Toilet module
OwnerStephen John Thomsoninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a toilet module having a toilet bowl and which also has a toilet bowl support mechanism. The toilet bowel support mechanism allows the toilet bowl to be moved to a position in which the person using the toilet to adopt more of a squatting posture when cleansing their bowels. The toilet bowl support mechanism can move the toilet bowl to and between a first position and a second position, the first position is characterised in that the front end of the toilet bowl is lower than the aft end of the toilet bowl, and the second position is characterised in that the front end of the toilet bowl is above the aft end of the toilet bowl. The first position makes it easier for folk with limited mobility to sit on the toilet, and the second position allows the seated person to adopt a squatting posture.
Claims21
A toilet module comprising:
- a toilet bowl;
- and
- a toilet bowl support mechanism, the toilet bowl being supported by the toilet bowl support mechanism,
- wherein the toilet bowl has a front end and an aft end, the front end and the aft end corresponding to a front and a back respectively of a person seated on the toilet module when the toilet module is in use, the front end and the aft end each being situated at or adjacent an upper surface of the toilet bowl,
- wherein the toilet bowl support mechanism is configured to rotate the toilet bowl to and between a first position and a second position about an axis of rotation that passes through a point that is situated at a top of the front end of the bowl,
- wherein in the first position the front end of the toilet bowl is lower than the aft end of the toilet bowl, and
- wherein in the second position the front end of the toilet bowl is above the aft end of the toilet bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.