PORTABLE COMMODE AID

• US 20190328187A1
• Filed: 01/22/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Com-Aid LLC
• Original Assignee: Eugene J. Lattig
• Inventors: Lattig, Eugene J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,806,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 17/026 Armrests mounted on or around the toilet A47K17/022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 17/028 Foot- or knee-rests
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1007 mounted on or in combination with a toilet

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a commode aid for providing support to a user when the user leans over a toilet. The commode aide includes: (1) a front leg assembly including a left front leg and a right front leg; (2) a rear leg assembly including a left rear leg and a right rear leg; (3) a left armrest and a right armrest, wherein said left armrest is attached to the left front leg and the left rear leg and said right armrest is attached to the right front leg and the right rear leg; and (4) a horizontal support brace removably mounted to the left front leg and the right front leg, configured to be positioned between a toilet seat and a toilet tank and to provide support for the front leg assembly of the commode aid.

Claims

1. A commode aid, comprising:

a front leg assembly comprising a left front leg and a right front leg;

a rear leg assembly comprising a left rear leg and a right rear leg;

a left armrest and a right armrest, wherein said left armrest is attached to the left front leg and the left rear leg and said right armrest is attached to the right front leg and the right rear leg; and

a horizontal support brace mounted to the left front leg and the right front leg, configured to be positioned between a toilet seat and a toilet tank and to provide support for the front leg assembly of the commode aid.

2. The commode aid of claim 1, further comprising a kneepad rotatably attached to the left rear leg and the right rear leg, wherein said kneepad provides protection to knee joints of a user when said kneepad is in a horizontal position.

3. The commode aid of claim 1, further comprising a kneepad, wherein the kneepad comprises a concaved recess on each short edge of the kneepad and wherein the shape of the concaved recess substantially matches the convex outer rim of the left or right rear leg, thereby the kneepad is removably attached to the rear leg assembly.

4. The commode aid of claim 1, further comprising a rear support bar attached to the left rear leg and the right rear leg and configured to provide support for the rear leg assembly, wherein:

said rear support bar further comprises a kneepad latching station; and

said kneepad comprises a locking means,

wherein the locking means is configured to engage with the kneepad latching station, such that the kneepad is secured in an upright position when the kneepad is not in use.

5. The commode aid of claim 3, wherein the locking means is a latch, a hook, or a magnet.

6. The commode aid of claim 2, wherein the kneepad is padded.

7. The commode aid of claim 1, further comprising a left leg support and a right leg support, respectively positioned under the left armrest and the right armrest, wherein each of the left leg support and the right leg support comprises one or more fastening means configured to couple the left front leg and the left rear leg to the left leg support and couple the right front leg and the right rear leg to the right leg support.

8. The commode aid of claim 1, wherein each of the left front leg, the left rear leg, the right front leg, and the right rear leg is adjustable in height.

9. The commode aid of claim 1, wherein the horizontal support brace is adjustable in length.

10. The commode aid of claim 1, wherein each of the left front leg, the left rear leg, the right front leg, and the right rear leg comprises an inner telescopic member and an outer telescopic member, wherein:

the inner telescopic member comprises an elasticity member having a post and a spring embedded therewithin;

the outer telescopic member comprises a plurality of holes in the periphery thereof; and

the inner telescopic member and the outer telescopic member are aligned such that the post on the inner telescopic member fit through the holes on the outer telescopic member.

11. The commode aid of claim 1, further comprising a left Vee hinge and a right Vee hinge, wherein the left Vee hinge is configured to connect the left front leg and the left rear leg, and wherein the right Vee hinge is configured to connect the right front leg and the right rear leg, such that the front leg assembly and the rear leg assembly are placed in an open or a closed position.

12. The commode aid of claim 1, wherein the horizontal support brace is substantially U-shaped.

13. The commode aid of claim 1, wherein the horizontal support brace comprises a padded portion.

14. The commode aid of claim 1, wherein the padded portion is configured to be positioned between the toilet seat and the toilet tank and to stabilize the front leg assembly of the commode aid.

15. The commode aid of claim 1, further comprising a left folding stop attached to the left front leg and a right folding stop attached to the right front leg.