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Granted Patent B2
US 10,682,026 · App. 16/358,931 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Toilet seat

Inventors: Takeshi Hayashida (Kitakyushu, JP); Shuhei Nishiyama (Kitakyushu, JP); Nobuhiko Umeda (Kitakyushu, JP); Takeshi Inada (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
A47K13/105A47K13/02
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Patent No.
US 10,682,026
App. No.
16/358,931
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet seat includes a bottom plate, a top plate, and a bonding member. The top plate includes a sidewall part and a seating part. The sidewall part is provided on the bottom plate along a vertical direction. The seating part is supported by the sidewall part. The bonding member bonds the bottom plate and the sidewall part. The bonding member has an exposed surface exposed externally. The exposed surface is positioned below a central plane of the bottom plate and positioned outward of a central plane of the sidewall part.

Claims (15)

1. A toilet seat, comprising:

a bottom plate made of resin;

a top plate including a sidewall part and a seating part, the sidewall part being provided on the bottom plate along a vertical direction, the seating part being supported by the sidewall part, the top plate being made of resin; and

a bonding member bonding the bottom plate and the sidewall part, the bonding member having an exposed surface exposed externally,

a first boundary between the exposed surface and the top plate and a second boundary between the exposed surface and the bottom plate being positioned below a central plane of the bottom plate and positioned outward of a central plane of the sidewall part, the central plane of the bottom plate corresponding to a plane connecting a plurality of center points of the thickness of the bottom plate, and the central plane of the sidewall part corresponding to a plane connecting a plurality of center points of the thickness of the sidewall part.

2. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , further comprising an engaging part where the bottom plate and the sidewall part engage,

the engaging part being positioned above the central plane of the bottom plate and positioned inward of the central plane of the sidewall part.

3. The toilet seat according to claim 2 , wherein the engaging part is provided at a lower end of an inner wall of the sidewall part.

4. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the bottom plate includes:

a supporter abutting the sidewall part from below and supporting the sidewall part from below; and

a protruding part protruding outward from the supporter,

a hanging part is provided in a lower end of the sidewall part, the hanging part extending downward and being separated from the protruding part,

at least a part of the bonding member is provided, in a horizontal direction, between the hanging part and the supporter and between the hanging part and the protruding part, and

in the horizontal direction, a distance between the hanging part and the protruding part is shorter than a distance between the hanging part and the supporter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2019
From: HAYASHIDA, TAKESHI; NISHIYAMA, SHUHEI; UMEDA, NOBUHIKO; INADA, TAKESHI
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 049057/0184 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-090347 · Apr 28, 2017 · national
JP 2018-007137 · Jan 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018013641 · Mar 30, 2018
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