Toilet with footrest
AssigneeDaniel Affolter
InventorFilippo Pucciani
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Abstract
The invention provides a toilet having a toilet bowl, a toilet seat as well as two footrest members located in a certain distance above the floor, but below the toilet seat. The elongate footrest area of the footrest members extend in an angle with the central longitudinal axis of the toilet bowl. The footrest areas of the footrest members are located essentially in front of the toilet bowl. Moreover, the toilet seat is inclined with reference to the upper horizontal opening of the toilet bowl such as to slope forwardly downwards. In such a toilet, the user is enabled to take a natural, squatting sitting posture in which the angle between the thighs and the torso is between 20.degree. and 50.degree. during defecation; thus, the pelvic musculature is fully relaxed.
Claims16
A toilet arrangement comprising:
- a toilet bowl means having an essentially oval upper opening with a longitudinal axis,
- a seat means located in the region of said oval upper opening, said seat means having a front end portion and an opposite rear end portion,
- two elongate footrest areas each having an upper surface, arranged in a spaced apart relationship and extending essentially from the front of said bowl means;
- said upper surfaces of said elongate footrest areas being positionable not more than 20 cm below the front edge of said toilet seat means;
- the longitudinal axis of each of said footrest areas enclosing an angle of between 10.degree. and 35.degree. with said longitudinal axis of said oval upper opening;
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- said toilet seat means being continually inclined from said rear end portion to said front end portion such as to slope downwards from the rear to the front of said oval opening of said toilet bowl;
- said toilet arrangement thereby enabling a user to take a natural, squatting sitting posture in which the angle between the thighs and the torso is between 20.degree. and 50.degree. during defecation.
A toilet arrangement, comprising:
- a toilet bowl means having an essentially oval upper opening with a longitudinal axis,
- a seat means located in the region of said oval upper opening, said seat means having a front end portion and a rear end portion;
- a platform means having an upper surface with two elongate footrest areas arranged in a spaced apart relationship, said platform means extending essentially from the front of said bowl means;
- said upper surfaces of said platform means being positioned not more than 20 cm below the front edge of said toilet seat means;
- the longitudinal axis of each of said footrest areas enclosing an angle of between 10.degree. and 35.degree. with said longitudinal axis of said oval upper opening;
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- said toilet seat means being continually inclined from said rear end portion to said front end portion such as to slope downwards from the rear to the front of said oval opening of said toilet bowl;
- said toilet arrangement thereby enabling a user to take a natural, squatting sitting posture in which the angle between the thighs and the torso is between 20.degree. and 50.degree. during defecation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.