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US 4,366,584 AGranted
Bathroom appliances
OwnerFrank S. Mchumainventor
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Abstract
In order to save space, a bathroom appliance such as a lavatory pan, urinal, basin or bidet is mounted to turn about a pivot axis between an operative position in which the appliance is accessible for its normal usage and an inoperative position in which the appliance is retracted into a cavity within or behind the structure, e.g. wall or floor, on which the appliance is pivotally mounted. The water inlet and waste outlet to and from said appliance are connected thereto by water tight joints which each include two parts relatively rotatable about the said pivot axis e.g. rotary ring joints.
Claims8
A bathroom type appliance comprising:
- a supporting structure defining a cavity;
- an appliance mounted on the supporting structure by pivotal mounting means defining a pivot axis about which the appliance can be turned between an operative position in which the appliance is accessible for normal usage and an inoperative position in which the appliance is retracted into said cavity;
- a water inlet to and a waste outlet from said appliance;
- respective watertight joints connecting the water inlet and waste outlet to said appliance, each joint including two parts relatively rotatable about said pivot axis;
- a screen for covering the cavity when the appliance is in its inoperative position;
- an auxiliary screening panel for covering any part of the cavity which is left open when the appliance is in the operative position;
- mounting means permitting movement of said auxiliary screening panel;
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- coupling means whereby the auxiliary screening panel is automatically moved between an operative, cavity closing position and a non-operative retracted position when the appliance is moved between its operative and non-operative positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.