Urinal, squatting toilet and toilet seat

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of daily necessities, and provides a squatting toilet. The squatting toilet comprises a urinal pool, a toilet bowl, a sewage outlet, a water inlet and a water outlet hole. The toilet bowl is provided with a first end adjacent to the sewage outlet and a second end away from the sewage outlet. The sewage outlet is arranged at the bottom of the toilet bowl, the water outlet hole is communicated with the water inlet, the toilet bowl is provided with a protruding part opposite to the anus of a user, one end of the protruding part extends to the bottom of the toilet bowl, and the water outlet hole is used for flushing the protruding part. The present application is used to solve the defect that the female toilet bowl cannot distinguish between urination and defecation in the prior art. The protruding part is arranged to avoid defecation and prevent the user from defecating, so as to achieve the purpose of female urination. By using the urinal pool provided by the present application, the female public toilet can be divided into a defecation area and a urination area, so as to improve the overall toilet efficiency, reduce the number of people queuing and shorten the waiting time.

Description

[0001] Cross-references to related applications

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110077314.1, filed January 20, 2021, entitled "Women's Urinal, Squat Toilet and Toilet Seat", Chinese Patent Application No. 202120152235.8, filed January 20, 2021, entitled "Raised Device for Women's Urinal", and Chinese Patent Application No. 202122348779.4, filed September 27, 2021, entitled "Women's Urinal Seat". The entire contents of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] This invention relates to the field of daily necessities technology, and in particular to a urinal, a squat toilet, and a seated toilet. Background Technology

[0004] Compared to men's restrooms, women's restrooms in public places often lack dedicated urinals, and the number of toilets is limited, easily leading to queues. This problem becomes even more severe, especially at concerts, theaters, and tourist attractions during holidays when large crowds need to use the restroom.

[0005] Having separate urinals for urination and defecation, similar to men's public restrooms, could improve queuing efficiency for those only needing to urinate and optimize the usage process of women's public restrooms. Generally, urination occurs much more frequently than defecation, while urination takes far less time. Therefore, when there are queues in women's public restrooms, the number of people urinating should far exceed the number of people defecating.

[0006] Currently, most urinals on the Western market are suspended, allowing users to urinate in a ski-like manner, with their bodies never in contact with the urinal. This is based on the fact that women are afraid of dirt and do not want physical contact, a posture commonly used in regular public restrooms. There are also handheld urinal devices for women, allowing them to urinate standing up.

[0007] CN1293729A provides a urinal for women, comprising a body having a connecting portion attached to a support member, a receiving portion located at an end remote from the support member for allowing a woman to urinate, and a narrower portion disposed between the two, which is narrower than the receiving portion. When using this urinal, women typically adopt a ski-like semi-squatting posture or a straddle-like posture similar to that of men.

[0008] ZL200410090240.1 describes a urine diversion device for use when urinating while standing or sitting. Specifically, this urine diverter is characterized by: a groove-shaped diverter with a urine collection point at one end and a diversion channel on the diverter; the bottom of the urine collection port is higher than the bottom of the diverter, and the urine collection port is angled. When used by a woman, the posture is similar to a man's straddle stance; one hand can hold the trousers in place, while the other hand holds a piece of paper at the junction of the thigh and genitals, standing upright with a slight forward lean.

[0009] While the aforementioned technologies have enabled women to urinate, they all alter women's existing urination postures (sitting or squatting). Due to women's physiological structure, these technologies have been rejected by most women, resulting in low adoption rates. They are mainly used in emergency situations or by a small group of people. Summary of the Invention

[0010] This invention provides a urinal, a squat toilet, and a seated toilet to solve the problem that existing female toilets cannot distinguish between urine and feces, thus enabling dedicated urination for women, improving the overall toilet efficiency for women in public restrooms, reducing the number of people queuing for toilets, and shortening the time spent urinating.

[0011] This invention provides a urinal, comprising a urinal, a drain outlet, a water inlet, and a water outlet; the urinal has a first end adjacent to the drain outlet and a second end away from the drain outlet; the drain outlet is located at the bottom of the urinal, the water outlet communicates with the water inlet, the urinal has a protrusion inside, the protrusion is positioned opposite the user's anus, one end of the protrusion extends to the bottom of the urinal, and the water outlet is used to flush the protrusion.

[0012] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided, wherein the protrusion has a first end adjacent to the drain outlet and a second end adjacent to the water outlet; the height of the first end of the protrusion is lower than or equal to the height of the second end.

[0013] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided in which a recessed first clearance area is provided at the middle part of the first end of the protrusion, and the opening of the first clearance area faces the sewage outlet.

[0014] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided in which the first end of the protrusion is further provided with a recessed second avoidance area, the second avoidance area being located on the left and right sides of the first avoidance area.

[0015] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided in which the protrusion is provided with a guide section for guiding flushing water.

[0016] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided in which the guide portion is arranged along the direction from the water outlet adapted to the protrusion to the sewage outlet.

[0017] The present invention also provides a squat toilet, including a urinal as described above, wherein a urine baffle is provided at the first end of the urinal.

[0018] The present invention also provides a toilet, including a urinal as described above, wherein the first end of the urinal is provided with a urine-blocking end and the second end is provided with an opening groove; the opening groove extends through both the inner and outer sides of the urinal.

[0019] According to a toilet provided by the present invention, a seat ring is provided on the top side of the toilet bowl, and an opening corresponding to the opening groove is provided at one end of the seat ring.

[0020] According to a toilet provided by the present invention, the bottom of the opening groove is flush with the second end of the protrusion.

[0021] This invention provides a urinal, squat toilet, and seated toilet, comprising a urinal, a drain outlet, a water inlet, and a water outlet. The urinal has a first end adjacent to the drain outlet and a second end away from the drain outlet. The drain outlet is located at the bottom of the urinal, and the water outlet communicates with the water inlet. A protrusion is provided inside the urinal, positioned opposite the user's anus. One end of the protrusion extends to the bottom of the urinal, and the water outlet is used to flush the protrusion. By incorporating the protrusion, this invention achieves a function of preventing defecation while conforming to women's toilet habits, thus preventing users from defecating and achieving the purpose of dedicated urination for women. By using the urinal provided by this invention, public toilets for women can be divided into defecation and urination areas, thereby improving overall toilet efficiency, reducing queue length, and shortening waiting times. Attached Figure Description

[0022] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in this invention or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of this invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without creative effort.

[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the toilet provided by the present invention. Figure 1 ;

[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the toilet provided by the present invention. Figure 2 ;

[0025] Figure 3 This is a top view of the toilet provided by the present invention;

[0026] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the squat toilet provided by the present invention;

[0027] Figure label:

[0028] 100. Toilet bowl; 110. Drain outlet; 120. Water inlet; 121. Water outlet; 130. Protrusion; 131. Flow guide; 132. First clearance area; 140. Second clearance area; 160. Seat ring; 170. Opening groove; 180. Urine guard. Detailed Implementation

[0029] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this invention clearer, the technical solutions of this invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this invention. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this invention without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this invention.

[0030] The following is combined with Figures 1 to 4 This invention describes a urinal, comprising a urinal 100, a drain outlet 110, a water inlet 120, and a water outlet 121. The urinal 100 has a first end adjacent to the drain outlet 110 and a second end away from the drain outlet 110. The drain outlet 110 is located at the bottom of the urinal 100. The water inlet 120 communicates with the water outlet 121. A protrusion 130 is provided inside the urinal 100, which is positioned opposite the user's anus. One end of the protrusion 130 extends to the bottom of the urinal 100. The water outlet 121 is used to flush the protrusion 130. It is understood that the drain outlet 110 is located at the bottom of the first end of the urinal 100 to facilitate the timely discharge of urine and flushing water from the urinal 100. A water inlet 120 is located at the second end of the toilet bowl 100. The water inlet 120 and the drain outlet 110 are located at opposite ends of the toilet bowl 100. The water inlet 120 is connected to a water source to provide flushing water for the toilet bowl 100. In this embodiment, a water guide ring is provided on the inner wall of the toilet bowl 100 and communicates with the water inlet 120 to guide the water entering through the water inlet 120. The water guide ring has multiple water outlet holes 121, all of which face the interior of the toilet bowl 100 to flush the toilet bowl 100 from multiple angles. In this embodiment, the multiple water outlet holes 121 are evenly arranged along the horizontal circumference of the second end of the toilet bowl 100 to ensure multi-angle flushing coverage of the interior of the toilet bowl 100, thereby improving the flushing effect and efficiency.

[0031] Furthermore, a protrusion 130 is provided inside the urinal 100, located near the second end of the urinal 100. The protrusion 130 is positioned opposite the user's anus, reducing the distance between the user's anus and the bottom of the urinal 100, thus preventing the user from having the opportunity to defecate while not affecting urination, achieving the purpose of dedicated urination. It should also be noted that, on the other hand, the protrusion 130 increases the risk of feces coming into contact with the user's body or clothing, thereby affecting the user's defecation, thus achieving the purpose of dedicated urination. Moreover, the protrusion 130 does not affect the flow of urine from the second end to the first end of the urinal 100, allowing the urinal 100 to retain its urination function, achieving the purpose of dedicated urination.

[0032] One end of the protrusion 130 extends to the bottom of the toilet bowl 100, thus guiding the flow of urine. In this embodiment, one end of the protrusion 130 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the toilet bowl 100, thereby installing the protrusion 130 inside the toilet bowl 100. Alternatively, the other end of the protrusion 130 can be fixedly connected to the inner wall of the second end of the toilet bowl 100, thereby installing the protrusion 130.

[0033] Furthermore, the water outlet 121 is used to rinse the protrusion 130. That is, the water flowing out of the water outlet 121 flows over the upper surface of the protrusion 130 to rinse the upper surface of the protrusion 130 and ensure the cleanliness of the protrusion 130.

[0034] In one embodiment, the drain outlet 110 is provided with a filter screen to prevent foreign objects from entering the drain outlet 110 and causing blockage.

[0035] According to the present invention, a urinal has a protrusion 130 with a first end adjacent to a drain outlet 110 and a second end adjacent to a water outlet 121; the height of the first end of the protrusion 130 is lower than or equal to the height of the second end. It is understood that, from the water outlet 121 corresponding to the protrusion of the urinal 100 to the drain outlet 110, the protrusion 130 is horizontally arranged or inclined downwards along the length of the urinal 100. The upper surface of the protrusion 130 can be horizontal or inclined along the length and depth of the urinal 100 to guide urine and flushing water.

[0036] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided with a recessed first avoidance area 132 at the middle of the first end of the protrusion 130, and the opening of the first avoidance area 132 faces the drain outlet 110. It can be understood that the recessed avoidance area 132 in the middle of the side of the protrusion 130 facing the drain outlet 110 prevents urine from directly impacting the protrusion 130, so that the urine flows from the avoidance area 132 into the urinal 100.

[0037] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided with a recessed second avoidance area 140 at the first end of the protrusion 130. The second avoidance area 140 is located on the left and right sides of the first avoidance area 132. It can be understood that the presence of more recessed second avoidance areas 140 on both sides prevents urine from being directly impacted by the protrusion 130, allowing the urine to flow from the second avoidance areas 140 into the urinal 100.

[0038] It is worth noting that, in one embodiment, the orthographic projection of the upper surface of the protrusion 130 is W-shaped.

[0039] According to the present invention, a urinal is provided with a guide portion 131 on the protrusion 130 for guiding flushing water. It is understood that the guide portion 131 is provided on the upper surface of the protrusion 130. The guide portion 131 is arranged along the direction from the water outlet 121 adapted to the protrusion 130 to the drain outlet 110, so that the flushing water flowing out of the water outlet 121 flows through the guide portion 131, covers the entire protrusion 130, and while flushing the upper surface of the protrusion 130, is guided into the urinal 100 and discharged from the drain outlet 110.

[0040] It is worth noting that the flow guiding part 131 can be configured as a flow guiding strip, flow guiding groove, flow guiding platform or flow guiding plate, etc., to achieve the function of guiding the flushing water.

[0041] The present invention also provides a squat toilet, including a urinal as described above, wherein a urine baffle 180 is provided at the first end of the urinal 100. It is understood that the squat toilet includes a urinal, and the urine baffle 180 is provided at the first end of the urinal 100 to block urine and prevent it from being ejected from the urinal 100. The height of the urine baffle 180 is higher than the height of the urinal 100.

[0042] In one embodiment, the toilet bowl 100 has an outwardly extending foot pedal on its top side for easy squatting. The foot pedal also has anti-slip grooves to prevent the user from slipping and falling. The anti-slip grooves also serve as positioning indicators, guiding the user's feet to rest on the grooves and facilitating the use of the squat toilet.

[0043] It should be noted that the anti-slip groove can also be set as an anti-slip protrusion to increase the friction between the user's foot and the pedal, thereby improving the safety of using the toilet.

[0044] The present invention also provides a toilet, including a urinal as described above. The urinal 100 has a urine-blocking end at its first end and an opening groove 170 at its second end; the opening groove 170 extends through both the inner and outer sides of the urinal 100. It is understood that the urinal 100 has the urine-blocking end and the opening groove 170 arranged opposite each other, so that the urine-blocking end at the first end of the urinal 100 blocks urine; the opening groove 170 at the second end of the urinal 100 connects to the end of the protrusion 130 adjacent to the second end of the water outlet 121, thus fixing the protrusion 130 inside the urinal 100. The opening groove 170 has an opening that extends through the side wall of the second end of the urinal 100 along its length. This prevents the urinal 100 from being used for placing feces. The protrusion 130 is located at the opening groove of the urinal 100, which effectively reduces the distance between the user's anus and the bottom wall of the urinal 100. If the user forces themselves to defecate, it will cause the feces to come into contact with the user's buttocks, or be difficult to clean, making the toilet environment unsuitable for toileting or soiling the user's clothes or body. In other words, if the user sees that the urinal 100 does not have a defecation function, and only uses it for urination, since the direction of urine flow is from the opening groove of the urinal 100 to the urine-blocking end, the protrusion 130 and the opening groove will not affect the urination function of the urinal 100, thus realizing dedicated urination for women, improving the overall toilet efficiency, and reducing the waiting time for urination in public toilets.

[0045] In this embodiment, the width of the opening groove 170, i.e. the dimension along the width direction of the toilet bowl 100, is 4 cm to 14 cm.

[0046] According to a toilet provided by the present invention, a seat ring 160 is provided on the top side of the toilet bowl 100, and one end of the seat ring 160 corresponding to the opening groove 170 has an opening corresponding to the opening groove 170. It is understood that the seat ring 160 is located on the top side of the toilet bowl 100 to facilitate the user's sitting posture while using the toilet. One end of the seat ring 160 has an opening, and this end of the seat ring 160 is hinged to the top side of the toilet bowl 100. The opening of the seat ring 160 is vertically aligned with the opening groove of the toilet bowl 100. The contour of the seat ring 160 is adapted to the contour of the top side of the toilet bowl 100 to ensure stability and comfort for the user during toilet use.

[0047] According to the present invention, a toilet seat 160 is provided with a limiting protrusion, which is disposed opposite to the opening of the seat 160. It is understood that the limiting protrusion on the upper front side of the seat 160 prevents the user from moving their buttocks forward to avoid the protrusion 130. In other words, by limiting the position of the user's buttocks, the toilet 100 is made more specialized, preventing the user from moving their buttocks to avoid the protrusion 130.

[0048] It is worth noting that the limiting protrusion can be set as an arc-shaped protrusion, the contour of which adapts to the user's leg, increasing the user's comfort. Alternatively, a limiting plate can be used, which has a plate-like structure and is set at the front end of the seat ring 160, with arc-shaped contours on both sides of the limiting plate adapting to the user's leg.

[0049] According to the present invention, the bottom of the opening groove 170 is flush with the second end of the protrusion 130. It is understood that the opening groove 170 and the protrusion 130 can be smoothly connected, creating visual pressure on the user to prevent defecation, otherwise it would be difficult to clean. At the same time, it ensures that the flushing water flow can smoothly rinse the protrusion 130.

[0050] Based on the urinal provided in this embodiment of the invention, a survey was conducted on a women's restroom in a service area during a holiday. The restroom had 6 stalls, and 60 people used it simultaneously, with 12 needing to defecate and 48 needing to urinate. Assuming defecation takes 5 minutes and urination takes 1 minute, without distinguishing between urination and defecation, each stall had 10 people queuing, with 2 needing to defecate and 8 needing to urinate. It would take 18 minutes for everyone to finish using the restroom. If, at a particular stall, there was one more person in the queue needing to defecate (3 needing to defecate and 7 needing to urinate), it would take 22 minutes for everyone to finish. This means that even those only needing to urinate might have to wait 18 minutes or longer. If urination and defecation were distinguished, for example, 2 stalls for defecation and 4 stalls for urination, with 48 people queuing at the 4 urination stalls, all 48 people could urinate within 12 minutes. After 12 minutes, with the urination and defecation distinction, the queue size was 7.2 people; without the distinction, the queue size was 16.7 people. Therefore, separating urine and feces can reduce queuing time by at least 6 minutes for people who only need to urinate, improving toilet efficiency by 33.3%; separating urine and feces can reduce the total number of people queuing and improve overall toilet efficiency.

[0051] It should also be noted that, according to existing technical records, for example, in Chapter 1, Section 3 of "Anatomy and Physiology of Anorectal Surgery" edited by Zhang Dongming, published by Shaanxi Science and Technology Press in Xi'an in December 1989, the perineum is clearly defined in a narrow sense as the distance between the posterior end of the vaginal vestibule and the anus in women, which is 2-3 cm; another example is the invention patent with application number CN202110752841.8, which discloses a fully automatic vaginal scissors, and clearly states in paragraph

[0002] of the specification that the perineum refers to the soft tissue about 2 to 3 li long between the vagina and the anus; yet another example is the utility model patent with application number CN202022084765.1, which discloses a sitz bath basin with a baffle structure, and clearly states in paragraph

[0028] of the specification that the distance between the two limiting holes 131 is 2cm-4cm, that is, the distance between the vaginal opening and the anus.

[0052] In other words, the distance between a woman's vaginal opening (equivalent to the urethral opening) and anus is relatively fixed. For ease of explanation, when a user urinates, the side the user faces is the first end of the urinal 100, and the side the user faces away from is the second end. Those skilled in the art will easily understand that when a user is using the toilet normally, the length of the urinal 100 is fixed, and the first end of the urinal 100 indirectly limits the user's genitals. Since the distance between a woman's genitals and anus is relatively fixed, the distance from the user's genitals to the first end is also roughly fixed. By setting the position and size of the protrusion 130 according to this position, it is possible to accommodate women of different body types (including height and weight) when squatting or sitting while using the toilet, ensuring that the protrusion 130 fits the woman's anus and is suitable for women of different body types.

[0053] This invention provides a urinal, squat toilet, and seated toilet, comprising a urinal, a drain outlet, a water inlet, and a water outlet. The urinal has a first end adjacent to the drain outlet and a second end away from the drain outlet. The drain outlet is located at the bottom of the urinal, and the water outlet communicates with the water inlet. A protrusion is provided inside the urinal, positioned opposite the user's anus. One end of the protrusion extends to the bottom of the urinal. The water outlet is used to flush the protrusion. By providing the protrusion, and considering women's toilet habits, the invention achieves the function of preventing defecation, thus serving the purpose of dedicated urination for women. By using the urinal provided by this invention, public restrooms for women can be divided into defecation and urination areas, thereby improving overall toilet efficiency, reducing queue length, and shortening waiting time.

[0054] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and not to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A squat toilet, characterized in that, The urinal includes a urinal (100), a drain outlet (110), a water inlet (120), and a water outlet (121). The urinal (100) has a first end adjacent to the drain outlet (110) and a second end away from the drain outlet (110). The drain outlet (110) is located at the bottom of the urinal (100). The water outlet (121) communicates with the water inlet (120), and there are multiple water outlets. The urinal (100) has a protrusion (130) inside, which is used to interact with the user. The protrusion (130) is opposite to the anus, and one end of the protrusion (130) extends to the bottom of the toilet bowl (100). The water outlet (121) is used to flush the protrusion (130). The first end of the toilet bowl (100) is provided with a urine baffle (180). The height of the urine baffle (180) is higher than the height of the bottom of the toilet bowl (100). The protrusion (130) has a first end adjacent to the drain outlet (110) and a second end adjacent to the water outlet (121). The height of the first end of the protrusion (130) is lower than or equal to the height of the second end.

2. The squat toilet according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first end of the protrusion (130) has a recessed first clearance area (132) in the middle, and the opening of the first clearance area (132) faces the sewage outlet (110).

3. The squat toilet according to claim 2, characterized in that, The first end of the protrusion (130) is also provided with a recessed second avoidance area (140), which is located on the left and right sides of the first avoidance area (132).

4. The squat toilet according to claim 1, characterized in that, The protrusion (130) is provided with a guide section (131) for guiding the flushing water.

5. The squat toilet according to claim 4, wherein the guide portion (131) is arranged along the direction from the water outlet (121) adapted to the protrusion to the sewage outlet (110).

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