IP Library Granted Patent US 7,823,228
Granted Patent B2
US 7,823,228 · App. 11/764,191 · Granted Nov 2, 2010

Auxiliary toilet stool seat

Assignee: Agatsuma Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,823,228
App. No.
11/764,191
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An auxiliary toilet stool seat adapted to be mounted on a seat of a western-style toilet stool, the auxiliary toilet stool seat having a main body portion which is formed from a hard resin into an annular shape having an angled cross section made open at a bottom and having a flat top portion, a first leg portion which is brought into abutment with a top surface of the auxiliary toilet stool seat, a second leg portion which is slidably movable in such a manner as to follow an inner perimeter of the seat, and a third leg portion which is formed into an L-shape and is brought into abutment with a rear surface of the seat on a horizontal surface of the L-shape, the first, second and third legs being provided on a rear surface of the main body portion of the main body portion.

Claims (19)

1. An auxiliary toilet stool seat which can be mounted on a seat of a western-style toilet stool, the auxiliary toilet stool seat comprising:

a main body portion which is formed from a hard resin into an annular shape and arch shape in cross section which is made open at a bottom and is made flat at a top;

a circumferential edge packing made from a soft resin and adapted to cover a lower end of an outer circumferential edge of the auxiliary toilet stool seat;

a first leg portion which is brought into abutment with a top surface of the seat of the western-style toilet stool,

a second leg portion is slidably and adjustably movable in such a manner as to follow an inner perimeter of the seat of the western-style toilet stool and to be brought into abutment with the inner perimeter of the western-style toilet stool; and

and a third leg portion which is formed into an L-shape and is brought into press contact with a rear surface of the seat of the western style toilet stool on a horizontal surface of the L-shape,

wherein the first, second and third legs being provided on a rear surface of the main body portion of the auxiliary toilet stool seat.

2. An auxiliary toilet stool seat as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the first leg portion, the second leg portion, and the third leg portion each have a resin member for protecting the seat of the western-style toilet stool.

3. An auxiliary toilet stool seat as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the third leg portion which is adjustably rotated around an axis passing through itself and adjustably extended or contracted in the longitudinal direction of itself so as to enable a proper press contact with the rear surface of the seat of the western-style toilet stool according to for accomodating a different thicknesses of the seat of the western-style toilet stool.

4. An auxiliary toilet stool seat as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the auxiliary toilet stool seat comprises a rotatable hook by which the auxiliary toilet stool seat can be suspended.

5. An auxiliary toilet stool seat as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

an opening for a hot-water washing unit is provided on an inner edge of the auxiliary toilet stool seat.

6. An auxiliary toilet stool seat as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the auxiliary toilet stool seat comprises a handle portion that is to be gripped by an infant when the infant uses the auxiliary toilet stool seat and has a handle portion mounting recess portion where the handle portion is mounted at a distal end portion of the auxiliary toilet stool seat, so that the handle portion is mounted and dismounted freely in either a forward direction or a backward direction.

7. An auxiliary toilet stool seat as set forth in claim 6 , wherein

the handle portion mounting recess portion is formed into an oval-like shape and comprises cut-out portions provided in positions on a circumferential edge thereof which diametrically face each other and an opening in a bottom side thereof, while the handle portion comprises a fitting portion adapted to be fitted in the opening on a lower side thereof and has engagement claw portions on a circumferential edge of the lower side thereof in such a manner as to appear and disappear for engagement with and disengagement from the cut-out portions, the engagement claw portions being made to appear and disappear in association with engagement and disengagement of the fitting portion in and from the opening.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 25, 2019
From: AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
To: AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050827/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2007
From: TODOKORO, SHINJI
To: AGATSUMA CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 019439/0572 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-004988 U · Jun 23, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070294811A1 · Dec 27, 2007