Lavatory enclosure-to-toilet device with replaceable cartridge for hygienic support of lowered slacks
View Patent ↗A slacks valet mechanism, to prevent the slacks of a user of a lavatory stall toilet from becoming soiled by preventing its contact with the floor, includes an arm coupled to the stall door/wall, being movable between stowed and deployed positions. The stowed arm is proximate to the lavatory door, and the deployed arm has a portion proximate to the toilet, to thereon receive the lowered slacks to prevent soiling. A replaceable cartridge is releasably securable to the arm, and includes first and second reels, and a hygienic tape wound upon the first reel with an end fixedly secured to the second reel. The device incrementally advances an outermost portion of the hygienic tape on the first reel onto the second reel, for each cycle of the arm between the deployed and stowed positions, thereby exposing an unused tape portion on the arm for hygienic slacks support.
1. A slacks support device, for preventing the slacks worn by a user of a toilet in a lavatory enclosure from becoming soiled, said device configured to provide support to prevent the lowered slacks from hanging down, to prevent contact with a floor within the lavatory enclosure, said slacks support device comprising:
an arm having a first end and a second end;
a deployment mechanism secured to a portion of the lavatory enclosure, and configured to support said arm in a deployed position in relation to the toilet, and to provide selective motion of said arm to travel between said deployed position and a stowed position where said arm is in proximity to the lavatory enclosure;
a cartridge comprising a first reel, a second reel, and a tape wound upon said first reel and having an end fixedly secured to said second reel; and
means for releasably attaching said cartridge to said arm.
2. The slacks support device of claim 1 , further comprising means for incrementally advancing an outermost portion of said tape on said first reel to said second reel, for each cycle of said motion of said arm between said deployed and stowed positions.
3. A slacks support device, for preventing the slacks worn by a user of a toilet in a lavatory enclosure from becoming soiled, said device configured to provide support to prevent the lowered slacks from hanging down, to prevent contact with a floor within the lavatory enclosure, said slacks support device comprising: an arm having a first end and a second end; and means for connecting said first end of said arm to a lower portion of the lavatory enclosure for moving between a stowed position and a deployed position; said arm comprising a length, said length of said arm and said means for connecting configured for said second end of said arm to be in proximity to the front of the toilet and at a height above the floor being below a top surface of a seat of the toilet, in said deployed position; said stowed position comprising a position where said second end of said arm has moved away from said proximity to the toilet, and into proximity to the lavatory enclosure; said arm comprising a width configured to fit between the legs of the user while standing, with said device in said deployed position, to thereat provide support for the slacks to prevent the lowered slacks from hanging down, to prevent contact with the floor.