SQUAT TOILET SEAT

Abstract

A squat toilet seat that positions users in a squatting position when sitting on the toilet so that the user's torso and legs form a 35-38° angle. This straightens the colon, relaxing the puborecatlis muscles to ease the strain of having a bowel movement. The toilet seat is thicker in the front than in the back, creating a sloped surface that in turn creates the angle from the user's torso to legs. The toilet seat has left and right attachment parts that are attachable to both rounded and elongated toilet bowl bodies.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is related to and claims priority from prior provisional application Ser. No. 62/880,948, filed Jul. 31, 2019 which application is incorporated herein by reference.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to the field of toilets. More specifically, the invention is a squatting toilet seat, designed to position users in a squatting position when using the toilet.

2. Description of the Related Art

Conventional toilet seats are not designed to position users in a squatting position, which is the most ideal position for completing a bowel movement. When people stand, the colon is pushed against the puborecatlis muscle, which keeps the waste in place until its time to release it. Sitting down partially relaxes that muscle, while squatting fully relaxes the puborecatlis muscle, straightening the colon to ease elimination.

When not in a squatting position, users may experience leg cramping due to restricted blood flow from sitting on the toilet for prolonged periods of time. This prolonged sitting also affects those with varicose vein and diabetic leg swelling issues. There is also an increased chance of developing hemorrhoids due to the straining that is often required when using conventional toilet seats. Current products on the market, such as toilet stools, are not aesthetically pleasing, sanitary, or effortless to use.

Various attempts have been made to solve the above-mentioned problems such as those found in U.S. Pat. and Pub. Nos. 2011/0179563 to Chern et al.; 2010/0154108 to Deutsch; 2018/0338652 to Erkelens; 2008/0005829 to Chen; and U.S. Pat. No. 9,402,513 to Wise. This art is representative of toilet seats. None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the invention as claimed.

Ideally, a squat toilet seat should provide a seat that is comfortable and easy to use and clean and, yet would operate reliably and be manufactured at a modest expense. Thus, a need exists for a reliable squat toilet seat to avoid the above-mentioned problems.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known toilet seat art, the present invention provides a novel squat toilet seat. The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail is to provide a toilet seat that positions the user in a 35° angle squat in order to relax the puborecatlis muscles.

The PRO Squat Toilet Seat provides users with a toilet seat that creates the proper squatting position for an effective bowel movement while allowing users to comfortably achieve a 35° angle squat in order to relax the necessary muscles and train the excretory system to work the way it is designed. The present invention enables the colon to straighten out and eliminates the strain experienced with typical toilet seats and aids users who experience issues with bowel movements, such as constipation. The squat toilet seat, as claimed, requires no additional effort to use and creates a medically recommended method to ease the elimination process from the colon, particularly for those battling the adverse effects of varicose vein and diabetic swelling of the lower legs and ankles.

The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as a squat toilet seat. For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The figures that accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, a squat toilet seat, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows an illustration of a user on a squat toilet seat with their legs at a 35° angle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a front view of the squat toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a side view of the squat toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a top view of the squat toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a side view of the squat toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a closer view illustrating a side view of the squat toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustrating one set of possible dimensions of the squat toilet according to an embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 6.

The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to a toilet seat and more particularly to a squat toilet seat as used to improve the user's ability to easily pass a bowel movement.

Generally speaking, the PRO squat toilet seat is designed to place an individual in the squatting position when using the toilet. The invention includes a toilet seat manufactured to accommodate attachment to both round and elongated toilet bowls.

The seat fits on the conventional toilet bowl like any other seat, however it is gradually raised from the back to the front to elevate the user into the squatting position, with their legs preferably at a 35° angle from the torso. The exact dimensions of the toilet seat may vary due to different toilet heights, so long as the final seat achieves a 35-38° angle between the user's torso and thighs.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference there is shown in FIG. 1, a user 1 sits on the squat toilet seat 2. The squat toilet seat 2 is attached to the main toilet bowl 3 and slopes upwards so that the seat 2 and the lid 6 form a 35° to 38° angle. Since the seat and the lid form a 35° to 38° angle, when sitting, the user's thighs 4 are at a 35° to 38°, but preferably 35°, angle from the user's torso 5.

Referring now to FIGS. 1-4, the squat toilet seat 2 fits on a conventional toilet bowl 3. A 6 lid is attached to the back of the seat 2. The seat may be manufactured using polyvinyl chloride (PVC), plastic materials such as thermoset and polypropylene, or other materials similar to those currently used to construct toilet seats, including wood, medium density fiberboard, bamboo, resin, and porcelain. The attachment parts 7 are capable of attaching to a round or an elongated toilet bowl 3.

Referring now to FIG. 5, the squat toilet seat 2 may have a slot or indentation 17 positioned in the front of the seat to aid a user in lifting the squat toilet seat 2 on its hinges 7 up and away from the toilet bowl 3 and towards the lid 6.

Referring now to FIG. 6, the squat toilet seat 2 slopes upward from the back to the front. The back 8 of the seat 2 is preferably 1 inch tall. The front 9 of the seat 2 is preferably 6 inches tall. However, the exact dimensions may vary, depending on the height of the toilet bowl, so long as the difference between the back 8 and the front 9 of the seat 2 results in a 35-38° angle between the user's torso 5 and thighs 4. The angle is preferably 35° angle between the user's torso 5 and thighs 4, in order to best straighten the colon.

Referring now to FIG. 7, in one embodiment the squat toilet seat 2 is 16 inches from the front 9 to the back 8, 14.25 inches wide from the left 10 to the right 11 side, with an opening 12 that is 9 and ⅞ inches from the opening back 13 to the opening front 14 and 8.25 inches from the opening left 15 to the opening right 16. The two attachment parts 7 are 5.5 inches apart from each other at the back 8 of the seat 2.

The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.

Claims

1. A squat toilet seat comprising:

(a) a seat part with a front end and a back end;

(b) an opening, wherein the opening is centered in the seat part;

(c) a left attachment part and a right attachment part, wherein the left and right attachment parts are attachable to a toilet bowl body, and wherein the left and right attachment parts are operably positioned at the back end of the seat part to attach the seat part to the toilet bowl body; and

(d) a lid, wherein the lid is operably connected to the back end so that it is moveable up and down from a closed position where the lid is flush with the seat part to an upright position where the lid is essentially perpendicular to the floor,

wherein the front end is higher than the back end so that the angle between the seat part and the lid when the lid is in the upright position is 35°-38°.

2. The squat toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the front end is higher than the back end so that the angle between the seat part and the lid when the lid is in the upright position is 35°.

3. The squat toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat part and lid are formed from a material selected from the group consisting of PVC, thermoset plastic, polypropylene, resin, medium density fiberboard, wood, bamboo, and porcelain.

4. The squat toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the left attachment part and right attachment part are attachable to both round and elongated toilet bowls.

5. The squat toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the back end of the seat part has a thickness of one inch, and wherein the front end of the seat part has a thickness of six inches.

6. The squat toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat part has a length of 16 inches from the back end to the front end,

wherein the seat part has a width of 14.25 inches from a left side to a right side,

wherein the opening has a length of 9 and ⅞ inches from an opening back end to an opening front end,

wherein the opening has a width of 8.25 inches from an opening left side to an opening right side, and

wherein the left attachment part is 5.5 inches away from the right attachment part.

7. The squat toilet seat according to claim 5, wherein the seat part has a length of 16 inches from the back end to the front end,

wherein the seat part has a width of 14.25 inches from a left side to a right side,

wherein the opening has a length of 9 and ⅞ inches from an opening back end to an opening front end,

wherein the opening has a width of 8.25 inches from an opening left side to an opening right side, and

wherein the left attachment part is 5.5 inches away from the right attachment part.

8. The squat toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein a slot is operably positioned in the front end of the seat part so a user can insert one or more fingers into the slot and easily rotate the seat part up and down from the left attachment part and the right attachment part.