IP Library Granted Patent US 10,837,162
Granted Patent B2
US 10,837,162 · App. 16/090,138 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Toilet device

Inventors: Isato Hirasawa (Tokyo, JP); Saori Ichihara (Tokyo, JP); Kentarou Tsuji (Tokyo, JP); Hiroto Kutsuzawa (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Nakayama (Tokyo, JP); Tsunaki Itou (Tokyo, JP); Miyoko Tateishi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
E03D9/08E03D5/105
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Patent No.
US 10,837,162
App. No.
16/090,138
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet device includes a toilet main body, a base plate-which is provided on an upper portion of the toilet main body and on which a functional unit is mounted, and a cover which covers the base plate from an upper side such that the functional unit is accommodated. The cover has a protrusion portion that protrudes further downward than the base plate and that is positioned closer to a toilet bowl of the toilet main body than the base plate. A recess portion, which communicates with the toilet bowl and is open to the upper side, is formed in the toilet main body. The base plate is arranged on the recess portion.

Claims (22)

1. A toilet device, comprising:

a toilet main body;

a base plate which is provided on an upper portion of the toilet main body and on which a functional unit is mounted; and

a cover which covers the base plate from an upper side such that the functional unit is accommodated,

wherein the cover has a protrusion portion that protrudes downward and that is positioned closer to a toilet bowl of the toilet main body than the base plate, and

a front surface of the protrusion portion is arranged to be substantially continuous with or substantially co-planer with a part of an inner surface of the toilet bowl adjacent to the protrusion portion in a width direction.

2. The toilet device of claim 1 , wherein a recess portion, which communicates with the toilet bowl and is recessed downward from an upper end surface of the toilet main body, is formed in the toilet main body, and wherein the base plate is arranged on the recess portion.

3. The toilet device of claim 1 ,

wherein a gasket is provided in a gap between the toilet main body and the base plate, and

wherein the protrusion portion is arranged at a position closer to the toilet bowl than the gasket.

4. The toilet device of claim 1 ,

wherein the functional unit has a private part-washing device,

wherein the private part-washing device has a shutter provided at a position facing the toilet bowl, and

wherein a cut-out portion, in which the shutter is arranged, is formed in the protrusion portion.

5. A toilet device, comprising:

a toilet main body;

a base plate which is provided on an upper portion of the toilet main body and on which a functional unit is mounted; and

a cover which covers the base plate from an upper side such that the functional unit is accommodated,

wherein the cover has:

a protrusion portion that protrudes downward and that is positioned closer to a toilet bowl of the toilet main body than the base plate; and

a lower plate portion, and

wherein the protrusion portion is formed into a plate shape protruding downward from a front edge portion of the lower plate portion.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded May 10, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056199/0373 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 10, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056877/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2018
From: HIRASAWA, ISATO; ICHIHARA, SAORI; TSUJI, KENTAROU; KUTSUZAWA, HIROTO; SASAKI, TOMOYA; WATANABE, HIROAKI; NAKAYAMA, YUJI; ITOU, TSUNAKI; TATEISHI, MIYOKO
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047303/0382 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-066845 · Mar 29, 2016 · national
JP 2016-073272 · Mar 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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