Retrofit portable bidet assembly
AssigneeTravel Bidet, Inc.
InventorsSami Sakib Najjar, George B. Waites, Jr.
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Abstract
A portable bidet assembly is adapted for use on a toilet bowl. The assembly includes a bidet housing designed for being located adjacent a rim of the toilet bowl, and having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A supply hose connects a fluid source to the fluid inlet of the bidet housing, and a wash nozzle communicates with the fluid outlet of the bidet housing. A flow control valve is adapted for controlling a pressurized supply of fluid from the fluid source through the supply hose and bidet housing to the wash nozzle. First and second cooperating adjustable bowl clamp assemblies are designed for adjustably engaging the toilet bowl at opposite points below the rim, thereby releasably securing the bidet assembly to the toilet bowl.
Claims12
A portable bidet assembly adapted for use on a toilet bowl, said bidet assembly comprising:
- a standalone refillable fluid tank;
- a bidet housing adapted for being located adjacent a rim of the toilet bowl, and comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- a supply hose connecting said fluid tank to the fluid inlet of said bidet housing;
- a wash nozzle communicating with the fluid outlet of said bidet housing;
- a flow control valve adapted for controlling a pressurized supply of fluid from said fluid tank through said supply hose and bidet housing to said wash nozzle;
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- first and second cooperating adjustable bowl clamp assemblies designed for adjustably engaging the toilet bowl at opposite points below the rim to adjustably secure said portable bidet assembly to the toilet bowl, and wherein said first and second clamp assemblies are located to reside on opposite sides of the rim and are designed to engage only outside surfaces of the toilet bowl, such that no portion of said clamp assemblies covers the rim or extends inside the toilet bowl.
A method for securing a retrofit portable bidet assembly to a toilet bowl, said method comprising:
- lifting an existing seat of the toilet bowl to a raised position;
- locating a bidet housing of the bidet assembly adjacent a rim of the toilet bowl, such that a wash nozzle of bidet assembly projects downward inside the toilet bowl;
- connecting a supply hose to a fluid inlet of the bidet housing and to a water source;
- using first and second cooperating adjustable bowl clamp assemblies, releasably securing the bidet assembly to the toilet bowl wherein no portion of the clamp assemblies covers the rim or extends inside the toilet bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.