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US 5,311,617 AGranted
Physiologic toilet attachment
OwnerFrancis J. Ammatelli, Edward L. McMulleninventors
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Abstract
A toilet attachment for placing the user in the proper crouched configuration for bowel movement. Various embodiments are disclosed. Certain embodiments lift the legs of the user by a bar under the knees or feet. Other embodiments provide a tilting seat.
Claims3
A toilet device for raising the legs of a user relative to the trunk of the user, comprising:
- an extension body having a lower end adapted to engage with a rim of a bowl of the toilet, and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from said lower end and defining a passage therethrough for waste;
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- a pivot seat mounted on said extension body, said pivot seat having a seat portion adapted to engage with the buttocks of the user including a forward end in close proximity to the user's knees and a rear end in close proximity to the user's tailbone, when the user is sitting thereupon, and including a passage therethrough for waste, said seat portion being pivotally mounted to said wall of said extension body for pivoting about an axis substantially horizontal and substantially lateral of the toilet, said axis being located substantially centrally of said forward and rear ends of said seat portion, whereby said pivot seat may be pivoted between first and second positions, in said first position a front portion of said pivot seat being vertically below a rear portion of said pivot seat, and in said second position a front portion of said pivot seat being vertically above a rear portion of said pivot seat.
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