TWI741706B - Toilet seat attachment cover - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a toilet seat attachment cover for being mounted on a toilet seat. The toilet seat attachment cover structure includes foaming materials with different foaming degrees, an anti-bacterial structure and an electric heating layer for generating heat, so that the toilet seat attachment cover has functions of keeping warm and antibacterial.

Description

Toilet seat sticker

The present invention relates to a toilet seat sticker, particularly a toilet seat sticker with anti-bacterial and warmth-keeping functions and easy to disassemble or install on the toilet seat.

The toilet is one of the indispensable sanitary equipment in today's society, and the toilet seat is the part that directly contacts the human body, which is easily contaminated with bacteria and viruses. Therefore, the toilet seat is generally required in terms of hygiene and comfort; the customary free The toilet seat is equipped with a heated toilet seat structure, which allows users to adjust the temperature in colder weather in order to pursue a better experience. However, the toilet must be assembled, which makes its cost higher; Moreover, the toilet seat of the non-treatment toilet is relatively inconvenient to clean.

In response to demand, the toilet seat or toilet seat sticker that can be installed on the general toilet seat has been created by many people in the world. However, if it is necessary to have superior effects in terms of warmth, anti-bacterial functionality and cost considerations, it is practical. However, it is challenging; for example, conventional toilet seat cushions equipped with heating devices and disinfection light sources generally have the problem of high cost and difficult replacement; and if replaceable toilet seat stickers or gaskets are the main technology Characteristic, there may be cases where woven or non-woven fabrics are used in the material, which may cause the heat-conducting device to fail to function effectively or the anti-bacterial effect is not good.

In view of this, there is an urgent need for improved toilet seat stickers in this field to achieve both the functions of warmth and disease resistance at a lower cost.

The content of the invention aims to provide a simplified summary of the disclosure so that readers have a basic understanding of the disclosure. This summary of the invention is not a complete summary of the disclosure, and its intention is not to point out important/key elements of the embodiments of the invention or to define the scope of the invention.

The inventor of the present case proposes an improved toilet seat sticker based on the lack of recognition of the above-mentioned conventional creation. While the toilet seat sticker has a heating function, it also uses foam materials with different foaming degrees as the structural material to accurately achieve the required thermal conductivity, thereby providing better thermal conductivity in the area contacting the human skin, thereby improving Comfort during use; the toilet seat sticker is further equipped with an anti-bacterial structure, and the foam material can have a better anti-bacterial effect; in addition, the toilet seat sticker is convenient for users to disassemble or install on a general toilet seat.

One aspect of the present invention provides a toilet seat sticker. The toilet seat sticker is arranged on a toilet seat for physical contact and includes a foaming anti-bacterial layer, a foaming layer, an electric heating layer and a power switch.

Specifically, the foaming anti-bacterial layer is arranged on a surface of the toilet seat sticker that is in contact with the human body for direct contact with human skin; the foaming anti-bacterial layer is made of foaming material, and the foaming ratio is 3-10. Preferably, the foaming ratio is about 5, and the thermal conductivity (the following thermal conductivity units are all W/m‧K, watts/meter‧Kelvin) are about 0.5W/m‧K, and the thermal conductivity is about 0.5W/m‧K. The contact area provides better heat conduction effect; the foam anti-bacterial layer is further provided with an anti-bacterial structure, which contains one or a combination of nano-silver, zinc and titanium dioxide to achieve the anti-bacterial effect when contacting human skin .

The foaming layer is arranged on the contact surface of the toilet seat sticker and the toilet seat sticker for combining or disassembling the toilet seat on a general toilet seat. The foaming layer is made of foaming material with a foaming ratio of 12- 30. Preferably, the foaming ratio is about 15 and the thermal conductivity is about 0.04W/m‧K.

The electric heating layer is arranged between the foaming anti-bacterial layer and the foaming layer, and its material is one of metal, graphite and graphene; the electric heating layer is used for generating heat by supplying electric energy.

The power switch is arranged on the outside of the toilet seat sticker to be electrically connected with an external power source to regulate the power supply to the electric heating layer.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the disease-resistant structure is a filler filled in the foaming anti-fungal layer; and in another embodiment, the anti-fungal structure is an anti-fungal film, the anti-fungal film It is arranged on the surface of the foamed antibacterial layer; specifically, the thickness of the anti-bacterial film is at least 60 nm to achieve the purpose of anti-bacterial; and preferably, the thickness is about 100 nm.

In one embodiment, the foamed anti-bacterial layer and the material of the foamed layer are Polyurethane (PU), Polyethylene (PE), Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU), ethylene-vinyl acetate Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA), Polypropylene (PP), Latex or Silicone.

In one embodiment, the thickness of the foaming anti-bacterial layer is 0.5-4 mm; and preferably, in a specific embodiment, the thickness is about 0.8 mm.

In one embodiment, the thickness of the foamed layer is at least 1 mm; and preferably, in a specific embodiment, the thickness is about 2 mm.

In one embodiment, the thickness of the electric heating layer is 100-1000 μm.

In one embodiment, the electric heating layer is sealed by at least one plastic film, and the plastic film is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyimide (PI).

In a non-limiting embodiment, the toilet seat is attached to an inner ring, and the inner ring can be provided with an ultraviolet light sterilization device to sterilize the inner wall of a toilet; and in another non-limiting embodiment, the toilet The seat sticker has an outer ring, and the outer ring can be provided with a visible light illuminating device to provide the user with a better experience.

After referring to the following embodiments, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily understand the basic spirit and other objectives of the present invention, as well as the technical means and implementation aspects of the present invention.

In this section, the content of the present invention will be explained in detail through the following examples, but these examples are for illustrative purposes only, and those who are familiar with the technology can easily think of various modifications and changes. Various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. Please refer to the drawings, the same reference numerals in the figures represent the same components. In the scope of this specification and the appended patent application, unless the context indicates otherwise, "a" and "the" can also be interpreted as plurals. In addition, in the scope of this specification and the appended patent application, unless the context clarifies otherwise, "in" and "in" both include "in it" and "in it." Furthermore, titles and subtitles may be attached to the description to facilitate reading, but these titles do not affect the scope of the present invention.

The terms used in this specification generally have their usual meanings in the relevant fields within the scope of the present invention and in the specific context of each term. The specific terms used to describe the present invention in this specification will be described in the following or elsewhere in this specification, so that people in the industry can understand the relevant description of the present invention. The scope and meaning of the same term in the same context are the same. In addition, there is more than one way to express the same thing; therefore, the terms discussed in this article may be replaced by alternative terms and synonyms, and whether a term is explained or discussed in detail in this article has no special meaning. This article provides synonyms for some terms, but the use of one or more synonyms does not mean that other synonyms are excluded. The examples provided in this specification are for illustrative purposes only, and are not used to limit the scope and meaning of the present invention or any exemplified terms. Likewise, the present invention is not limited to the various embodiments listed in this specification.

Although the numerical ranges and parameters used to define the present invention are approximate numerical values, the relevant numerical values in the specific embodiments have been presented here as accurately as possible. However, any value inevitably contains standard deviations due to individual test methods. Here, "about" usually means that the actual value is within plus or minus 10%, 5%, 1%, or 0.5% of a specific value or a range. Or, the term "about" means that the actual value falls within the acceptable standard error of the average value, which is determined by the consideration of a person with ordinary knowledge in the field of the present invention. Therefore, unless otherwise stated to the contrary, the numerical parameters disclosed in this specification and the accompanying patent scope are approximate values and can be changed according to requirements. At least these numerical parameters should be understood as the indicated effective number of digits and the value obtained by applying the general carry method.

In order to solve the problems existing in the prior art, the present invention proposes a novel toilet seat sticker. The toilet seat sticker has a heating function and also has good thermal conductivity, and is equipped with an anti-bacterial structure; in addition, the toilet seat sticker is easy to disassemble or install on a general toilet seat.

Example

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the appearance and use of the toilet seat sticker 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the toilet seat sticker 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the cross-section is along the first figure Section AA shown. Please refer to Figure 1. In this embodiment, the user has to fix the toilet seat sticker 10 of the present invention on a toilet seat 14. The toilet seat sticker 10 is externally provided with a power switch 11, which is connected to an external power source. 15 is electrically connected; and the toilet seat sticker 10 has an inner ring 12 and an outer ring 13. In addition, it can be understood from the figure that the shape of the toilet seat sticker 10 shown in the embodiment of the present invention corresponds to the toilet seat 14, and presents a U-shape commonly used in conventional toilet seats. Generally, the knowledgeable person can change it to O-shape or V-shape according to requirements; in other words, the shape of the toilet seat sticker 10 is not limited in the present invention.

Please continue to refer to Figure 2 to understand that the toilet seat sticker 10 is a laminated structure, which mainly includes a foaming anti-bacterial layer 21, an electric heating layer 22 and a foaming layer 23, which are fixed to each other from top to bottom as a whole Among them, the fixing method is not limited; it should be noted that the directionality of the structural section is defined as the direction close to the human body contacting the skin as the upper side, and the direction close to the toilet seat is defined as the lower side; in this embodiment, the foaming The disease-resistant layer 21 is used for contact with the human body, and is provided with a disease-resistant structure.

Specifically, the thickness of the foamed antibacterial layer 21 is about 0.5-4mm, and in a preferred case, the thickness is about 0.8mm; and the foaming ratio is about 3-10, preferably about 5, Furthermore, the thermal conductivity can reach about 0.5W/m‧K; in addition, the material of the foamed antibacterial layer 21 can be Polyurethane (PU), Polyethylene (PE), Thermoplastic Polyurethane, TPU), Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA), Polypropylene (PP), Latex or Silicone.

The anti-bacterial structure can be in the form of a filler or a surface film, and it contains one or a combination of nano silver, zinc, and titanium dioxide; according to the content of this embodiment, the anti-bacterial structure is an anti-bacterial film 211, which is provided On the surface of the foaming anti-bacterial layer 21 and directly contacting the human body to achieve the anti-bacterial effect; structurally, the thickness of the anti-bacterial film 211 is at least 60 nm, preferably, the thickness is about 100 nm.

Please continue to refer to Figure 2. The electric heating layer 22 is disposed between the foamed anti-bacterial layer 21 and the foamed layer 23, and its material includes one of metal, graphite and graphene; specifically, the thickness of the electric heating layer 22 It is 100-1000µm.

The foaming layer 23 is arranged on the bottom layer of the toilet seat sticker 10, and its foaming ratio is 12-30, preferably 15, so that the thermal conductivity can reach about 0.04W/m‧K. In addition, the foaming layer The material can be Polyurethane (PU), Polyethylene (PE), Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU), Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA), Polypropylene (PP), Latex or silicone; in a non-limiting embodiment, the foamed layer 23 includes a coupling member to enable it to be movably coupled and detached on the toilet seat 14. In different embodiments, the coupling member may be A double-sided tape, a pressure-sensitive adhesive, or a buckle element (not shown in the figure). Furthermore, the application of the bonding element can be changed according to general knowledge in the field.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together; in a non-limiting embodiment, the power switch 11 is electrically connected to the external power source 15 to obtain electrical energy for the heating layer 22 to generate heat. However, the external power supply can be a battery, a mobile power supply or a general household power supply, and its connection form can also be changed according to requirements and according to common knowledge in the field of the present invention. This case is not limited; specifically, in one of this case In the embodiment, the power supply device 11 is a USB connection interface, the output voltage is preferably 5V, and the power is 5-12W. In addition, the power switch 11 may include a temperature control device to further control the temperature range.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the electric heating layer of the toilet seat sticker according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a thermal imaging data diagram of the toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention (for accurate presentation, this The figure is drawn in color). Please refer to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 together, it can be understood that the heating layer 22 generates heat through power supply, and the temperature reached during use is approximately 22-38°C. The material of the electric heating layer 22 includes one of metal, graphite and graphene, but the form can be a soft electric heating plate, an electric heating coil or a silver glue, and can be arranged corresponding to the shape of the toilet seat sticker 10; preferably The electric heating layer 22 has to be arranged along the inner ring 12 and the outer ring 13 to achieve the effect of uniform heating of the whole.

According to some embodiments of the present case, the electric heating layer 22 shown in Figure 3 can be further sealed with at least one layer of plastic film. However, it must be noted that the actual sealing process or the actual geometric parameters of the plastic film are not The limitations of this case can be adjusted according to the general knowledge and requirements of the technical field to which the case belongs; however, specifically, the plastic film can be made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyimide (PI).

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the appearance and use of the toilet seat sticker 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention; please refer to Figure 5, the inner ring 12 can be provided with an ultraviolet light sterilization device 121 to further sterilize the inner wall of the toilet Preferably, the ultraviolet light sterilization device 121 is an ultraviolet light source emitting device; and in another embodiment, the outer ring 13 can be provided with a visible light illuminating device 131 to achieve a better use experience.

In summary, one should be able to fully understand the toilet seat sticker provided by the present invention, using different component settings, material selection and definition of foaming degree, not only can it have heating function and good thermal conductivity at the same time, it also has The anti-bacterial effect, the production cost is lower than the general toilet seat; in addition, the toilet seat sticker is also easy to disassemble or install on the general toilet seat, and indeed has a better experience than the conventional one.

In principle, the language used in the specification is selected for readability and indicative purposes, and is not selected to outline or limit the subject of the invention; therefore, the scope of the present invention is intended not to be limited by this detailed description, but to be limited In any claim of this application, all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention; therefore, the contents disclosed in the embodiments are intended to illustrate, not to limit the present invention. The scope of the invention.

The main component symbols of the present invention are listed as follows 10: Toilet seat sticker 11: Power supply device 12: inner circle 121: Ultraviolet light sterilization device 13: Outer ring 131: Visible light illumination device 14: toilet seat 15: External power supply 21: Foaming anti-bacterial layer 211: Anti-bacterial film 22: Electric heating layer 23: Foam layer

To make the above and other objects, features, advantages, and embodiments of the present invention easier to understand, the description of the accompanying drawings is as follows: Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the appearance and use of a toilet seat sticker according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the toilet seat sticker according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 3 is a top view of the electric heating layer of the toilet seat sticker according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 is a thermal imaging data diagram of the toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention when in use; Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the appearance and use of the toilet seat sticker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the usual operation method, the various features and components in the figure are not drawn to actual scale, and the drawing method is to present the specific features and components related to the present invention in the best way. In addition, in different drawings, the same or similar element symbols are used to refer to similar elements and components.

10: Toilet seat sticker

11: Power supply device

12: inner circle

13: Outer ring

14: toilet seat

15: External power supply

Claims (10)

A toilet seat sticker, which is arranged on a toilet seat for physical contact, and includes: A foaming anti-bacterial layer is arranged on the side of the toilet seat that contacts the human body. The foaming anti-bacterial layer has a foaming ratio of about 3-10 and is provided with an anti-bacterial structure. The anti-bacterial structure includes silver and zinc And one or a combination of titanium dioxide; A foaming layer is arranged on the contact surface of the toilet seat sticker and the toilet seat for coupling and disassembling on a toilet seat. The foaming ratio of the foaming layer is about 12-30; An electric heating layer disposed between the foaming anti-bacterial layer and the foaming layer for generating heat by supplying electric energy, the electric heating layer material includes one of metal, graphite and graphene; and A power switch is arranged on the outside of the toilet seat sticker to be electrically connected with an external power source to regulate the power supply to the electric heating layer. The toilet seat sticker of claim 1, wherein the anti-bacterial structure is an anti-bacterial filler filled in the foaming anti-bacterial layer. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the anti-bacterial structure is an anti-bacterial film disposed on the surface of the foamed anti-bacterial layer, and the thickness of the anti-bacterial film is at least 60 nanometers. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the foam anti-bacterial layer has a thickness of about 0.5-4 mm. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the material of the foamed anti-bacterial layer and the foamed layer is polyurethane, polyethylene, thermoplastic polyurethane, ethylene-vinyl acetate, polypropylene, latex or silicone. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the foam layer has a thickness of at least 1 mm. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the electric heating layer is 100-1000 microns. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the electric heating layer is sealed by at least one plastic film, and the plastic film is made of polyethylene terephthalate or polyimide. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the toilet seat sticker has an inner ring, and the inner ring is further provided with an ultraviolet light sterilization device. The toilet seat sticker according to claim 1, wherein the toilet seat sticker has an outer ring, and the outer ring is further provided with a visible light illuminating device.

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