Toilet seat with urine deflector

• US 8,266,731 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2007
• Issued: 09/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Takara Belmont Corporation
• Original Assignee: Takara Belmont Corporation
• Inventors: Marra, Patrick K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Len
• Assistant Examiner(s): Reis, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US11/682,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20070204391A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,023 Days
• Field of Search: 424/32, 424/52, 424/55, 430/03, 4DI/G 5
• US Class Current: 4/300.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 13/08 Covers with urine funnels

Abstract

A toilet seat for use with a Western-style toilet bowl. The seat has a generally-oval, endless base that compliments the shape of the toilet bowl rim. A deflector is fixed to the bottom surface of the base and extends downwardly adjacent the inside surface of the bowl rim. The deflector covers the interior gap between the bottom of the seat and the top of the bowl rim.

Claims

1. A toilet seat for use with a toilet bowl having a bowl rim (18) with front and back sections and a width (BRW) to define a top surface (20) and an inside surface (24), comprising:

a) a base that generally conforms to and compliments the shape of said bowl rim, said base having a top surface, bottom surface, opposed base front and back sections that are generally coextensive with said bowl rim front and back sections, respectively, when said base is in a lowered generally horizontal position;

b) an annular deflector integrally formed on the bottom surface of said base and extending downwardly adjacent the inside surface of the bowl rim, said deflector covering an interior gap between the bottom surface of said base and the top surface of the bowl rim, a portion of the deflector proximate the back section of the base extending downwardly and radially outwardly and a portion of the deflector proximate the front section of the base extending downwardly and radially inwardly when said base rests on the bowl rim in the lowered position of said base and the portion of the deflector proximate the back section of the base forming a spout that extends above the top surface of the bowl rim and radially inwardly past the bowl rim in an elevated substantially vertical position of said base, whereby any fluid accumulation on said deflector drains off said spout radially inwardly of said bowl rim and said inside surface and avoids dripping on said bowl rim top surface.

2. The toilet seat recited in claim 1, wherein said deflector extends downwardly around the entire periphery of said base and the depth of the deflector is constant along said periphery.

3. The toilet seat recited in claim 2, wherein the depth of the deflector is great enough so that said deflector extends downwardly below the bottom of the bowl rim.

4. The toilet seat recited in claim 1, wherein the deflector has a maximum depth at the front section and tapers to a minimum height at the back section.

5. The toilet seat recited in claim 4, wherein the depth of at least a portion of the deflector is great enough so that said deflector portion extends downwardly below the bottom of the bowl rim.

6. The toilet seat recited in claim 1, wherein said base has a width greater than BRW.

7. The toilet seat recited in claim 1, wherein said deflector extends downwardly and radially inwardly at said base front section when said base is in a lowered position supported by the bowl rim .

8. The toilet scat recited in claim 1, wherein said deflector at said base back section has a linear cross-section.

9. The toilet seat recited in claim 1, wherein said deflector at said back section has a curved cross-section.

10. The toilet seat recited in claim 1, including a hinge at the back sections of the said bowl rim and said base for pivotally attaching said base to the bowl, and a plurality of legs on the bottom surface of said seat.

11. A toilet seat for use with a toilet bowl including a bowl rim having an inner edge and an outer edge and a toilet seat attachment area located rearward of the bowl rim, the toilet seat comprising:

a) an annular base having a back portion that is adapted to be secured to the toilet seat attachment and a top surface, a bottom surface having a plurality of legs extending downwardly therefrom, opposed front and back sections, opposed side sections, an outer periphery, and an inner periphery, said base being shaped to overlap the bowl rim, the inner periphery being located inward of the inner edge of the bowl rim, and the plurality of legs being sized to maintain an interior gap between the bottom surface and the bowl rim when the rear portion is secured to the toilet seat attachment area and the base is positioned atop the bowl rim;

b) a hinge connecting said base to the back portion to the bowl and enables said base to pivot relative to the bowl; and

c) a deflector intearally formed on the bottom surface of said base and extending generally downwardly therefrom, the deflector being located adjacent to the inner edge of the bowl rim and covering the interior gap when the rear portion is secured to the toilet seat attachment area and the base is positioned atop the bowl rim, a portion of the deflector proximate the back section of the base extending downwardly and radially outwardly and a portion of the deflector proximate the front section of the base extending downwardly and radially inwardly when said base rests on the bowl rim in the lowered position of said base and the portion of the deflector proximate the back section of the base forming a spout that extends above the top surface of the bowl rim and radially inwardly past the bowl rim in an elevated substantially vertical position of said base, whereby any fluid accumulation on said deflector drains off said spout radially inwardly of said bowl rim and said inside surface and avoids dripping on said bowl rim top surface.