IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,191,399
Granted Patent B2
US 11,191,399 · App. 16/880,465 · Granted Dec 7, 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.
A47K13/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,191,399
App. No.
16/880,465
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the embodiment, a toilet seat including: a bottom plate; a top plate including a sidewall part and a seating part; and a bonding member bonding the bottom plate and the sidewall part and having an exposed surface, the sidewall part including a sidewall base, a first hanging part extending downward from a lower end of the sidewall base, 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 recessed upward between the first and second hanging parts, 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, the exposed surface being disposed between the second hanging part and the bottom plate, a width of the second hanging part decreasing downward from the sidewall base.

Claims (23)

1. A toilet seat, comprising:

a bottom plate;

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 sidewall part including

a sidewall base supporting the seating part,

a first hanging part extending downward from a lower end of the sidewall base and overlapping the bottom plate, 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 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, the exposed surface being disposed between the second hanging part and the bottom plate,

a width of the second hanging part in a thickness direction of the sidewall part decreasing downward from the sidewall base,

the first hanging part, the recess, and the second hanging part being arranged in the thickness direction of the sidewall part,

the bottom plate including an opposing surface opposing the second hanging part, and a protruding part extending from a lower end portion of the opposing surface toward the second hanging part,

the protruding part including an upper surface facing upwardly, and a side surface opposing the second hanging part, the side surface of the protruding part approaching the second hanging part downwardly,

wherein an angle between the upper surface of the protruding part and a bottom surface of the bottom plate is less than an angle between the side surface of the protruding part and the bottom surface of the bottom plate.

2. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the second hanging part, facing away from the recess, approaches the recess side downward from the sidewall base.

3. The toilet seat according to claim 2 , wherein a lower end of the side surface of the second hanging part, facing away from the recess, is positioned at the recess side of a center in the thickness direction of the second hanging part.

4. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein a width in the thickness direction of a lower end of the second hanging part is less than a width in the thickness direction of the exposed surface.

5. The toilet seat according to of claim 1 , wherein a bonding part between the second hanging part and the bonding member approaches the bottom plate side downward from the sidewall base.

6. The toilet seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the bottom plate includes an engaging part having a recessed shape,

the engaging part is provided at a position opposing the sidewall part and the recessed shape thereof is recessed downward,

the first hanging part of the sidewall engages the engaging part, and

a side surface of the engaging part, facing away from the second hanging part, extends away from the second hanging part downward.

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.
Reel/Frame 053109/0516 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-063583 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018013643 · Mar 30, 2018
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