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US 12,553,229 B2Granted
Personal perineal cleansing system and methods
OwnerKelley Simoninventor
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Abstract
A personal perineal cleansing system includes a specialized toilet seat comprising a basin with an interior sprayer, a horizontal portion upon which the user sits, a vertical portion disposed behind the user when seated, and a basin re-positioning system that moves the basin from the functional position (near the center of the toilet bowl) within the horizontal portion to the storage position in the vertical portion. The basin re-positioning system may be manually or electronically activated.
Claims19
A personal perineal cleansing system for use with a toilet comprising:
- a toilet seat connectable to the toilet comprising a horizontal seat portion, a vertical portion, and a junction portion disposed between the horizontal seat portion and the vertical portion that together are generally shaped as a curved L-shape;
- said toilet seat further comprising a basin, a sprayer carried within said basin, a basin-mounting assembly supporting the basin, and a basin re-positioning system configured to move the basin from within the horizontal seat portion to the vertical portion.
A method of use of a cleansing system for cleansing a perineal area, comprising:
- sitting on a horizontal portion of a toilet seat attached to a toilet;
- moving a basin from a storage position to a functional position by use of a basin re-positioning system;
- wherein the storage position is in a vertical portion of the toilet seat;
- and wherein the functional position is in the horizontal portion of the toilet seat;
- and
- activating water flow from a sprayer disposed within the basin to spray water onto the perineal area.
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