Bariatric toilet support apparatus and method
a toilet support and bariatric technology, applied in water closets, water installations, constructions, etc., can solve the problems of unable to support the toilet bowl, the wall mount fails, and the toilet bowl is subject to fracture, and achieves the effect of low production cost and ease of manufactur
Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-08
WRIGHT GLENN H
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[0012] A feature and advantage of the present invention is its ability to provide support to a toilet bowl.
[0013] A further feature and advantage of the present invention is its ability to assist a toilet appliance in supporting heavy weight loads.
[0014] A feature and advantage of the present invention is that it can be retracted for cleaning of the floor area under the toilet bowl.
[0015] A further feature and advantage of the present invention is its ease of manufacture and low cost of production.
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Standard toilets are designed to sustain high loadings, but under extreme weight may be subject to fracture.
There are various devices and methods available for providing support to toilet appliances or to the person utilizing them, but all are disadvantageous when compared to the present invention.
Some devices are designed to provide strengthening of the attachment point of the toilet to the wall in order to assist in providing a toilet device that can withstand high weights; however, because such devices provide no support to the bowl itself, and due to the lever moment of the toilet bowl about the attachment point, excess weight applied to the bowl area can easily lead to failure of the wall mount.
Clearly, such devices do not provide support to the toilet bowl, and in the event of failure, bring full weight of the user on to the toilet bowl, as these devices are mostly utilized to assist the user in positioning himself upon the bowl.
While some or all of the devices of the above-referenced patents may be utilized for supporting a patient above a toilet bowl, or for supporting a patient of average weight upon a toilet bowl, each fails to adequately provide reliable support to a heavily loaded toilet bowl.
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[0030] In describing the preferred and selected alternate embodiments of the present invention, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-9, specific terminology is employed for the sake of clarity. The invention, however, is not intended to be limited to the specific terminology so selected, and it is to be understood that each specific element includes all technical equivalents that operate in a similar manner to accomplish similar functions.
[0031] Referring now to FIGS. 1A-1B, the present invention in a preferred embodiment is bariatric toilet support apparatus 200, wherein bariatric toilet support apparatus 200 is made from a suitably strong, rigid and formable material, such as, for exemplary purposes only, steel, and is preferably generally an elongated ‘S’-shape. While steel is preferred, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that other appropriately strong materials may be utilized, such as, for exemplary purposes only, wood, coated metal, cut stone, or reinforced man-made materia...
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A device and method for providing support to a toilet bowl suitable to sustain the weight of an obese or otherwise large individual. The device comprises a support bar and a leg between the toilet bowl and the floor, wherein the device is placed underneath the toilet and affixed to a toilet wall support. The leg is hinged to allow folding thereof to facilitate cleaning under the toilet bowl.
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PRIORITY CLAIM [0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part application to non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 10 / 701,812, entitled “Toilet Support Device and Method”, filed on Nov. 5, 2003, and claims priority thereto and the full benefit thereof.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates generally to toilet support apparatuses, and more specifically to an improved apparatus and method for providing support to a toilet bowl, wherein the toilet support device and method of the present invention is particularly suited for, although not limited to, use on a toilet bowl having a high mass load, such as is applied by bariatric patients. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention began out of a need for a device to support toilets for bariatric patients; that is, patients of weight in excess of the weights of typical patients. A person having a body mass index of forty or greater (often more than one hundred pounds over their ideal body weight)...
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IPC IPC(8): E03D11/13
CPCE03D11/135
Inventor WRIGHT, GLENN H.
Owner WRIGHT GLENN H