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US 6,185,759 B1Granted
Built-in sanitary furniture unit
OwnerWinfried Staudenmayerinventor
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Abstract
A built-in furniture unit is provided with a fixedly mounted toilet, a shower, a shower tray, a rear wall rigidly connected to the shower tray, and a toilet seat movably mounted on the rear wall. The built-in furniture unit is designed as a cubicle. The essential advantage of this built-in furniture unit is that it can be installed, for example, in the bedroom of a person in need of nursing, so transforming the bedroom into a nursing care room.
Claims25
A built-in sanitary furniture unit, comprising:
- a shower;
- a shower tray defining an edge;
- a rear wall joined tightly to said shower tray;
- a toilet inside the built-in furniture unit, including a toilet bowl fixedly mounted in said unit and a toilet seat movably mounted with respect to said bowl;
- and
- a mount for said toilet seat connected to said rear wall,
- wherein said toilet seat is secured to said mount such that it can be displaced according to one of the following:
- pulled out, retracted, displaced and swivelled on said mount, at least as far as the edge of said shower tray with the user seated thereon.
5 more elements
The built-in sanitary furniture unit as defined in column 19, wherein said pivot bearing is provided in a vertical column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.