JP2018038760A - Western toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device having both of convenience and strength and, when a western-style toilet seat cover and a toilet seat are opened/closed, capable of directly, cleanly, and simply opening/closing them with a bare hand without touching the toilet seat cover or the toilet seat.SOLUTION: A western-style toilet seat cover and a toilet seat opening/closing device 10, as devices for opening/closing the western-style toilet seat cover and a toilet seat, includes: a fixed installation part 1 that is fitted near an outer edge of the toilet seat cover or the toilet seat for fixed installation; a support part 2 connected to a surface of the fixed installation part 1 with it bent at a prescribed angle and projecting outward from the outer edge of the toilet seat cover or the toilet seat; and a finger hook part 3 provided via the support part 2, with it spaced from the fixed installation part 1 by a fixed distance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a Western-style toilet seat cover and a device that can be opened and closed directly and cleanly with bare hands without touching the toilet seat cover or toilet seat when opening and closing the toilet seat.

  Conventionally, when opening and closing the toilet seat and toilet seat cover (toilet lid) of a Western-style toilet, various toilet seats that can be opened and closed with the handle attached to the toilet seat and toilet lid without touching the toilet seat directly by hand An opening / closing handle is provided.

  So far, for example, “There is no designated position when opening and closing the upper lid in a Western-style toilet and raising and lowering the toilet seat, so it feels confusing for a moment. Where it is, it is unsanitary. In order to solve such a problem, a handle (knob) for opening and closing the upper lid and toilet seat of a Western style toilet is disclosed (Patent Document 1).

  In addition, it has a knob portion that protrudes outward from the outer edge of the toilet seat that is attached to the toilet of the Western-style toilet so that it can be opened and closed, and when the toilet seat is closed, the upper surface of the knob portion is lower than the lower surface of the toilet seat A toilet seat handle located below is disclosed (Patent Document 2).

  However, it can not be said that these handles have a knob portion at a relatively close distance from the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover, and there is no problem in terms of hygiene. In addition, due to their structure, a certain amount of force is inevitably required when lifting and lowering with one hand. Furthermore, depending on how the handle is attached to the toilet seat or the like, it may be easily detached or damaged, and it does not necessarily have strength.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-1897 Utility Model Registration No. 3185147

  The present invention provides a Western-style toilet seat cover and a device that combines ease of use and strength that can be easily opened and closed directly with bare hands without touching the toilet seat cover or toilet seat when opening and closing the toilet seat The purpose is to do.

  As a result of earnest research to solve the above problems, the inventor has a Western-style toilet seat cover and an instrument having a specific form that can be attached to the vicinity of the outer edge of the toilet seat cover or toilet seat to open and close the toilet seat. The knowledge that the objective can be achieved was obtained.

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above findings, and has achieved the object by providing the following invention.

1. A Western toilet seat cover and a device for opening and closing the toilet seat,
A fixing part for attaching and fixing the toilet seat cover or the vicinity of the outer edge of the toilet seat;
A support portion that is bent and connected to the surface of the fixed portion at a predetermined angle and protrudes outward from an outer edge portion of the toilet seat cover or toilet seat;
A finger hook provided at a fixed distance from the fixed part via the support part;
Western style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device.

2. The Western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device according to 1 above, wherein the support portion has a structure that warps in accordance with an outward direction in a side view.

3. The Western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein the support portion has a structure in which the support portion becomes wider from a narrower width in an outer direction in a plan view.

4). The said finger-hanging part has a perfect circle shape or a substantially circular structure at the outer end of the support part, and the diameter thereof is substantially the same as the width of the outer end of the support part. Western toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device.

5. The finger-hook portion has a perfect circle or substantially circular diameter in the range of 3 to 4 cm, the width of the tip of the fixed portion is in the range of 5 to 6 cm, and the longitudinal length of the entire instrument is 7 to 6 cm. 5. The Western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device according to 4 above, in a range of 12 cm.

  According to the present invention, when opening and closing a Western-style toilet seat cover and a toilet seat, an instrument having both ease and strength that can be opened and closed directly and cleanly with bare hands without touching the toilet seat cover or toilet seat. Can be provided.

It is the schematic which shows the example which attached the switchgear which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention to the toilet seat of the western style toilet. It is the schematic which shows the usage example of the switchgear in the case of opening and closing the toilet seat of the western style toilet which attached the switchgear of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the opening / closing tool which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 4 (a) is a plan view showing an opening / closing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 (b) is a side view showing the opening / closing device of FIG. 4 (a). It is.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present invention is an opening / closing device 10 used by being attached to the vicinity of an outer edge at a desired position of a toilet seat 12 provided in a toilet of a western toilet 11. In addition, the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment is used by being attached to the vicinity of the outer edge of the toilet seat 12 as shown in FIG. 1, and is attached to a toilet seat cover (toilet lid) provided in the western toilet 11 (not shown). It can be used as well.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment is attached to the toilet seat 12 of the Western-style toilet 11 and is going to be opened and closed, the outer tip portion of the opening / closing device 10 is hooked with a finger and necessary. It is used by picking with one hand.

  The position when attaching the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment is not particularly limited and is attached to a position suitable for use and a position suitable for assisting in opening and closing the toilet seat 12, but does not interfere with the user of the western toilet 11. In addition, a position that is easy to move up and down when the toilet seat 12 is opened and closed, for example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, is preferably a position slightly rearward from the center of the lateral side of the toilet seat 12, and lifts the toilet seat 12 lightly and easily with a finger. Therefore, the vicinity of the center on the side of the toilet seat 12 is particularly preferable.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4A and 4B, the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment is attached (joined) to the vicinity of the outer edge of the toilet seat 12 of the western toilet 11 for fixing and installation. A fixed portion 1, a support portion 2 that is bent and connected to the surface of the fixed portion 1 at a predetermined angle θ and protrudes outward from an outer edge portion of the toilet seat 12, and a support portion 2. And a finger hook portion 3 provided at a fixed distance from the fixed portion 1. In the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment, a unit in which the fixed portion 1, the support portion 2, and the finger hook portion 3 are integrated by the same material (metal or resin having an antibacterial effect) is used.

  Since the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment has the above-described structure, when opening and closing the toilet seat 12 of the western-style toilet 11, it is directly and cleanly with bare hands without touching the toilet seat 12, and easily and easily. It can be opened and closed and has strength.

  The fixed part 1 provided in the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment is fixed and installed near the outer edge of the toilet seat 12 of the western toilet 11. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a double-sided tape T is affixed in advance to the upper part of the flat fixed part 1 that is elongated in the width direction of the opening / closing device 10, and this surface of the fixed part 1 and the toilet seat 12 is fixed and installed by joining (sticking) a surface in the vicinity of the outer edge (the lower surface or the inner surface of the toilet seat 12) to be fixed to 12. In this embodiment, it is possible to obtain an instrument that is strong and difficult to remove by simply bringing the fixed portion 1 including the double-sided tape T into contact with a desired location near the outer edge of the toilet seat 12.

  In addition, as a method of attaching the opening / closing device 10 to the toilet seat 12, in addition to the method of fixing with the double-sided tape, bolting may be used, and an appropriate method of attachment can be adopted depending on the selection of the user. In the case of bolting, holes can be made in one or several places of the fixing part 1 of the switchgear 10 and the toilet seat 12 and fixed using bolts and nuts as necessary.

  The support portion 2 is bent and connected to the surface of the fixed portion 1 at a predetermined angle θ, and protrudes outward from the outer edge portion of the toilet seat 12. Since the support part 2 is bent and connected to the fixed part 1, the force required to lift the toilet seat 12 upward can be reduced according to the lever principle, and opening and closing can be facilitated.

  The angle θ formed by the surface of the support portion 2 and the surface of the fixed portion 1 can be set as appropriate within a range of, for example, 90 ° to less than 180 °. Is sufficient from the viewpoint of sufficient, it is preferably 125 ° to 165 °, more preferably 140 ° to 150 °.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the support portion 2 has a structure that becomes wider from the narrower in the outer direction in a plan view. Moreover, as shown in FIG.4 (b), the support part 2 has the structure which curved in accordance with the outward direction by the side view. That is, the support part 2 is a curved surface having a curvature radius in the lower part. When the support part 2 has such a structure, the strength of the entire opening / closing device 10 can be increased and the toilet seat 12 can be easily moved up and down.

  The opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment has a particularly high strength and prevents damage to the device, from the connecting portion of the support portion 2 to the fixed portion 1 (according to the direction toward the toilet seat 12 side), in plan view, In addition, the structure has a wider width. In this case, the curves of both outer edges corresponding to the widths of the support part 2 and the fixed part 1 are configured such that the radius of curvature gradually decreases in the direction toward the toilet seat 12 side.

  Moreover, in order to raise the intensity | strength of the switchgear 10, the outer edge by the side of the toilet seat 12 in the fixing | fixed part 1 is not a straight line but is a notch | curve | concave concave arc-shaped curve. The fixed portion 1 has the shortest length (distance between the outer edge and the support portion 2) at the center in the width direction and the longest length (same distance) at both ends in the width direction. Moreover, the both ends which oppose the support part 2 of the fixing | fixed part 1 are comprised in the acute angle shape whose angle is less than 90 degrees, and the stable installation to the toilet seat 12 is attained by this structure.

  The finger hook portion 3 is provided so as to be spaced apart from the fixed portion 1 by a fixed distance via the support portion 2, and has a perfect or substantially circular structure at the outer end of the support portion 2. ing. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4A, the semicircular portion of the finger hook portion 3 is embedded in the outer end portion of the surface of the support portion 2. The finger hook portion 3 has a perfect circle shape in which the center of the structure is aligned with the center portion of the perfect circle shape or the substantially circular shape so that the user can easily put the finger on and assist the opening and closing of the toilet seat 12. Or the substantially circular hole 4 is provided.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although the finger hook part 3 is providing the hole part 4 and is carrying out the ring shape, for the user's ease of use and prevention of an injury, it does not provide the hole part 4, but is the same diameter as this. A depression can also be provided. Furthermore, for the same reason, a resin film, preferably an antibacterial resin film or the like, is stuck on the surface of the finger hook portion 3 provided with the hole portion 4 to form the finger hook portion 3 with the hole closed. You can also.

  As for the size of the switchgear 10 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the overall longitudinal length l is in the range of 7 to 12 cm, and the widthwise length is fixed. The hole m provided in the finger hook portion 3 has a width m of the tip of the setting portion 1 in the range of 5 to 6 cm, and a perfect circular or substantially circular diameter n of the finger hook portion 3 in the range of 3 to 4 cm. The diameter o of the part 4 is preferably in the range of 1.5 to 2 cm. Moreover, the length (portion which contacts the toilet seat 12) p to the support part 2 of the fixed part 1 can be set to the range of 1-3 cm. p is preferably 1 to 1.5 cm when the fixed portion 1 is fixed with the double-sided tape T, but can be set to 2 to 3 cm when the fixed portion 1 is fixed with a bolt or the like. . Accordingly, it is preferable to set the overall length l of the instrument 10 by interposing the support portion 2 with a certain length so that there is no problem in terms of hygiene.

  In the present embodiment, the diameter n of the finger hook portion 3 is substantially the same as the width of the outer tip of the support portion 2. By having such a structure, the strength of the switchgear 10 as a whole can be made sufficient.

In particular, from the viewpoint of improving the strength of the switchgear 10 and the ease of opening and closing by the user, the ratio between the length l in the longitudinal direction of the switchgear 10 as a whole and the diameter n of a perfect circle or substantially circle of the finger hook 3 ( l: n) is preferably 7: 4 to 10: 3.
From the same point of view, the ratio (m: n) between the width m of the tip of the fixed portion 1 and the diameter n of the circular shape or the substantially circular shape of the finger hook portion 3 is 5: 4 to 2: 1. Preferably there is.

  The material of the opening / closing device 10 according to the present embodiment is not particularly limited as long as it can be attached to the toilet seat cover or the toilet seat 12. For example, an antibacterial treated resin material, aluminum material, metal material, plastic material, wooden Examples include materials. In particular, a resin material having an antibacterial effect processed by antibacterial treatment is preferable from the viewpoint of hygiene, and a metal material is preferable from the viewpoint of improving strength and making it difficult to bend.

  In addition, in this invention, it can also be set as embodiment changed suitably besides embodiment mentioned above.

  The present invention is a device that combines ease and strength that can be opened and closed directly and cleanly with bare hands without touching the toilet seat cover or toilet seat when opening and closing the Western toilet seat cover and toilet seat, Has industrial applicability.

10: Western toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening / closing device 1: Fixed part 2: Supporting part 3: Finger hook part 4: Hole part 11: Western-style toilet (toilet)
12: Toilet seat

1. A Western toilet seat cover and a device for opening and closing the toilet seat,
A fixing part for attaching and fixing the toilet seat cover or the vicinity of the outer edge of the toilet seat;
A support portion that is bent and connected to the surface of the fixed portion at a predetermined angle and protrudes outward from an outer edge portion of the toilet seat cover or toilet seat;
A finger hook provided at a fixed distance from the fixed part via the support part;
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The support portion has a structure that is warped according to an outward direction in a side view;
The Western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening / closing device, wherein the fixed part has a flat structure elongated in the width direction of the opening / closing device.

2. The Western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein the fixed portion includes a double-sided tape on a toilet seat cover or a surface to be fixed to the toilet seat.

1. A Western toilet seat cover and a device for opening and closing the toilet seat,
A fixing part for attaching and fixing the toilet seat cover or the vicinity of the outer edge of the toilet seat;
A support portion that is bent and connected at a predetermined angle that can be appropriately set within a range of 90 ° to less than 180 ° with respect to the surface of the fixed portion, and protrudes outward from an outer edge portion of the toilet seat cover or toilet seat. When,
A finger hook provided at a fixed distance from the fixed part via the support part;
With
The support portion has a structure that warps in accordance with the outer direction in a side view, and has a structure in which the width of the support portion decreases from the wide in the outer direction in a plan view.
The fixing portions may have a flat structure elongated in the width direction of the opening and closing device has opposite ends and that the support portion is configured to acute angle,
The finger hook portion has a perfect circular or substantially circular structure at the outer tip of the support portion, the diameter of the finger hook portion is substantially the same as the width of the outer tip of the support portion, and the surface of the support portion. A Western-style toilet seat cover and a toilet seat opening and closing device, characterized in that the semicircular portion of the finger hook portion is embedded in the outer end portion of the toilet.

Moreover, in order to raise the intensity | strength of the switchgear 10, the outer edge by the side of the toilet seat 12 in the fixing | fixed part 1 is not a straight line but is a notch | curve | concave concave arc-shaped curve. The fixed portion 1 has the shortest length (distance between the outer edge and the support portion 2) at the center in the width direction and the longest length (same distance) at both ends in the width direction. In addition, both end portions of the fixed portion 1 facing the support portion 2 are configured to have an acute angle with an angle of less than 90 °, and this structure enables stable installation on the toilet seat 12.

Claims (5)

A Western toilet seat cover and a device for opening and closing the toilet seat,
A fixing part for attaching and fixing the toilet seat cover or the vicinity of the outer edge of the toilet seat;
A support portion that is bent and connected to the surface of the fixed portion at a predetermined angle and protrudes outward from an outer edge portion of the toilet seat cover or toilet seat;
A finger hook provided at a fixed distance from the fixed part via the support part;
Western style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device.   The Western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein the support portion has a structure that warps according to an outward direction in a side view.   The Western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein the support portion has a structure in which the support portion becomes wider from a narrower width in an outer direction in a plan view.   2. The finger hook portion has a perfect circular or substantially circular structure at an outer tip of the support portion, and a diameter thereof is substantially the same as a width of an outer tip of the support portion. Western toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening / closing device as described.   The finger-hook portion has a perfect circle or substantially circular diameter in the range of 3 to 4 cm, the width of the tip of the fixed portion is in the range of 5 to 6 cm, and the longitudinal length of the entire instrument is 7 to 6 cm. The western-style toilet seat cover and toilet seat opening and closing device according to claim 4, which are in a range of 12 cm.

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