IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,660,488
Granted Patent B2
US 10,660,488 · App. 16/058,068 · Granted May 26, 2020

Toilet

Inventor: Hiroshi Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
A47K11/02A01K1/011A01K1/0114A01K23/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,660,488
App. No.
16/058,068
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet includes a box-shaped main body part into which urine is excreted. The main body part has a bottom surface part and a side surface part. An opening through which the urine passes is in the side surface part. The bottom surface part is inclined such that the urine excreted into the main body part flows to the opening.

Claims (47)

1. A toilet comprising:

a main body part that receives excreted urine, the main body part including a first bottom surface part and a first side surface part and having a box shape;

a first opening, in the first side surface part, through which the urine passes; and

a plurality of urine collection receptacles that hold the urine that has passed through the first opening, the urine collection receptacles having different volumes,

the first bottom surface part being inclined so that the urine excreted into the main body part flows to the first opening.

2. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

the entirety of the first bottom surface part being inclined.

3. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

a bottom surface of the first opening being inclined downward toward the outside of the main body part.

4. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a stopper member that partially covers the first opening.

5. The toilet according to claim 4 ,

the stopper member having a mesh form or a grate form.

6. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

the urine collection receptacle being arranged substantially flush against the first side surface part in which the first opening is provided.

7. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

the urine collection receptacle having a box shape including a second bottom surface part and a second side surface part.

8. The toilet according to claim 7 ,

further comprising a second opening, in the second side surface part, that allows urine discharged from the first opening to flow into the urine collection receptacle.

9. The toilet according to claim 8 ,

wherein a bottom surface of the second opening being inclined downward toward the inside of the urine collection receptacle.

10. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

the urine collection receptacle being attachable to and removable from the main body part.

11. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a water-absorbent material, within the urine collection receptacle, that absorbs the urine.

12. The toilet according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a holding bag, within the urine collection receptacle, that holds the water-absorbent material.

13. The toilet according to claim 12 ,

further comprising a hole, in the holding bag, that allows urine to pass but does not allow the water-absorbent material to pass.

14. The toilet according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a shielding member, protruding from an inner surface of the first side surface part toward the inside of the main body part, that blocks odor from the urine from rising.

15. The toilet according to claim 14 ,

the shielding member being inclined downward toward the inside of the main body part.

16. The toilet according to claim 14 ,

the shielding member being partially bent downward.

17. The toilet according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a cross-link member protruding outside the main body part and being in the main body part,

the cross-link member connecting to a bottom surface of the first opening and serving as a channel for the urine that has passed through the first opening.

18. The toilet according to claim 17 ,

the cross-link member being inclined downward toward the outside of the main body part.

19. A toilet comprising:

a main body part that receives excreted urine, the main body part including a first bottom surface part and a first side surface part and having a box shape;

a first opening, in the first side surface part, through which the urine passes; and

a shielding member, protruding from an inner surface of the first side surface part toward the inside of the main body part, that blocks odor from the urine from rising,

the first bottom surface part being inclined so that the urine excreted into the main body part flows to the first opening.

20. The toilet according to claim 19 ,

the shielding member being inclined downward toward the inside of the main body part.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 27, 2023
From: DAIKI CO., LTD.
To: DAIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065382/0072 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 12, 2021
From: DAIKI CO., LTD.
To: DAIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055285/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2018
From: ITO, HIROSHI
To: DAIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046583/0490 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016056206 · Mar 1, 2016
Related Publication 20180344103A1 · Dec 6, 2018