IP Library Granted Patent US 11,317,770
Granted Patent B2
US 11,317,770 · App. 16/963,816 · Granted May 3, 2022

Toilet seat device

Inventors: Takahide Isomura (Kariya, JP); Keishi Horiuchi (Kariya, JP); Toru Katayama (Kariya, JP); Masato Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Takemura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
A47K13/24G09G3/32
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Patent No.
US 11,317,770
App. No.
16/963,816
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a device to prevent filth from collecting on a display of a toilet seat device. A toilet seat device of some embodiments includes a body part having a casing formed so as to be hollow, a toilet seat that is formed so as to be hollow and is supported in the casing; a light emitter that is accommodated in one of the casing and the toilet seat and is provided so as to be capable of emitting light, and a display that is provided at a prescribed location on the one of the casing and the toilet seat, the display indicating an operation state by emitted light from the light emitter. The display is provided with a base part; and a thin-walled part that is formed so as to have a lower thickness than does the base part, the thin-walled part transmitting light and indicating an operation state.

Claims (27)

1. A toilet seat device comprising:

a body part including a hollow casing;

a toilet seat configured to be hollow and supported by the hollow casing;

a light emitter accommodated in one of the hollow casing and the toilet seat, the light emitter being configured to emit light; and

a display provided at a prescribed location on the one of the hollow casing and the toilet seat, the display being configured to indicate an operation state by light emitted by the light emitter,

wherein the display includes:

a base part; and

a thin-walled part configured to have a smaller thickness than the base part, the thin-walled part being configured to transmit the light to indicate the operation state, and

the display and the one of the hollow casing and the toilet seat are integrally formed.

2. The toilet seat device of claim 1 , wherein the thin-walled part and the one of the hollow casing and the toilet seat are integrally formed.

3. The toilet seat device of claim 1 , wherein the thin-walled part is recessed from an inner surface of the base part.

4. The toilet seat device of claim 3 , wherein the thin-walled part is recessed in a cylindrical shape from the inner surface of the base part.

5. The toilet seat device of claim 3 , wherein the thin-walled part is recessed into a hemispherical shape from the inner surface of the base part.

6. The toilet seat device of claim 3 , wherein the thin-walled part is recessed in a truncated cone shape from the inner surface of the base part.

7. The toilet seat device of claim 3 , wherein the thin-walled part is recessed in a pictogram shape from the inner surface of the base part.

8. The toilet seat device of claim 1 , wherein the thin-walled part is recessed from an outer surface of the base part.

9. The toilet seat device of claim 8 , wherein the thin-walled part is recessed into a hemispherical shape from the outer surface of the base part.

10. The toilet seat device of claim 1 , wherein the toilet seat is configured to cover a top face of the hollow casing in a case where the toilet seat is in a closed state.

11. The toilet seat device of claim 1 , wherein

the one of the hollow casing and the toilet seat is the toilet seat, and

the display is provided on a top part of the toilet seat.

12. The toilet seat device of claim 1 , wherein

the one of the hollow casing and the toilet seat is the toilet seat, and

the display is provided on an outer contour of the toilet seat.

13. The toilet seat device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one of the hollow casing and the toilet seat is the hollow casing, and

the display is provided in a predetermined portion on a top face of the casing, the predetermined portion being located rearward and downward of at least one of a front side part of the top face and a rear end part of the toilet seat.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055985/0215 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056875/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: ISOMURA, TAKAHIDE; HORIUCHI, KEISHI; KATAYAMA, TORU; TAKEDA, MASATO; MATSUMOTO, DAISUKE; TAKEMURA, KENJI
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053700/0127 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-007761 · Jan 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200359855A1 · Nov 19, 2020