Toilet seat
OwnerAnish Vijay Khiroyainventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing easy access to a person's bottom while using a toilet includes a thicker-style of seat placed directly over a rim of a toilet bowl. The apparatus includes a pair of side access openings that are located on a left and an opposite right side of the seat. The access openings allow for easy access to the bottom of the person for hygienic cleaning after using the toilet. The person reaches through either side access opening while holding a quantity of toilet paper and wipes their bottom with a side-to-side or front-to-rear motion, thereby reducing a potential risk for contracting a urinary tract infection. At least one clamp assembly that is used to secure the seat in position extends downward from the seat and is adjustable to apply tension to the apparatus sufficient to secure it proximate the rim.
Claims19
A seat for use with a toilet that includes a left side and a right side when viewed from the front, wherein the improvement comprises a side opening that is provided on the left side of the seat or on the right side of the seat or on the left side of the seat and on the right side of the seat, and wherein the side opening passes through the seat and wherein at least a portion of the opening is bounded on all sides by a surrounding portion of the seat, and wherein the side opening includes a size that is sufficient to permit a hand and a portion of an arm of a person sitting on the seat to pass through the opening and for at least a portion of the hand of the person to contact an anus of the person.
A toilet seat for use with a toilet, comprising:
- (a) a toilet seat that includes a generally circular or oval shape, and wherein said toilet seat includes a center opening and an inner perimeter around said center opening, and an outer perimeter;
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- (b) a side access opening that is disposed on a left side of the toilet seat or on a right side of the toilet seat or on both said left side and said right side of the toilet seat, and wherein said side access opening includes a height that is less than a maximum thickness of said toilet seat, and wherein said side access opening includes a length that is sufficient to permit a person that is sitting on said toilet seat to insert their hand and a portion of their arm through said side access opening sufficient to reach their anus for cleaning, and wherein the side access opening passes through the seat and wherein at least a portion of the side access opening is bounded on all sides by a surrounding portion of the seat;
- wherein said toilet seat includes at least one clamp, and wherein said at least one clamp extends downward from a bottom surface of said toilet seat, and wherein said at least one clamp contacts an interior of a rim of a toilet bowl that said toilet seat is disposed upon when said toilet seat is disposed on top of said toilet bowl and parallel with respect to a plane of said rim of said toilet bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.