Covering apparatus for toilet system and attachments
A covering apparatus is provided for a toilet system and attachments to conceal, secure, protect, or decorate in part or completely. The device is configured to selectively house or hide a toilet system and attachments with a structure containing one or more structural components of cord, flat surface, and round surface. The structure is formed by means of attachment, assembly, mold, infusion, or consolidation of the structural components with a fastener, a sealer, and hardware, thereafter it is connected, added, or placed to the various environments with or without a support element. The device also includes a structure having various means and configurations as well as decorative figures.
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to a toilet accessory for a toilet system and attachments, particularly a covering apparatus adapted for the purpose of concealment, protection, or decoration of the toilet system and its applicable attachments in part or completely.
2. Description of Prior Art
The conventional toilet system in earlier application has been modified with new attachments such as the water sprayers and bidet systems. The attachments also include the plumbing fixtures such as the pipes and fittings for various connections as well as hoses for remote water supply. The water heaters are used for tempered water and valves are connected for control of water flow. The control boxes are located for the toilet users and the nozzles are placed around the toilet bowl. All of these applicable attachments are often visible too much, making the toilet system and attachments less attractive. Therefore, it is desirable to conceal, protect, or decorate these items in part or completely while affording convenience of easy access for installation, operation, and maintenance.
There is a toilet accessory for concealing toilet articles disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,040,679 issued to Mary E. Rehmann, which include a decorative figure having an aperture in the lower end for receiving an upstanding rod mounted on a base. Another invention for disguising bathroom tissue rolls and plungers is disclosed in U.S. Pat No. 4,432,451 issued to Oneida O. Hooser. The accessories have been invented for covering toilet articles, but not for the toilet system and its attachments such as the plumbing fixtures, bidets, and sprayers, being substantially different in the purposes and structures. It is an object of the present invention to provide a covering apparatus for the toilet system and attachments partially or completely.
The covering apparatus is composed of one or more elements of cord, flat surface, and round surface, which can be assembled or infused individually or collectively with any fasteners and sealers. The-cord includes a wire, rope, or string, which can be used for attachment, connection, or decoration. The flat surface such as a board or panel and the round surface such as a convex or concave section can be used for concealing, masking, disguising, or decoration. It is more object of the present invention is to provide a covering apparatus having one or more elements of cord, flat surface, or round surface assembled or infused individually or collectively by means of fastening, sealing, and supporting together with hardware.
The covering apparatus is composed of one or more components of the support elements. The support elements include a base, a foot, a stand, a wheel, or foundation with or without using any kind of fasteners, sealers and hardware. The covering apparatus can be placed on the floor, attached to the toilet system, or hung to the wall or ceiling with a support element. It is further more object of the present invention to provide a covering apparatus having a support element attached to various environments.
The covering apparatus is composed of one or more elements of decorative figures. The decorative figure includes a nature such as a natural world or character, wherein the natural world implies scenery or environment and the character implies personality or sprit. The decorative figure also includes a geometric shape, a person, and an animal, wherein the person implies individual or group of people and the animal implies creature such as living thing or monster. Therefore, it is still further object of the present invention to provide a covering apparatus that includes a decorative element such as a nature, geometry, person, or animal figure.
The covering apparatus has facility having one or more elements of the toilet system and attachments placed or added on. The facility offers convenience for arrangement and operation of the toilet system and attachments. It also offers an auxiliary storage room for concealing bathroom items. For example, the facility of sprayer holder provides an easy way for placement of the sprayer and the hose rack affords arrangement of hose. Also, the facility makes it easy for operation of the components installed on the covering apparatus. For instance, the valve attached on the top covering apparatus offers a convenient way to control water supply for the sprayer user. Therefore, it is still further more object of the present invention to provide a covering apparatus having facility of the installation, operation, and arrangement of a part of the toilet system and attachments.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA variety of the covering apparatus are presented to conceal and decorate a toilet system and attachments. The covering apparatus is a structure configured to house or hide partially or completely a toilet system and the applicable attachments. It is comprised of one or more structural components of the cord, flat surface, and curved surface element, which is then connected, added, or placed on the toilet, floor, or wall singularly or plurally by means of fastening and sealing. It utilizes hardware and a support element for means of attachment, assembly, mold, infusion, and consolidation. The covering apparatus includes one or more elements of decorative figures such as a nature, geometry, person, or animal. It also includes a variety of means of installation, arrangement, facility, adaptability, attachment, mobility, support, concealment, disguisement, storage, utility, versatility, diversity, and plurality. The configurations of the covering apparatus include a body having one or more sides of a cord, a flat, or a round surface element with or without border lines. The side can include a blank element for installation of the attachments or decoration. The hardware and a support element of the covering apparatus includes such as a roller for hose arrangement, a latch for quick attachment, a door, a lock, a handle, a hanging element, a flap, or a decorative element.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Reference is now made in detail to the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein reference numerals having the same first two digits indicate related elements, such as 20 and 201. The numerals having the same first three digits indicate same components with different elements, such as 421 and 4211. There are many variations of the covering apparatus for a toilet and the attachments, which will be generalized as a structure composed of one or more cords, flat surfaces, and curved surfaces with or without using one or more fasteners, sealers, hardware, support elements, and decoration elements to secure, conceal, attach, and decorate. The cord here defines any lengthy figure such as a string, a rope, a wire, or the like. The flat surface includes a plane such a flat board or panel. The curved surface includes a curved surface such as a convex or a concave sector. The various structures can be created to a multiple shaped figures by assembly, infusion, or consolidation, such as a box, a sphere, a prism, a cylinder, a cone, polygonal prism, and a single board. Several structures are presented in the following with details as examples, but the more configurations can be easily created within the scope of imagination.
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Claims
1. Toilet system covering apparatus comprises:
- a structure for concealing, protecting, or decorating the toilet system and attachments, having one or more structural components attached, assembled, molded, infused, or consolidated with means to conceal, secure, attach, or decorate, wherein said structure including but not limited configurations of a box, a prism, a polygonal prism, a partition, a cabinet, a sphere, a cylinder, and a board.
- a cord element of said structural components including but not limited a string, rope, and wire;
- a flat surface element of said structural components including but not limited a board and panel;
- a curved surface element of said structural components including but not limited a convex and concave sector;
- a fastening element of said structure for means of attachment, assembly, mold, infusion, and consolidation, including but not limited a screw, a bolt, a nut, a washer, a spacer, and a nail;
- a sealing element of said structure for means of attachment, assembly, mold, infusion, and consolidation, including but not limited an adhesive, a sealants, a caulk, a tape, a gasket, a packing, a 0-ring, or a seal;
- a hardware element of said structure for means of attachment, assembly, mold, infusion, and consolidation, including but not limited a hinge, a handle, a hook, a magnetic strike, or a door knob;
- a support element of said structure for means of attachment, assembly, mold, infusion, and consolidation, including but not limited a bar, a leg, a wheel, a brace, base, a pillar, a joist, a bracket, or a string;
- a decoration element of said structure for means of decoration and ornamentation, which includes but not limited a pattern, design, or mold;
2. Toilet system covering apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said structure includes:
- an installation means to install a part or whole of the toilet and the attachments, which includes but not limited a sprayer, a hose roller, a valve, and a valve clamp.
- an arrangement means to place and arrange a part or whole of the toilet system and attachments, which includes but not limited a sprayer stand opening and a valve stem opening;
- a facility means to locate a part or whole of the toilet system and attachments for easy access, which includes but not limited a valve knob placing on said covering apparatus;
- an adaptability means to be placed or secured to the wall, floor, or toilet system;
- an attachment means to be placed or secured to the wall, floor, or toilet system using said fastener, sealer, hardware, and support elements;
- a mobility means to move from one location to the other using said fastener, sealer, hardware, and support elements;
- a support means to support and brace said structure using said fastener, sealer, hardware, and support elements;
- a concealment means of hiding a part or whole of the toilet system and attachments;
- a disguisement means of disguising a part or whole of the toilet system and attachments;
- a storage means of storing a part or whole of the toilet system and attachments;
- an extension means of adding an auxiliary space for an additional storage or display;
- a decoration means of decorating a part or whole of the toilet system and attachments;
- a decorative means including but not limited a nature, geometry, person, and animal figure;
- a utility means for using as a storage room for flexible hose or a box for trash disposal;
- a versatility means having one or more functions, which includes but not limited a top covering apparatus for use as a shelf and a front covering apparatus for using as an ornament;
- a diversity means having a variety of forms, shapes, appearances, and contours;
- a plurality means having employment of one or more said structures to form another structure.
3. Toilet system covering apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said configurations of said structure include but not limited:
- a body having one or more configurations of said structure;
- a side of said body having said cord, said flat, or said curved surface element;
- a side of said body having none of said element or blank element;
- an edge of said side located at the end;
- a border line of said body located in between said sides;
4. Toilet system covering apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said hardware and support element of said structure include but not limited:
- a hose roller element of said body for easy hose arrangement;
- a latch element of said body for quick attachment and detachment;
- a door element of said body for opening or closing of space;
- a lock element of said body for locking of said body and said door;
- a handle element of said body for easy operation of said body and said door;
- a hanging element of said body for suspending installation and decoration;
- a support element of said body for installation and decoration;
- a flap element of said body for easy access of said attachments;
- a decorative element of said body for decoration.
5. Toilet system covering apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said toilet system and attachments includes but not limited:
- a conventional toilet system;
- an attachment connected to said conventional toilet system including a plumbing system and an accessory;
- a cold water source and valve assembly of said attachment to supply cold water;
- a hot water source and valve assembly of said attachment to supply hot water;
- a mixing valve assembly of said attachment to supply tempered water;
- a water heater of said attachment to supply hot water;
- a water sprayer of attachment for cleaning;
- a valve of said attachment for controlling water flow;
- a hose of said attachment to supply water in a remote area;
- an adapter of said attachment for connection;
- a pipe of said attachment for transportation of water;
- a fitting of said attachment for connection or decoration;
- a fixture of said attachment for connection or decoration.
6. Toilet system covering apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said conventional toilet system is for the purpose of conventional toilet usage having a seat with a large opening for communication with the toilet bowl.
7. Toilet system covering apparatus according to claim 1 is for concealing, protecting, or decorating said toilet system and attachments in part or completely.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 7, 2006
Publication Date: Sep 13, 2007
Inventor: Howard Lim (Downey, CA)
Application Number: 11/370,281
International Classification: E03D 9/08 (20060101); A47K 3/20 (20060101); A47K 4/00 (20060101);