# US 2018/0020889 A1 · Toilet With A Front Facing User-Accessible Compartment

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- Number: US 2018/0020889 A1
- Document ID: US20180020889A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/213,887
- Filed: 2016-07-19
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-19
- Inventors: David R. Hall; Dan Allen; Jared Reynolds; Ben Swenson; Joshua Larsen; Cameron Price; Eric Magleby
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180020889A1

## CPC

- A47K 17/02: Body supports, other than seats, for closets, e.g. handles, back-rests, foot-rests; Accessories for closets, e.g. reading tables
- A47L 11/4091: {Storing or parking devices, arrangements therefor; Means allowing transport of the machine when it is not being used}
- A61H 35/006: {for the feet}
- G01G 19/52: Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture (with walking sticks A45B3/08)
- A47K 17/028: {Foot- or knee-rests}
- A61H 2201/0138: incorporated in furniture
- A61H 2201/0161: Size reducing arrangements when not in use, for stowing or transport
- A61H 2201/0192: Specific means for adjusting dimensions
- A61H 2201/0207: heated
- A61H 2201/1246: by piston-cylinder systems
- A61H 2201/50: Control means thereof
- A61H 2201/5046: Touch screens
- A61H 2201/5058: Sensors or detectors
- A61H 2201/5082: Temperature sensors
- A61H 2230/80: Weight
- G01G 19/44: for weighing persons
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
- A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N)
- G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16)

## Abstract

A toilet with a base portion containing a front facing user-accessible compartment is disclosed. A channel is provided within a base portion for connecting a floor sewer pipe to the raised base of the toilet. Multiple embodiments are disclosed in which the user-accessible front facing user-accessible compartment comprises a retractable foot spa, a retractable scale, a computer processor, and user health devices. User interfaces are disclosed for the operation of the front facing user-accessible compartment and other functions of the front facing user-accessible compartment. Latching and moving mechanisms are also disclosed and claimed herein.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A toilet comprising:
a base portion which supports a bowl of the toilet, the base portion positioned between the toilet bowl and a floor;
a front facing user-accessible compartment located in the base portion, the front facing user-accessible compartment opening toward a toilet user's feet while the toilet user is using the toilet and comprising a channel cavity through which an outlet pipe of the toilet passes;
wherein the front facing user-accessible compartment is accessed by a drawer, and
wherein the front facing user-accessible compartment has a height, measured vertically between the floor and the toilet bowl, of between one to twelve inches.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The toilet of claim 1, wherein the base portion is integrally formed with a material of the toilet bowl.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The toilet of claim 1, wherein the base portion is not integrally formed with a material of the toilet bowl.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The toilet of claim 1, wherein a sewer pipe extends through the front facing user-accessible compartment and passes through the channel cavity.

### Claim at position 5

-19. (canceled)

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The toilet of claim 1, wherein a toilet computer is stored within the base portion of the toilet.