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US 11,505,934 B2Granted
Universal port for a bidet washing apparatus
OwnerAnjum Guptainventor
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Abstract
A universal port for attaching bathroom accessories to a bidet washing apparatus and a method of attaching the same is disclosed. In an embodiment, the universal port includes a rail unit attachable to the bidet washing apparatus; and a slider unit reversibly, slidably attachable to the rail unit. In another embodiment, the universal port includes a slider unit attachable to the bidet washing apparatus; and a rail unit reversibly, slidably attachable to the slider unit.
Claims11
A device, comprising:
- a bidet washing apparatus having a main body portion configured to be removably mounted on a toilet bowl and having a nozzle assembly;
- a control unit connected to the main body via a laterally extending arm;
- and
- a universal port, wherein the universal port includes:
- a solid rail unit having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the rail unit includes a base having a raised bar shaped like the letter T, wherein a bottom of the raised bar is at the proximal end and a top of the raised bar is at the distal end;
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- a complimentary hollow slider unit having an open proximal end, a closed distal end, and a top end having an open channel therethrough that runs from the open proximal end to the closed distal end of the slider unit,
- wherein the slider unit is attachable to the rail unit,
- wherein the base of the rail unit can slide along the open proximal end to the close distal end of the slider unit,
- wherein the raised bar shaped like the letter T can slide within the open channel of the slider unit, and
- wherein one of said rail unit and said slider unit is attached to a bottom side of said control unit and the other of said rail unit and said slider unit is configured to be part of or attached to a bathroom accessory unit.
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A method of attaching a bathroom accessory unit to a bidet washing apparatus, comprising:
- mounting a main body portion of said bidet washing apparatus on a toilet bowl, said main body portion having a nozzle assembly and a control unit connected to the main body via a laterally extending arm;
- attaching one or more bathroom accessory units to the bidet washing apparatus using a universal port, wherein the universal port includes:
- a solid rail unit having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the rail unit includes a base having a raised bar shaped like the letter T, wherein a bottom of the raised bar is at the proximal end and a top of the raised bar is at the distal end;
- and
- a complimentary hollow slider unit having an open proximal end, a closed distal end, and a top end having an open channel therethrough that runs from the open proximal end to the closed distal end of the slider unit,
- wherein the slider unit is attachable to the rail unit,
- wherein the base of the rail unit can slide along the open proximal end to the close distal end of the slider unit,
- wherein the raised bar shaped like the letter T can slide within the open channel of the slider unit, and
- wherein one of said rail unit and said slider unit is attached to a bottom side of said control unit and the other of said rail unit and said slider unit is part of or attached to said bathroom accessory unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.