Semi-automatic toilet seat
OwnerSoo Hwan Kiminventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a semi-automatic toilet seat that is the improvement in a general toilet seat consisting of a lid and a seat part, the semi-automatic toilet seat is configured such that the seat part includes: a contact sensor provided on a lower surface of the seat part to detect a user's sitting state; a motor configured to be operated to close the lid from an opened state; and a controller configured such that when the contact sensor detects that the user's sitting state is released, the controller operates the motor to close the lid from the opened state and operates the solenoid so that water is supplied to the toilet to flush the toilet. Accordingly, the lid is automatically closed and the toilet is automatically flushed just by a movement that a user rises from the seat part.
Claims4
A semi-automatic toilet seat comprising:
- a seat part placed on a toilet;
- a lid rotatably coupled onto the seat part;
- and
- a solenoid that is configured to open and cut-off water supply to the toilet,
- wherein the seat part comprises:
- a contact sensor that is provided on a lower surface of the seat part that is brought into contact with the toilet to detect a user's sitting state;
- a motor provided in the seat part, and configured to be operated to close the lid from an opened state;
- and
- a controller provided in the seat part, and configured such that when the contact sensor detects that the user's sitting state is released, the controller operates the motor to close the lid from the opened state and operates the solenoid so that water is supplied to the toilet to flush the toilet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.