Bathroom fixtures and components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bathroom layouts often compromise privacy, efficiency, and user experience due to inefficient spatial organization and integration of fixtures, leading to disturbances and inconveniences for multiple users.
Innovation Solution
A modular bathroom design comprising distinct areas for shower, toilet, and grooming, separated by divider walls with integrated plumbing and electrical systems, allowing seamless access and control of fixtures without disturbing others, and incorporating user-centric features for privacy and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If bathroom fixtures are integrated into a single shared space, then ease of access is improved, but user privacy and comfort deteriorate due to disturbances from other users
Solution Approach 1:
The bathroom is divided into three distinct functional areas (shower area, toilet area, grooming area) separated by partition walls. Each area can be accessed and used independently, allowing users to maintain privacy while sharing the same bathroom facility. The segmentation enables simultaneous use without mutual interference.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If bathroom areas are separated into distinct zones, then user privacy is improved, but spatial efficiency deteriorates due to increased layout complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The partition walls are configured in a T-shaped arrangement rather than linear separation, creating an efficient three-dimensional spatial organization. This dimensional approach allows three distinct functional areas to be arranged compactly within a small footprint, maximizing privacy while minimizing overall space requirements.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple bathroom fixtures are installed in a compact arrangement, then space utilization is improved, but ease of cleaning deteriorates due to difficult-to-reach areas
Solution Approach 1:
The partition walls create distinct enclosed zones around each fixture, providing clear separation between wet and dry areas. This segmentation allows for targeted cleaning of each zone independently, with drains positioned at the lowest points of each area to facilitate water removal and simplify maintenance.
Data Source
AI summary
A toilet installed in a bathroom includes a toilet bowl and a tank coupled to the toilet bowl. The tank can contain fluid for the toilet bowl. A rear surface of the tank is flush against a wall of the bathroom such that there is no gap between the tank and the wall and a bottom surface of the tank is flush against a floor of the bathroom such that there is no gap between the tank and the floor. The tank extends longitudinally above and below the toilet bowl and laterally outward past the toilet bowl such that a first side surface and a second side surface of the tank define outermost side peripheries of the toilet.