JPH0576394U - Toilet lid, toilet seat opening / closing tool - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] A thin plate-shaped portion 1 to be inserted into the lid of the toilet bowl or the back surface of the toilet seat, and a grip portion 2 extending laterally from the thin plate-shaped portion 1.
The thin plate-shaped portion 1 is provided with an adhesive means 4 having an adhesive function as required, and the grip portion 2 is formed with a curved portion 3 to which a finger can be engaged during opening / closing operation as needed. , Toilet lid, toilet seat opening and closing tool. [Effect] Since the user can open and close the lid of the toilet bowl or the toilet seat simply by putting the fingertip on the grip portion or grasping it lightly, it is extremely hygienic and can give the user a sense of security. Further, this opening / closing tool can be easily attached to a newly created toilet bowl or an existing Western-style toilet bowl.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an opening and closing tool for opening and closing a lid and a toilet seat of a toilet bowl, especially a Western-style toilet bowl.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Western-style toilets have become widespread in Japan because they are less tired to use than Japanese-style toilets and have a strong sense of cleanliness. Usually, a western-style toilet has two members, a seat and a lid, for seating on it, which are rotatably attached to the toilet body by a hinge. A user opens and closes only the lid or both the lid and the toilet seat when using. There is a need. Normally, this opening and closing operation is performed by the user covering the fingertips directly or with a toilet paper and applying it to the back surface or the peripheral edge of the lid or toilet seat, but the back surface of the toilet seat, etc. In many cases, urine or flushed water is contaminated by splashing, etc., and it is unhygienic chemically and conceptually, so that it is currently causing discomfort to the user. is there. This tendency is remarkable especially for toilet bowls that are placed in an environment used by an unspecified number of people.

As means for solving such inconvenience, some means have been disclosed that allow a user to open and close the toilet seat or lid without directly touching the toilet seat or lid with a fingertip (for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-162098 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-27098). However, these means disclosed in the past have not been widely spread because their configurations are complicated and their operations are complicated.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As a mode of toilet, it is universally desired that the toilet bowl and its surroundings be clean, and in addition, it is highly desirable that the toilet bowl should not cause discomfort to the user but rather bring aesthetics. However, as described above, the user usually opens and closes the lid of the toilet bowl or the toilet seat with his / her own finger, which is not always clean and is proposed as a solution. All of the above-mentioned opening and closing means have complicated mechanisms and are not suitable for practical use. Moreover, it cannot be said that the purpose can be achieved in a calm atmosphere with cleanliness and aesthetics.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned inconveniences of the conventional Western-style toilet bowl, and more specifically, the user directly touches the toilet seat or lid of the Western-style toilet bowl. It is to obtain an opening / closing tool that can be opened and closed without any need, has a simple structure, is easy to use, and is also excellent in design.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems and to achieve the object, the present invention comprises a thin plate-shaped portion capable of supporting and engaging a lid or a toilet seat of a toilet bowl, and a grip portion extending laterally of the thin plate-shaped portion. Discloses and provides a toilet bowl lid and a toilet seat opening / closing tool including a toilet bowl lid and a toilet seat opening / closing tool. On one surface of the thin plate-shaped portion, it is possible to attach a connecting means having an adhesive function to the lid or the toilet seat of the toilet bowl.

In using the opening / closing tool, the thin plate-shaped portion is simply inserted into a predetermined position on the back surface of the lid or the toilet seat of the existing Western-style toilet, or an adhesive means having an adhesive function provided on one surface thereof is used. Attach and integrate with lid or toilet seat. In this state, the user of the toilet bowl puts a fingertip on the grasping portion extending to the side of the thin plate-shaped portion to perform the opening / closing operation. In the present invention, it is a more preferable aspect that one surface of the thin plate-shaped portion has a convex shape that is substantially the same as the shape of the back surface of the portion of the lid or the toilet seat on which the thin plate-shaped portion is mounted. According to this aspect, the thin plate-shaped portion can be in close contact with the back surface of the toilet lid or the toilet seat portion over almost the entire area, and it can be used in a more stable state.

Further, in the present invention, it is also preferable that the free end of the grip portion is formed with a curved portion or an engagement hole in which a finger can be engaged, so that the grip portion can be stabilized during opening / closing operation. Then, it engages with the fingertip, which can give the user a sense of security. Further, the opening / closing tool of the present invention can be manufactured by using an appropriate material, for example, a resin material, a wood material, a metal material, or the like, but a water-soluble paper material can also be molded together with an appropriate adhesive. In such a case, a plurality of opening / closing tools should always be installed near the toilet bowl, and the user can throw the opening / closing tool in the toilet bowl after using the opening / closing tool, so that a cleaner usage mode is possible.

As another aspect of the present invention, it is also effective to join the thin plate portion and the grip portion by a rotatable joint member. According to this aspect, the user can open and close the lid and the toilet seat of the toilet seat by 90 degrees or more while firmly gripping the gripping tool portion when opening and closing the lid or the toilet seat, which enables more stable operation.

[0010]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to some embodiments according to the accompanying drawings. 1 and 2 are a front view and a side view of an embodiment of an opening / closing tool according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view thereof. This opening / closing tool has a thin plate-shaped portion 1 having a substantially rectangular shape and a substantially flat surface, and an L-shaped grip portion 2 integrally formed on the side thereof, and a free end portion 3 of the grip portion 2. Forms a curved portion 3 curved downward in an arc shape. An appropriate adhesive 4 is applied to the upper surface of the thin plate-shaped portion 1, and a protective film 5 such as a plastic film is provided on the upper surface of the applied layer.

The shape and size of the thin plate-shaped portion 1 are not particularly limited, but the thin plate-shaped portion is joined to the lid of the toilet bowl or the back surface of the toilet seat so that the user can hold the grip portion 3 in a stable state. Any shape and area can be used as long as the joint strength can be obtained by opening and closing, and as an example, a square with a short side of about 25 mm and a long side of about 50 mm is sufficient. The length of the gripping portion is not particularly limited, but about 110 mm was experimentally preferable. A resin material is used as the material and is integrally molded.

In use, first, after removing the protective film 5 attached to the thin plate-shaped portion 1, a predetermined position on the back surface of the lid a or the toilet seat b of the style toilet or both, preferably laterally slightly forward. The adhesive coating layer 4 is pressed and adhered to the position with the grip portion 2 facing outward (see FIG. 4). This completes the attachment of the opening / closing device of the present invention to the toilet bowl. The user of the toilet bowl, when using it, puts his fingertip on the curved portion 3 of the grip portion 2 and lifts it up. Thereby, the lid and / or the toilet seat can be opened without directly touching the lid and / or the toilet seat. At the time of opening, the opening / closing tool changes its posture by about 90 degrees, but in this embodiment, since the curved portion 3 is formed at the tip of the grasping portion 2, the fingertip does not come off from the opening / closing tool, so that it can be used. The person can perform the opening / closing operation with peace of mind.

There are many other modified examples of the opening / closing tool of this aspect. FIG. 5 shows an example thereof, and in place of the arcuate curved portion shown in the above example, the free end side of the grip portion is formed into a flat plate shape, and an opening 31 into which a fingertip can be engaged is formed in that portion. .. Even in this case, the user can operate the opening / closing operation with peace of mind by inserting the fingertip into the opening 31 and operating it. FIG. 6 shows still another example, and by making the shape of the thin plate-like portion into a substantially triangular shape 11, it is possible to manufacture the opening / closing device with less raw material. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a cutout portion or an opening portion may be provided in the thin plate portion to reduce the weight and save the raw material.

It will be easily understood that the adhesive layer and the protective layer shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 can be provided on the thin plate-like portion as in the embodiment shown in FIG. Further, in all the above-mentioned embodiments, the upper surface of the thin plate-shaped portion is not a flat surface, and although not particularly shown, a convex surface conforming to the shape of the lid of the toilet bowl or the back surface of the toilet seat to which it is attached. It can also be As a result, the close contact between the opening / closing tool and the lid of the toilet bowl or the back surface of the toilet seat is further improved, and a stable usage environment can be created.

Further, the adhesive layer provided on the surface of the thin plate-shaped portion is not always essential, and the adhesive layer may not be provided. In that case, one of the modes of use is to insert the opening / closing tool into the lower surface of the toilet seat or the lid each time it is used, or in the case of the one as shown in FIG. Open or close the lid or valve seat of the toilet bowl by sandwiching or hooking it, and keep the opening / closing tool near the toilet bowl when not in use, or dispose of it after use or use it exclusively for each person. As an example, it is carried in a bag or the like, and another usage is a mode in which an opening / closing tool is integrally fixed after an adhesive is applied to a desired portion on the lid of the toilet bowl or the back surface of the toilet seat.

In any of the above cases, it will be apparent that a commercially available double-sided tape can be used as the adhesive layer. It is also possible to have a function of preventing slippage or a function of increasing the adhesive area by forming a large number of irregularities on the upper surface of the thin plate portion. Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. 8 and 9 show a front view and a sectional view of this embodiment, respectively. The thin plate portion 10 and the grip portion 20 are essentially the same as those in the above-described embodiment, but in this embodiment, the thin plate portion 10 and the grip portion 20 are rotatable joint members 50. It is different in that it is joined by.

In FIGS. 8 and 9, the rotatable joint member 50 is formed in the cylindrical portion 21 formed at the tip of the grip portion 20 and in the central portion of the cylindrical portion 21. A screw hole 22, a cylindrical concave fitting portion 11 that fits into the cylindrical portion 21 formed at the end of the thin plate-shaped portion 10, and an opening 12 provided in the central portion of the cylindrical concave fitting portion 11, And a screw 13, and after the cylindrical concave fitting portion 11 formed at the end of the thin plate portion 10 is fitted into the cylindrical portion 21 formed at the tip of the grip portion 20, the screw 13 is inserted. The screw 22 is screwed through the opening 12. It should be noted that the structure of the joint member which is self-rotating is only one example, and any joint means can be used as long as it is a joint means in which two objects to be joined rotate mutually. Is.

Further, although the thin plate-shaped portion 10 is shown as a U-shaped member opened in the distal direction in this embodiment, it will be easily understood that this shape is also an example. Further, although the shape of the grip portion 20 is also shown as a spherical shape, this shape is also an example, and it may be a long shape as shown in FIG. In the case of this embodiment, since the thin plate portion and the grip portion are joined via a joint so that they can rotate relative to each other, even if the grip portion is spherical as shown in the figure, the user can There is an advantage that the lid of the toilet bowl or the toilet seat can be opened and closed surely and easily with the part held firmly in the palm.

Similar to the one shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the adhesive layer and the protective layer can be provided on the thin plate portion of this embodiment, and the adhesive layer is a commercially available double-sided adhesive layer. Tapes can be used. Also, by forming a large number of irregularities on the upper surface of the thin plate portion, it is possible to have a function of preventing slippage or a function of increasing the adhesive area. In addition, the upper surface of the thin plate-shaped part is not a flat surface but a convex surface that conforms to the shape of the back of the toilet seat or the toilet seat on which it is mounted. It is possible to further improve the adhesion to the back surface part of the.

[0020] As for the usage mode, the opening / closing operation is performed by inserting or sandwiching the opening / closing tool into the toilet seat or the lower surface of the lid every time without using the adhesive layer, and when not in use, the opening / closing tool is close to the toilet bowl. There may be a mode in which it is held or discarded or carried, and a mode in which it is integrally fixed to a desired place on the lid of the toilet bowl or the back surface of the toilet seat. The opening / closing tool of the present invention can be manufactured and sold as a member separate from the toilet bowl. As a result, even a user of an existing Western-style toilet can easily use this opening / closing device without making any special improvements to the toilet. Of course, it is possible to make it at the same time as the toilet bowl is manufactured, and in that case, it is possible to improve the aesthetic feeling by devising the shape or color between the toilet bowl and the opening / closing tool.

In addition, when the entire opening / closing tool is manufactured from a water-soluble paper material, it is possible to dispose of the opening / closing tool in the toilet after use, so that a cleaner usage mode can be obtained. Furthermore, by making the whole smaller and less uneven (for example, in the form of a flat plate as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7), the user can always put his or her own one in the back, etc. It will be possible to carry it around, and it will be effectively used in toilets in the environment where many unspecified people use it.

[0022]

[Effect of the device]

 Since the opening / closing tool according to the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, it can be easily attached to not only a newly created toilet bowl but also an existing Western-style toilet bowl without any special improvement. The person can open and close the lid or the toilet seat simply by putting his / her finger on the grip portion or by grasping it lightly, which is extremely hygienic and gives the user a sense of security.

In addition, since the structure is extremely simple and can be manufactured at low cost, it is possible to take a usage form in which the used product is discarded, and when such a usage form is taken, It brings a more clean feeling.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of an opening / closing tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of an opening / closing tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an opening / closing tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the opening / closing tool according to the present invention is attached to a toilet seat of a toilet bowl.

FIG. 5 is a view showing another embodiment of the opening / closing tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a further embodiment of the opening / closing tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a further embodiment of the opening / closing tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing still another embodiment of the opening / closing tool according to the present invention.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Thin plate-shaped part, 2 ... Gripping part, 3 ... Curved part, 4 ... Adhesive layer, 5 ... Protective film

Claims (9)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A toilet bowl lid and a toilet seat opening / closing tool, each of which comprises a thin plate-shaped portion that is inserted into the toilet bowl lid or the back surface of the toilet seat, and a grip portion that extends laterally from the thin plate-shaped portion. 2. The toilet bowl lid or toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein one surface of the thin plate-like portion is fitted with an adhesive means having an adhesive function with respect to the toilet bowl lid or toilet seat. Opening and closing tool. 3. The thin plate-shaped portion has one surface having a convex shape that is substantially the same as the shape of the back surface of the toilet lid part or the toilet seat portion to which it is attached. Alternatively, the toilet lid or the toilet seat opening / closing tool according to 2. 4. The toilet bowl according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion has a curved portion formed at a free end thereof so that a finger can engage with the grip portion at the time of opening / closing operation. lid,
Toilet seat opening / closing tool. 5. The toilet bowl according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the grasping portion has an opening portion formed at a free end thereof so that a finger can be engaged in the opening / closing operation. The lid of
Toilet seat opening / closing tool. 6. The toilet bowl lid and toilet seat opening / closing device according to claim 1, wherein the material of the thin plate portion and the grip portion is a water-soluble paper material. 7. A lid of a toilet, comprising a thin plate-shaped portion for supporting and engaging a lid or a toilet seat of the toilet bowl, a grip portion, and a joint member for rotatably joining the thin plate-shaped portion and the grip portion, Toilet seat opening / closing tool. 8. The toilet bowl lid or toilet seat lid according to claim 7, wherein one surface of the thin plate-like portion is fitted with an adhesive means having an adhesive function with respect to the toilet bowl lid or toilet seat. Opening and closing tool. 9. The thin plate-shaped portion has one surface having a convex shape substantially the same as the shape of the back surface of the portion of the lid or the toilet seat on which the thin plate-shaped portion is mounted. Alternatively, the toilet lid or the toilet seat opening / closing tool according to 8.