Retractable bidet device actuated by single mechanism with delayed flow
OwnerEdgar Alan Paceinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
This invention comprises a bidet device, including a bidet kit, that can be mounted on a conventional toilet seat. A bidet valve is positioned between a bidet hoop conduit and a water supply conduit. Rotation of the bidet hoop conduit results in rotation of a valve seat relative to a valve stem to permit water to flow through the bidet hoop conduit. Water does not initially flow and only flows as the bidet hoop conduit reaches an extended operative position. Rotation of a handle or lever arm is the only movement necessary to move the bidet hoop conduit and initiate actuation of the valve. The bidet valve includes an actuator with a notch, the sides of which engage a stationary arm attached to the toilet seat to open and close the valve.
Claims16
A bidet device attachable to a toilet seat, the bidet device comprising:
- a valve connectable to a water supply conduit and to a bidet hoop conduit, rotation of the valve with the bidet hoop conduit opening the valve to supply water through the bidet hoop conduit;
- a nozzle on the bidet hoop conduit;
- an exposed, manipulatable portion of the bidet hoop conduit extending beyond on an opposite end of the bidet hoop conduit from the valve, movement of the exposed, manipulatable portion moving the bidet hoop conduit from a retracted to an operative position in which the nozzle is positioned at a central location, spaced from the toilet seat;
- a stationary arm securable to the toilet seat beside the valve;
- the bidet device including an actuator on the valve, engagement of the actuator with the stationary arm opening the valve, wherein the actuator includes an arcuate notch through which the stationary arm extends, the actuator being initially rotatable with the bidet hoop conduit prior to opening of the valve and engaging the stationary arm as the bidet hoop conduit approaches the operative position to initiate water flow through the bidet hoop conduit and the nozzle only when the nozzle approaches the operative position.
A bidet device in which the bidet device can be moved to an operative position and flow of water through the bidet device can be activated by a single operable member moveable by one user appendage and in which initial water flow through the bidet device occurs only when the bidet device is in or adjacent to the operative position but not in or adjacent to a retracted position, the bidet device comprising:
- a bidet hoop conduit movable from the retracted position below a toilet seat to the operative position spaced from and centered relative to the toilet seat;
- a stationary member attachable to a toilet seat;
- a valve mounted on the bidet hoop conduit, the valve being opened by rotation of a valve actuator upon engagement with the stationary member, the valve actuator not engaging the stationary member during most but not all of the rotation of the bidet hoop conduit between the retracted and the operative positions so that the valve is opened as the bidet hoop conduit is in or adjacent to the operative position;
- wherein the valve closes only as the bidet hoop conduit returns toward the retracted position.
A bidet device mountable on a toilet, the bidet device comprising:
- a toilet seat mountable on the toilet;
- a bidet hoop conduit mounted on an underside of the toilet seat;
- a valve mounted on one end of the bidet hoop conduit;
- an operable member on an opposite end of the bidet hoop conduit, the bidet hoop conduit being rotatable from a retracted position to an operative position by movement of the operative member;
- wherein the valve on the bidet device is shifted from a closed position to an open position only after the bidet hoop conduit approaches is in or adjacent to the operative position and is shifted from the open to the closed position as the bidet hoop conduit approaches is in or adjacent to the retracted position;
- and
- wherein a stationary member is mounted to the toilet seat and engagable by a valve actuator only during a portion of the rotation of the bidet hoop conduit and only as the hoop conduit approaches the operative position or the retracted position;
- and
- wherein the bidet device is operable by one hand only.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.