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Mobility aid for use with toilet bowl fixture

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-09-21
BRADSHAW SCOTT N +2
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Problems solved by technology

Sometimes, there is only one grab bar, on one side of the toilet bowl fixture, and this might not be sufficient for some users.
Moreover, most private homes have no grab bars or other facilities to assist a person who experiences difficulty in rising from a seated position to a standing position.

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[0012] Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional toilet bowl fixture 10 is attached to the floor of a water closet adjacent to a rear wall of the water closet and projects about 75 cm from the rear wall. The toilet bowl fixture includes the toilet bowl 12 proper and a shelf structure 16 that extends to the rear of the toilet bowl. The toilet bowl has a rim that is typically at a height of about 38 cm above the floor. A tank 18 rests on the shelf structure and may be attached to the rear wall of the water closet. The front of the toilet bowl may be about 54 cm forward of the front wall of the tank. The conventional toilet seat 20 and toilet bowl cover 24 are attached to the shelf structure by fittings that allow the seat and cover to pivot relative to the toilet bowl about an axis that may be about 9 cm forward of the front wall of the tank. Accordingly, the seat and cover are able to pivot between a lowered position, shown in FIG. 1, in which the seat rests on the bowl and the cover res...

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Abstract

A mobility aid for use in conjunction with a toilet bowl fixture includes first and second side frames, each side frame having front and rear legs and a rail connecting upper ends of the front and rear legs, and a transverse member having first and second opposite ends. When the lower ends of the legs rest on the floor of the water closet, the transverse member is substantially horizontal and is above the upper surface of the toilet bowl. The transverse member is pivotally attached at its first end to the rear leg of the first side frame and is pivotally attached at its second end to the rear leg of the second side frame, whereby the first and second side frames are pivotable relative to the transverse member between an unfolded disposition, in which the side frames are substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the transverse member, and a folded disposition, in which the side frames are substantially parallel to each other and to the transverse member.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 663,437 filed Mar. 17, 2005, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to a mobility aid for use in conjunction with a toilet bowl fixture. [0003] A water closet typically contains a toilet bowl fixture that includes a toilet bowl proper and is located close to, and projects from, a wall of the water closet. Some users of toilet bowls experience difficulty in lowering themselves to use the toilet bowl or in standing up after using the toilet bowl and for this reason in places of public accommodation, a grab bar may be attached to a wall adjacent the toilet bowl fixture for the user to grasp while rising from a seated position to a standing position or lowering from a standing position to a seated position. Sometimes, there is only one grab bar, on one side of the...

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IPC IPC(8): E03D11/00
CPCA47K17/026
Inventor BRADSHAW, SCOTT N.LINDE, BERNARD EDWARD SUNNYLINDE, LAVAUN L.
Owner BRADSHAW SCOTT N
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