A47K17/02

RETRACTABLE PLATFORM
20230200599 · 2023-06-29 ·

A retractable platform for use in conjunction with a toilet seat configured to be compact when in the retracted position. The retracted platform becomes a generally leveled standing platform when engaged in the opened position providing a stable platform for a child to stand on and turn around to position oneself to sit on a toilet seat. When the platform is in the retracted position, it allows an adult to sit on a toilet seat without any obstruction from the stool to their legs or feet. A cut out on its front panel receive adult-sized feet so the platform in the retracted position does not have to be physically moved when an adult needs to use the toilet. The retracted platform can be easily moved to assist a child needing a vertical advantage in a different location.

AUTOMATIC PEDESTAL TOILET
20230200600 · 2023-06-29 ·

A pedestal toilet system that allows individuals to adjust the position, height or orientation of a toilet in accordance to their comfort levels and health related needs. Conventional toilet systems do not have retractable footrests or pedestals incorporated into the toilet as one unit. This adjusting pedestal height allows the user to use the restroom in an ideal manner.

Device for catching urine sample
11684508 · 2023-06-27 ·

A urine collection device for collecting a sterile urine sample. The urine collection device may include a seat portion supported by a seat base. The portion includes a backrest and a saddle that projects from the seat portion. The saddle has an opening to a collection element that includes a cup mount to locate a urine collection cup within the collection element.

Device for catching urine sample
11684508 · 2023-06-27 ·

A urine collection device for collecting a sterile urine sample. The urine collection device may include a seat portion supported by a seat base. The portion includes a backrest and a saddle that projects from the seat portion. The saddle has an opening to a collection element that includes a cup mount to locate a urine collection cup within the collection element.

VARIABLE HEIGHT LIFT SEAT
20170347845 · 2017-12-07 ·

A variable height lift seat assembly includes a framework providing a seat mounting site. A plurality of linear actuators operably connects to the framework and each linear actuator has a power supply and preselected set points. A control mechanism operably connects to the linear actuators for controlling up and down and angular movement of the seat mounting site of the frame.

Multi-Purpose Toilet Footrest
20170340175 · 2017-11-30 ·

A multi-purpose toilet footrest has a first foot platform, a second foot platform, and a receptacle interposed between the first and second foot platforms. A user places their legs on the foot platforms when using the toilet to place their body in a squatting position and may store or dispose items in the receptacle.

Toilet seat lid having an integral lumbar back support
11497360 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A toilet seat lid for a toilet seat having an integral lumbar back support formed along an interior surface of the toilet seat lid and being configured to provide lower back support to a person seated on the toilet seat when leaning against the lumbar back support when the toilet seat lid is in an upright open position relative to the toilet seat are disclosed herein.

Axillary support device for shower stalls
09795260 · 2017-10-24 · ·

The object of the present invention is an axillary support device (1) for a handicapped user of a common shower stall provided with at least one flat wall, substantially constituted by a pair of transverse arms (2, 3) fixed to the flat wall of the shower stall by means of a pair of vertical supports (4, 5) firmly anchored to said wall. Said transverse arms (2, 3) are arranged in a manner so as to be substantially perpendicular, in the longitudinal direction thereof, to the wall to which they are fixed; such arms (2, 3) are shaped in a manner so as to have one end (6, 7) bent upward, one end constrained (8, 9) to the vertical supports (4, 5) and they are provided with a covering made of soft and impermeable material. The vertical position and the horizontal position of said transverse arms (2, 3) can be adjusted, the latter being translatable along said vertical supports (4, 5) and lockable in pre-established positions. The device (1) also comprises a retention band (10) adapted to support the user and housed in the bent end (6) of a first (2) of said transverse arms, extractable therefrom, and reversibly constrainable to the bent end (7) of the second (3) of said transverse arms, in a manner so as to be arranged transversely to said arms.

Safety illumination solutions for handrails, grab bars, floor mats and the like
09784415 · 2017-10-10 · ·

A safety cover for use on a handrail, grab bar or peripheral edge of a fixture or object at a darkened location. The cover features a longitudinally split tubular member of resiliently flexible material and an illumination source carried thereby that is operable to provide illumination of the darkened location. The tubular member has a circumferential resiliency that biases two free edges of the tubular member toward one another from to automatically close up the longitudinal split, whereby the tubular member frictionally grips the rail, bar or peripheral edge over which it is placed. An illuminating floor mat or toilet lid cover features at least one longitudinally-shaped illumination member running along at least one peripheral edge of the mat or cover with one or more light-emitting areas of said longitudinally-shaped illumination member in a visually detectable position left unconcealed by the mat or cover.

Adjustable bathroom handrail assembly

An adjustable bathroom handrail assembly is provided with a pair of elongate vertical handles with mounting hardware to mount to an upright support surface and spaced apart from the upright support surface. An adjustable horizontal bar extends between the pair of vertical handles, and a locking mechanism connects the at least one adjustable horizontal bar and one of the pair of elongate vertical handles. A locking mechanism is located at an intersection of the horizontal bar and the one of the elongate vertical handles. A method for installing and adjusting wall-mount hardware installs a pair of elongate vertical handles to an upright support surface. The ends of a horizontal bar are installed onto the pair of elongate vertical handles. A locking mechanism on the horizontal bar is disengaged to adjust the horizontal bar to a location along the pair of elongate vertical handles.