vertical ribs (32) and the vertical grooves (28) of both inner side walls of the recess (26) of the receiving plate (7). As a result, it is attached to the concave portion (26) of the receiving plate (7).

As mentioned above, the receiving plate (7) is the toilet body.
It is placed on the upper surface of (2), and the opening of the receiving plate (7)
From (8), a stool bucket (33) as shown in FIG. 10 is inserted into the recess (4) of the toilet body (2). A flange (34) is provided on the upper edge of the flight bucket (33), and the flange (3
A plurality of ribs (35) are formed on the lower side of 4). By engaging the rib (35) of the flange (34) with the small water receiving groove (9) formed by being dropped from the inner peripheral edge of the opening (8) of the receiving plate (7), The toilet bucket (33) is the body of the toilet
Suspended in the recess (4) of (2). A handle (36) is pivotally attached to the upper edge of the stool bucket (33).

In this way, the receiving plate (7) is placed on the upper surface of the toilet body (2) and the toilet bucket (33) is further suspended, and further on both sides of the upper surface of the toilet body (2). Armrest (3
7) is provided, and a backrest (38) is provided at the trailing edge. The armrest (37) has a front strut (39) fitted in the mounting holes (40) on both sides of the front end of the upper surface of the toilet body (2), and the rear end of the armrest (37) rests on the backrest.
The backrest (38) is detachably attached to the toilet body (2) by being supported by a support bracket (42) which is extended forward from both side frames (41) of (38).
Attach the root end of (41) to the mounting holes on both sides of the back of the toilet body (2).
It is removably attached to the toilet body (2) by being fitted into (43). A seat portion (44) is placed on the upper side of the receiving plate (7) placed on the upper surface of the toilet body (2).

In this case, there is no need to provide means for attaching a toilet bucket, toilet seat (6) mounting means, or shower device mounting means on the upper surface of the toilet body (2), and they are the receiving plate.
Since it is provided in (7), the structure of the toilet body (2) becomes extremely simple, the injection molding die structure becomes simple, and the die cost is reduced. Toilet seats of various sizes and shapes
Since the backing plate (7) can be used for (6), it is not necessary to change the design of the toilet body (2) itself.

When the toilet bowl (1) is used, the seat (44) is shown in FIG.
Removed rearward via the link (45) as shown in Figure 1, and the user sits down and sits on the toilet seat (6) attached to the backing plate (7).

Except for this embodiment, a plurality of positioning projections (18) are provided on the lower surface of the soft body (13), and the positioning projections of the soft body (13) are provided on the upper surface of the hard substrate (14). A plurality of fitting holes may be provided at positions corresponding to the portion (18). In this case, the soft body (13) of the toilet seat (6) is obtained by inserting the positioning protrusion (18) provided on the lower surface of the soft body (13) into the fitting hole on the upper surface of the hard substrate (14). , The rigid board of the toilet seat (6)
It is mounted and fixed to (14).

FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the toilet seat (6). In this embodiment, the upper surface of the hard substrate (14) is inclined inward so that the user's legs fit, the thigh holding recesses (15) are provided on both sides of the front end, and the front end is locally centered. A wiping recess (16) is provided, a rear end recess (17) is provided at the rear end, and a thin soft body (13) or a soft body (13) having a uniform thickness is used. In this case, since the soft body (13) mounted on the hard substrate (14) is plastically deformed following the upper surface shape of the hard substrate (14), good sitting comfort can be obtained, and There is less shift to the left and right, and stability when sitting can be obtained.

[0023]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a toilet seat that gives a very good sitting comfort.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable toilet bowl.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portable toilet bowl in use.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a toilet body, a receiving plate, and a toilet seat.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a receiving plate and a toilet seat.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a receiving plate and a toilet seat.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a toilet seat.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the toilet seat.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the receiving plate with the shower device attached.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the receiving plate with the cover attached.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a stool bucket.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment of the toilet seat.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Portable toilet 2 Toilet body 4 Flight bucket recess 6 toilet seat 7 Support plate 13 Soft body 14 rigid substrate 15 Thigh holding recess 16 Recesses for local cleaning 17 Rear recess

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Keiji Tanaka             4-627, Kajiwara, Takatsuki City, Osaka             Takatsuki Office F term (reference) 2D036 HA12 HA23 HA27

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A toilet seat having a root end pivotally mounted on a toilet body, the toilet seat comprising a soft body and a hard substrate supporting the soft body, and the base end of the substrate is the toilet body. Toilet seat characterized by being pivoted on. 2. The soft main body is provided with thigh holding concave portions on both sides of a front end portion, a central wiping concave portion is provided at a central portion, and a rear end concave portion is provided at a rear end portion. The toilet seat described in 1. 3. A toilet bucket accommodating recess is provided from the upper surface of the toilet bowl main body, a receiving plate is placed on the upper surface of the toilet bowl main body, and the toilet bucket is suspended on the receiving plate. A portable toilet bowl characterized in that a root end of a rigid substrate of the toilet seat described above is pivotally attached.