Foldable toilet support

• US 20060143816A1
• Filed: 12/30/2004
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dickson Su
• Original Assignee: Dickson Su
• Inventors: Su, Dickson
• Application Number:
  US11/024,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20060143816A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 4/483
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/04 Room closets; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets, e.g. night chairs ; Closets for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like

Abstract

A foldable toilet support includes a pair of arms and a horizontal rack. A connecting pole is connected to the middle portion of each arm at one side thereof. The horizontal rack is pivotably connected to the arms via the connecting poles. The opposite unfixed side of the horizontal rack is secured with the arms at opposite side thereof to control the movement of the arms. The foldable toilet support of the present invention is fully foldable thereby greatly reducing occupying space thereof.

Claims

1. A foldable toilet support comprising:

a pair of arms; and

a horizontal rack connected between the arms;

wherein each of the arms comprises a converted U-shaped main body, a pair of retractable sleeves, a connecting pole, a positioning ring, a beam and a hand gripping part, a tube is installed at one end of the connecting pole in a radial direction thereof, positioning hoodles are mounted in the connecting pole adjacent the tube, the beam is connected between two vertical rods of the main body, the tube is positioned on the main body by the positioning ring cooperating with the beam, the hand gripping part is attached to a horizontal rod of the main body, and the pair of sleeves is mounted to the bottom ends of the vertical rods of the main body;

wherein the horizontal rack comprises a pair of parallel valves and a bracket fixedly connected between the valves, one valve defines a slot at bottoms of opposite ends thereof, and a pair of tie-ins is installed at opposite ends of the other valve; and

wherein the valve with the slot is engaged with the connecting pole and the hoodle of the connecting pole is received in the slot to allow the horizontal rack to be pivotable between the arms within a limited angle, and the tie-ins of the horizontal rack are secured with the other one of the vertical rods of the main body.

2. The foldable toilet support as described in claim 1, wherein locating hoodles are installed at bottom portions of the vertical rods of the main body.

3. The foldable toilet support as described in claim 1, wherein the retractable sleeve defines a plurality of spaced locating holes.

4. The foldable toilet support as described in claim 1, wherein the inner diameter of the tube is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the vertical rod.

5. The foldable toilet support as described in claim 1, wherein the inner diameter of the valve fits the diameter of the connecting pole.

6. The foldable toilet support as described in claim 1, wherein the width of the slot fits the hoodle.

7. The foldable toilet support as described in claim 1, wherein a backrest is attached to the upper portion of the main bodies by papilionaceous screws.