Combination bathroom stool and toilet

• US 4,161,793 A
• Filed: 03/15/1978
• Issued: 07/24/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mercedes Merchan
• Original Assignee: Mercedes Merchan
• Inventors: Merchan, Mercedes A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Artis, Henry K.
• Application Number:
  US05/886,784
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• Field of Search: 4/134, 4/167, 4/111, 4/112, 4/113, 4/138, 4/135, 4/121, 4/122, 4/124
• US Class Current: 4/476
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/38 the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge A47K10/36 and A47K10/46 take precedence
• 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 17/00 Other equipment , e.g. separate apparatus for deodorising, disinfecting or cleaning devices without flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers; Holders for toilet brushesportable urinating aids A61F5/4556; devices for receiving spittle A61J19/00 ; disinfecting apparatus for medical, surgical or hygienic purposes A61L; cleaning devices with flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers E03D9/00; for emptying or cleaning chamber-pots, bed pans, bed urinals or the like E03D11/025
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/389 Accessories or combination with other devices, e.g. music boxes, clocks, heating devices or shelfs

Abstract

A stool that includes an upwardly tapered hollow body, a top wall of the body having a central opening so as to serve as a toilet, a removable pot being supported to the underside of the top wall, a pair of opposite handles for pulling or lifting the stool, a removable disc serving to close the top wall opening in order to support a removable cushion thereupon, the cushion being integral with a drape, colorfully decorated, hanging around the side of the stool, doors on a side of the stool providing access to the pot, and also to a compartment for storage of various items, as well as a roll of toilet paper, the stool having retractable casters on its bottom, so that when weighed down by a person, the stool rests upon a rubber rim around its lower edge so as to prevent skidding, and the toilet paper being automatically fed outwardly for use when a person sits upon the stool, so as to be readily available.

Claims

1. A combination bathroom stool and toilet device, comprising a hollow upwardly tapered body consisting of a frustoconical side wall, a circular top wall and a circular bottom wall, non-skid means upon an underside of said bottom wall for stationarily maintaining said device, caster means on an underside of said bottom wall for moving said device across a floor, a horizontal intermediate wall between said top and said bottom walls defining an upper and a lower chamber within said body, said top wall having a central, circular opening, so as to serve as a toilet seat, a pair of spaced apart channels on an underside of said top wall, a pot below said top wall opening having sidewardly extending ears slideably supported on said channels, an upper doorway on said side wall providing access into said upper chamber for sliding said pot outwardly of said body, said doorway being closeable by a hinged door, a pair of U-shaped handle grips upon opposite sides of said body, an opening in said side wall fitted with an inwardly hollowed soap dish for holding soap, and a removable cushion placed upon said top wall, said cushion being integral with a skirt draped downwardly all around said body and enclosing a major portion of said body from view.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said caster means comprises a plurality of blocks secured to an underside of said bottom wall, each said block having an opening on an underside thereof, a caster supported by each said block being downwardly urged therefrom by a spring, so that said caster protrudes downwardly out of said opening so as to ride upon a floor, said caster being upwardly retracted into said block opening when there is an excessive weight upon said device such as by a person seated upon said top wall or cushion, and said non-skid means comprises a rubber bead secured to an underside of a lower edge of said side wall, said rubber bead engaging said floor when said casters are retracted within said blocks.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 2, wherein a lower doorway through said side wall provides access to said lower chamber, said doorway being closeable by a hinged door, said lower chamber providing storage space for various articles.

4. The combination as set forth in claim 3, wherein said skirt includes a pair of opposite openings for receiving said handle grips outwardly therethrough, and said skirt additionally including an opening aligned with said soap dish for providing access to soap.

5. The combination as set forth in claim 4, wherein one of said retractable casters includes an upwardly shank which at its upper end, said ratchet teeth rolling against a sleeve fitted inside a roll of toilet tissue supported on a horizontal stick, secured to an inner side of said body, a leading edge of said roll extending into a slot through said body sidewall, and means to selectively disengage said leaf spring from said sleeve.