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US 2015/0308091 A1Published application
Standing secondary and ergonomic toilets
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsThomas F. Foust, Judd A. Lord, Bruce G. Ashmore
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Abstract
A secondary standing toilet includes a back wall, a water dispenser for providing a waterfall feature along the back wall, doors configured to open and close relative to the back wall, and a floor configured to raise and lower. An ergonomic toilet including a base rotatably supported about a drain tube, and a seat supported by the base and vertically adjustable.
Claims38
A standing toilet comprising:
- a vertically extending back wall;
- a water dispenser positioned at an upper end of the back wall to dispense water in a waterfall along a front surface of the back wall;
- a drain positioned at a lower end of the back wall;
- at least one door supported in front of the back wall, the at least one door configured to move between open and closed positions;
- a door drive mechanism configured to move the at least one door between the open and closed positions;
- a movable floor supported in front of the back wall, the movable floor configured to move between lowered and raised positions;
- a floor drive mechanism configured to move the movable floor between the lowered and raised positions;
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- a cleaning device configured to clean the inside surface of the at least one door, the upper surface of the movable floor, and the front surface of the back wall.
6 more elements
A standing toilet comprising:
- a vertically extending back wall;
- a drain positioned at a lower end of the back wall;
- at least one door supported in front of the back wall, the at least one door configured to move between open and closed positions;
- a door drive mechanism configured to move the at least one door between the open and closed positions;
- a controller configured to control operation of the door drive mechanism;
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- a user interface configured to provide input from a user to the controller, the controller being in an active mode or a stand-by mode based upon input from the user interface, the door being in the open position in the active mode, and the door being in the closed position in the stand-by mode.
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A method of operating a standing toilet comprising the steps of:
- detecting a user within a detection zone;
- opening a door to expose a back wall;
- lowering a floor proximate a drain below the back wall;
- dispensing water down a front surface of the back wall to create a waterfall;
- no longer detecting the user within the detection zone;
- raising the floor;
- closing the door to cover the back wall;
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- activating a cleaning device to clean the inside surface of the door, an upper surface of the floor, and the front surface of the back wall.
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An ergonomic toilet comprising:
- a base including a bowl;
- a waste outlet in fluid communication with the bowl and in fluid communication with a drain, the waste outlet defining a vertical axis;
- a bowl rotation mechanism supporting the base for rotation about the vertical axis;
- a seat supported by the bowl;
- and
- a seat height mechanism operably coupled to the base for adjusting the height of the seat.
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An ergonomic toilet comprising:
- a bowl supported above a drain;
- a seat supported by the bowl;
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- wherein the angular position of the seat may be adjusted by rotating the bowl about a vertical axis, and the height of the seat may be adjusted by vertically moving the bowl relative to the drain.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.