Articulable training toilet apparatus
US5161263A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S4/05
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An articulable training toilet apparatus for use in cooperation with a supporting toilet seat of a conventional toilet, and which can alternatively be used as a stand alone toilet on independent ground and table surfaces. A seat having an outer peripheral edge and an inner peripheral edge which defines a waste passage aperture, is operably attached to one or more leg members. The leg members are positionable between a fully deployed position, which serve to elevate the seat above a surface so as to enable usage of the appratus as a stand alone toilet, and a fully retracted position which enables the apparatus to be used in operable cooperation with a supporting toilet seat of a conventional toilet. Restraining members are attached to the leg members so as to facilitate aligned and secured cooperation with the conventional supporting toilet seat, when the apparatus is used in association therewith. Locking elements are also provided which serve to prevent the leg members from inadvertent collapse and overextension, when the leg members are in their fully deployed position.
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