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Granted Patent B2
US 10,136,772 · App. 15/264,668 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Toilet seat and method of manufacturing a toilet seat

Inventors: Takeshi Hayashida (Kitakyushu, JP); Nobuhiko Umeda (Kitakyushu, JP); Hideaki Toma (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,136,772
App. No.
15/264,668
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet seat includes a body, a bottom plate, and a joining member. The body includes a seating part and a side wall part. The side wall part extends from each of an inner end and an outer end of the seating part. The bottom plate includes a bottom plate part and a protrusion part. The bottom plate part and the seating part face each other. The protrusion part protrudes laterally from the bottom plate part and is configured to be pressed by an end of the side wall part. The joining member joins the body and the bottom plate. The joining member is formed of a filling material poured to closely contact a side surface of the bottom plate part and a non-pressing surface other than a surface pressing the protrusion part on the end of the side wall part.

Claims (13)

1. A toilet seat, comprising:

a body including a seating part and a side wall part, the side wall part extending from each of an inner end and an outer end of the seating part;

a bottom plate including a bottom plate part and a protrusion part, the bottom plate part and the seating part facing each other, and the protrusion part protruding laterally from the bottom plate part and being configured to be pressed by an end of the side wall part; and

a joining member joining the body and the bottom plate, the joining member being formed of a filling material poured to closely contact a side surface of the bottom plate part and a non-pressing surface other than a surface pressing the protrusion part on the end of the side wall part, at least a part of a side surface of the joining member being exposed to an exterior, wherein

the body includes a groove formed on the non-pressing surface of the side wall part.

2. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bottom plate includes an extension part extending laterally along a bottom surface of the bottom plate part; and

the joining member closely contacting the non-pressing surface of the side wall part, the side surface of the bottom plate part, and a surface other than a surface along the bottom surface of the bottom plate part on the extension part.

3. The toilet seat according to claim 2 , wherein

the extension part is formed in such a manner that a thickness of the extension part is reduced toward a distal end of the extension part.

4. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the side wall part and the bottom plate part are formed in such a manner that an inner wall of the side wall part and an outer peripheral wall of the bottom plate part are pressed by and contact one another; and

the body and the bottom plate are configured in such a manner that the joining member does not flow into a space defined by the body and the bottom plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: HAYASHIDA, TAKESHI; UMEDA, NOBUHIKO; TOMA, HIDEAKI
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 039733/0834 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-183135 · Sep 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170071423A1 · Mar 16, 2017