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US 12,059,105 B2Granted
Combined shower and toilet
OwnerClive Dentoninventor
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Abstract
A combined shower and toilet arrangement 10 comprises a shower, comprising: a shower fluid outputting arrangement 12; and a shower floor 14; and: a toilet 16, comprising a receiving area 19 for receiving human waste; wherein the combined shower and toilet arrangement is operable in a shower use mode or a toilet use mode, wherein, in the toilet use mode, the shower floor is in a position that does not obstruct use of the toilet, and is in a non-use position, not usable as a floor for the shower; and in the shower use mode, the shower floor 14 is in a shower use position, above a portion or a whole of the receiving area of the toilet 16, and is usable as a floor for the shower.
Claims14
A combined shower and toilet arrangement, comprising:
- a shower, comprising:
- a shower fluid outputting arrangement;
- and a shower floor;
- and:
- a toilet, comprising a receiving area for receiving human waste;
- wherein the combined shower and toilet arrangement is operable in a shower use mode or a toilet use mode, wherein:
- in the toilet use mode, the shower floor is in a position that does not obstruct use of the toilet, and is in a non-use position, not usable as a floor for the shower;
- and in the shower use mode, the shower floor is in a shower use position, above a portion or a whole of the receiving area of the toilet, and is usable as a floor for the shower, the shower floor being rotatably movable from the non-use position to the shower use position;
- and from the shower use position to the non-use position such that the rotational movement alone places the shower floor in the shower use position;
- the combined shower and toilet arrangement further comprising a catching area in the form of a gutter configured to receive water from the shower floor when the shower floor is in both the use and non-use position, the catching area not being the receiving area of the toilet, the catching area being lower than a portion or a whole of an underside of the shower floor and being located in a vicinity of an axis of rotation of the shower floor;
- and
- wherein the gutter is located at a rear of the toilet receiving area and the gutter forms part of the shower floor.
9 more elements
A combined shower and toilet arrangement comprising:
- a shower, comprising:
- a shower fluid outputting arrangement;
- and a shower floor;
- and:
- a toilet, comprising a receiving area for receiving human waste;
- wherein the combined shower and toilet arrangement is operable in a shower use mode or a toilet use mode, wherein:
- in the toilet use mode, the shower floor is in a position that does not obstruct use of the toilet, and is in a non-use position, not usable as a floor for the shower;
- and in the shower use mode, the shower floor is in a shower use position, above a portion or a whole of the receiving area of the toilet, and is usable as a floor for the shower, the shower floor being rotatably movable from the non-use position to the shower use position;
- and from the shower use position to the non-use position such that the rotational movement alone places the shower floor in the shower use position;
- the combined shower and toilet arrangement further comprising a catching area in the form of a gutter configured to receive water from the shower floor when the shower floor is in both the use and non-use position, the catching area not being the receiving area of the toilet, the catching area being lower than a portion or a whole of an underside of the shower floor and being located in a vicinity of an axis of rotation of the shower floor;
- wherein, in the shower use mode, a portion or a whole of the shower floor is sloped, to facilitate directing water from the shower floor, and wherein, due to the portion or the whole of the shower floor being sloped, water from the shower floor is directed at least one of:
- off a side of the shower floor;
- through an aperture arrangement in the shower floor;
- wherein due to the portion or the whole of the shower floor being sloped, water from the shower floor is directed through the aperture arrangement in the shower floor, the aperture arrangement not being positioned above the receiving area of the toilet.
11 more elements
A combined shower and toilet arrangement comprising:
- a shower, comprising:
- a shower fluid outputting arrangement;
- and a shower floor;
- and:
- a toilet, comprising a receiving area for receiving human waste;
- wherein the combined shower and toilet arrangement is operable in a shower use mode or a toilet use mode, wherein:
- in the toilet use mode, the shower floor is in a position that does not obstruct use of the toilet, and is in a non-use position, not usable as a floor for the shower;
- and in the shower use mode, the shower floor is in a shower use position, above a portion or a whole of the receiving area of the toilet, and is usable as a floor for the shower, the shower floor being rotatably movable from the non-use position to the shower use position;
- and from the shower use position to the non-use position such that the rotational movement alone places the shower floor in the shower use position;
- the combined shower and toilet arrangement further comprising a catching area in the form of a gutter configured to receive water from the shower floor when the shower floor is in both the use and non-use position, the catching area not being the receiving area of the toilet, the catching area being lower than a portion or a whole of an underside of the shower floor and being located in a vicinity of an axis of rotation of the shower floor;
- and
- wherein the gutter is located at a rear of the toilet receiving area;
- and
- wherein the shower floor is watertight to a portion or a whole of a perimeter of the shower by way of a seal arrangement.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.