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US 5,513,404 AGranted
Excretion apparatus combined into a bed for bedridden person
AssigneesSumiyo Kanai, Uni World Japan Co., Ltd.
InventorSumiyo Kanai
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Abstract
The present invention enables a bedridden person to perform excretory functions without help from another person. The present invention includes a bed and a movable toilet in which water is provided. A negative pressure propels water and excrements through a bottom hole in a lower part of the toilet, through a valve and to a sanitary container.
Claims4
An excretion apparatus and bed for bedridden people, comprising;
- a sleeping pad;
- a toilet having a mat on a top surface of said toilet, wherein a top surface of said mat is level with a top surface of said sleeping pad when said toilet is in a lowered position:
- a sanitary container communicating with said toilet;
- an openable cover for overlaying an upper opening of said toilet;
- a means for generating a negative pressure between said toilet and said sanitary container, wherein said negative pressure delivers excrements and fluid from said toilet to said sanitary container;
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- a means for positioning said toilet at said lowered position and for lifting said toilet to a raised position when said toilet is in use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.