Toilet for handicapped and normal people

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a toilet bowl and seat which is user-friendly to individuals who are physically (or possibly mentally) disabled and especially wheelchair-bound people or even normal people with bad knees. The toilet seat and bowl shape is turned through 180 degrees relative to a conventional front-to-rear tapered seat and bowl shape in order to facilitate the ability to easily slide onto the toilet from the transportation device and easily slide backwards onto the same after use. A handle is also provided at the cistern front / rear of the toilet seat for support while standing up or sitting down during / after use and which is removable or fixed. Flushing also is easier because the tank is in front of the user and the flush handle may be provided on either side to suit the user.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not applicableFEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH[0002]Not applicableSEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM[0003]Not applicableFIELD OF THE INVENTION[0004]The present invention concerns toilets specifically designed for handicapped persons, as well as anyone having difficulty using a conventional toilet but can, of course, be used by able-bodied and disabled alike.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION[0005]Toilets that exist which are available to consumers and builders through retail and wholesale hardware stores and other outlets to install in homes, public restrooms, hospitals and schools or in ships, planes or recreational motor vehicles or any other locations, whether portable or fixed, are in one respect all of one kind / standard format that will be termed herein as “conventional toilets”. That is to say, that where the seats are anything other than symmetrical from front to rear, they are all arranged with the broader part of the seat, the part on which the us...

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Benefits of technology

[0021]This arrangement provides the wheelchair user with the ability to slide from a wheelchair directly onto the toilet seat without needing to turn around on moving from the wheelchair.

[0023]Persons using the toilet will face the tank, in which the tank will have either a left or right side flush handle and suitably the cistern is adapted to allow either configuration to facilitate easy flushing of the unit. The user will not be required to turn around after using the toilet to flush it.

[0025]The user faces the tank in front of him / her and though this may require some adjustments from the previous mindset, most users will quickly adjust to this new approach. Thereafter, it will be as easy as riding a bicycle and prove to be a very comfortable and pleasant experience.

Problems solved by technology

For those with physical or mental disabilities such as Muscular Dystrophy, Alzheimer's, spinal injuries or amputees, they generally have no choice but to use these conventional toilets since there are no options available to them.

They are, however, far from ideal for the disabled.

A major problem with the conventional toilet design is that when a wheelchair-bound disabled person wants to use the toilet, it is difficult for him / her to get off the wheelchair to transfer onto the toilet.

Even for those who care for wheelchair users, it is hard for the caregiver to get the wheelchair user off the wheelchair, carry them to the toilet, turn them around and put them on the toilet seat.

It is a cumbersome process and a back-breaking job for the caregiver.

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