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Granted Patent B2
US 11,033,159 · App. 16/767,823 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Toilet seat

Inventors: Takeshi Hayashida (Kitakyushu, JP); Nobuhiko Umeda (Kitakyushu, JP); Shuhei Nishiyama (Kitakyushu, JP); Takeshi Inada (Kitakyushu, JP); Minoru Sato (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: Toto Ltd.
A47K13/02B29C45/14467B29L2031/7694B29L2031/771
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,033,159
App. No.
16/767,823
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet seat includes: a bottom plate including an engaging part; a top plate including a sidewall part provided on the bottom plate and a seating part supported by the sidewall part; and a bonding member having an exposed surface exposed externally. The engaging part is provided at a position opposing the sidewall part and has a recessed shape recessed downward. The sidewall part includes a sidewall base, a first hanging part extending downward from the sidewall base and engaging the engaging part, and a second hanging part provided to be separated from the first hanging part at the sidewall base to provide a recess recessed upward between the first hanging part and the second hanging part, the second hanging part being disposed at a position not overlapping the bottom plate. A side surface of the engaging part faces away and also extends away from the second hanging part.

Claims (20)

1. A toilet seat, comprising:

a bottom plate including an engaging part, the engaging part having a recessed shape;

a top plate including a sidewall part and a seating part, the sidewall part being provided on the bottom plate, the seating part being supported by the sidewall part; and

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

the engaging part being provided at a position opposing the sidewall part, the recessed shape of the engaging part being recessed downward,

the sidewall part including

a sidewall base supporting the seating part,

a first hanging part extending downward from a lower end of the sidewall base, overlapping the bottom plate, and engaging the engaging part, and

a second hanging part provided to be separated from the first hanging part at the lower end of the sidewall base to provide a recess portion recessed upward between the first hanging part and the second hanging part, the second hanging part being disposed at a position not overlapping the bottom plate in a vertical direction,

the bonding member being provided in the recess portion, the exposed surface being disposed between the second hanging part and the bottom plate,

a side surface of the engaging part facing away from the second hanging part and extending away from the second hanging part downward,

a width in a thickness direction of the exposed surface being less than a width in the thickness direction of the side surface of the engaging part, the thickness direction being a direction in which the first hanging part, the recess portion, and the second hanging part are arranged,

a virtual line orthogonal to at least a part of the side surface of the engaging part passing through the exposed surface.

2. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate includes an opposing surface and a protruding part, the opposing surface opposing the second hanging part, the protruding part extending from a lower end portion of the opposing surface toward the second hanging part.

3. The toilet seat according to claim 2 , wherein

the protruding part has a side surface opposing the second hanging part, and

the side surface of the protruding part approaches the second hanging part downward.

4. The toilet seat according to claim 3 , wherein

the protruding part has an upper surface facing upward, and

the upper surface of the protruding part is provided between the side surface of the protruding part and the opposing surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: HAYASHIDA, TAKESHI; UMEDA, NOBUHIKO; NISHIYAMA, SHUHEI; INADA, TAKESHI; SATO, MINORU
To: TOTO LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-063582 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210000308A1 · Jan 7, 2021
Cited By (1)
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