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US 10,758,097 · App. 16/214,509 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Toilet lid device

Inventors: Masayuki Mochita (Kitakyushu, JP); Yukari Kawazu (Kitakyushu, JP); Megumi Hirayama (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
A47K13/14E03D9/08A47K13/12
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Patent No.
US 10,758,097
App. No.
16/214,509
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a toilet lid device includes a casing, and a toilet seat and a toilet lid rotatably supported with respect to the casing. A lower surface of the toilet lid covers an upper surface of the toilet seat and an upper surface of the casing in a state of the toilet lid closed. The lower surface of the toilet lid has a first lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the toilet seat and a second lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the casing.

Claims (23)

1. A toilet lid device, comprising:

a casing; and

a toilet seat and a toilet lid rotatably supported with respect to the casing,

a lower surface of the toilet lid covering an upper surface of the toilet seat and an upper surface of the casing in a state of the toilet lid closed, and

the lower surface of the toilet lid having a first lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the toilet seat and a second lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the casing, and

the upper surface of the casing being a surface sloped downwardly in a forward direction,

the second lower surface of the toilet lid being a surface sloped downwardly in the forward direction in the state of the toilet lid closed,

a first distance being generally equal to a second distance throughout the toilet lid in the state of the toilet lid closed,

the first distance being a distance between the first lower surface of the toilet lid and the upper surface of the toilet seat in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the toilet seat,

the second distance being a distance between the second lower surface of the toilet lid and the upper surface of the casing in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the casing.

2. The toilet lid device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a toilet seat heater provided inside the toilet seat, the toilet seat heater warming the upper surface of the toilet seat.

3. The toilet lid device according to claim 1 , wherein

an upper surface of the toilet lid is parallel to the lower surface of the toilet lid.

4. The toilet lid device according to claim 3 , wherein

the upper surface of the toilet seat is flush with the upper surface of the casing in the state of the toilet lid closed.

5. The toilet lid device according to claim 4 , wherein

the toilet lid covers the entire upper surface of the casing in the state of the toilet lid closed.

6. The toilet lid device according to claim 4 , wherein

the toilet lid includes a first hinge portion and a second hinge portion, and is rotatably supported with respect to the casing in the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion, and

each of the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion is disposed at a position separated from a left end and a right end of the casing between the left end and the right end of the casing.

7. The toilet lid device according to claim 1 , wherein

the toilet lid exposes a left side surface and a right side surface of the casing in the state of the toilet lid closed, and covers the upper surface of the casing from a right side end to a left side end of the upper surface of the casing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: MOCHITA, MASAYUKI; KAWAZU, YUKARI; HIRAYAMA, MEGUMI
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 047725/0759 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-253960 · Dec 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190200820A1 · Jul 4, 2019
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