The present disclosure is the technical field of disposable toilet seat covers, and in particular to a novel portable toilet seat cover.
With the gradual development of economy, sitting flush toilets are arranged in bathrooms of public places such as hotels, restaurants, and shopping malls. This brings a new hygiene problem—the intimate contact of people with public health facilities may cause cross-infection of skin diseases.
To solve this problem, a disposable toilet seat cover is widely used in the public place. In the prior art at present, the disposable toilet seat cover is mainly a box-packed paper toilet seat cover, and a user needs to re-lay the toilet seat cover when using the same every time, which brings the problems of mismatch size, difficulty in fixing an installation position, and the like.
But there is a problem that the user is still required to replace the toilet seat cover every time.
The Chinese patent application entitled “Portable Toilet Seat Cover” (with Application No. 201810554880.5) discloses a disposable toilet seat cover with adhesive at one face, which solves the problem of difficulty in fixing an installation position.
The Chinese patent application entitled “Toilet Seat Cover” (with Application No. 201610617507.0) discloses a technical solution that a multilayer paper cover is adhered on a cotton toilet seat base pad through an adhesive tape, and the purpose that the toilet seat cover does not need to be repeatedly installed by a user and can be repeatedly used.
However, the technical solutions all have the following unsolved problems:
1. The thickness is large, number of stacked layers per unit thickness is preferred, and frequent replacement is needed in public places with larger pedestrian volume;
2. The toilet seat cover made of a paper material is easy to be infiltrated and ruined by fluid such as splashed water and like, and thus is hard to get the trust of the user when used in public places.
3. The toilet seat cover using a cotton base pad is high in cost and easy to breed bacteria and viruses.
The polymer materials are widely applied to various fields. Medical polymer materials are widely applied to the medical field due to the characteristics of safety to human bodies, degradability, and the like.
At present, there is not any disposable toilet seat cover which is made of a polymer film material and free of repeated installation.
Based on this, there is an urgent need to provide novel portable toilet seat cover and a toilet to solve problems in prior art.
The present discloses provides a novel portable toilet seat cover and a toilet to solve the problems in the background art at present.
A novel portable toilet seat cover comprises a multiple unit layers. Each unit layer comprises a surface layer, and a base layer. The surface layer is arranged at a first surface of the base layer, and the bottom layer is arranged at a second surface of the base layer; the surface layer comprises a release layer for preventing skin adhesion; the bottom layer is a bonding layer for bonding various unit layers, and the base layer is made of a flushable material.
Further, the surface layer is made of a hydrophobic water impermissible material.
Preferably, the surface layer is made of one or more of paraffin, silicone grease, and silicone oil.
Further, the base layer is mixed with and/or loaded with one or more of nano silver and antimicrobial peptide.
Further, the base layer is made of a degradable polymer material.
Preferably, the base layer is made of one or more of polylactic acid, biodegradable PET (polyethylene terephthalate), polybutylene succinate, polybutylene caproate, polyhydroxybutyrate, polybutylene valerate, polyethylene succinate, polyester acid amine, polycaprolactone, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, and chitosan.
Further, the base layer is made of other plastic added with an additive for enhancing degradation capability.
Preferably, the base layer is made of plastic added with an additive for enhancing degradation capability, including one or more of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene.
Preferably, the bottom layer is made of one or more of acrylate glue, and adhesive.
Further, the novel portable toilet seat cover comprises 50-100 layers of the unit layer, for example.
Further, the thickness of the novel portable toilet seat cover is less than or equal to 1 cm, for example.
Further, the unit layer is provided with a bulge, the bulge is arranged at the edge of the unit layer and is used for facilitating tear-out of the unit layer.
Further, the bulge is provided with a mark for prompting the quantity of the remaining available unit layer.
Further, the mark adopts at least one of numbers, letters, characters, patterns, and colors.
Further, the novel portable toilet seat cover is of a split type or an integral type, the split type is that two novel portable toilet seat covers are respectively arranged on two sides of a toilet seat for simultaneous use, and the integral type is that one novel portable toilet seat cover is independently used.
Further, the novel portable toilet seat further comprises an adjusting part for being matched with different models of toilets.
Further, the adjusting part adopts a retractable structure or an opening.
Further, the novel portable toilet seat cover further comprises an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer is arranged at the bottom of the novel portable toilet seat cover film and used for putting onto the novel portable toilet seat cover.
Further, an adhesive layer comprises a glue layer, and a release paper. When the toilet seat cover is used, the release paper is uncovered to fix the novel portable toilet seat cover by using the adhesive layer.
Further, the novel portable toilet seat cover further comprises a fixing part, and the fixing part is used for fixing the novel portable toilet seat cover.
Preferably, the fixing part adopts a sleeve or a bandage structure.
Further, the present disclosure further discloses a toilet seat which comprises the novel portable toilet seat cover.
In another embodiment, a replaceable cover adapted to fit over the seating surface of a toilet seat may comprise a semi-rigid annular body formed of a sheet of thin moldable resilient material and more than one layer of peelable, flushable, biodegradable unit layer formed on said contoured top surface. The body may extend around a central opening and having inner and outer edges which extend continuously around said body. The inner edge is adjacent said central opening and the body having a contoured top surface which includes continuous inner and outer downwardly-depending sides. The inner side curving inwardly and downwardly into said central opening to said inner edge of said body and outer side curving outwardly and downwardly to said outer edge of said body to produce a contoured shape which generally corresponds to the shape of the surface of a toilet bowl over which the cover is adapted to fit.
Optionally in any embodiment, each unit layer may comprise a surface layer, a base layer, and a bottom layer. The surface layer is arranged at a first surface of the base layer, and the bottom layer is arranged at a second surface of the base layer. The surface layer comprises a release layer for preventing skin adhesion.
Optionally in any embodiment, the bottom layer comprises a bonding layer for bonding the various units.
Optionally in any embodiment, the unit layer is provided with a bulge, the bulge is arranged at the edge of the unit layer and used for facilitating tear-out of the unit layer.
Optionally in any embodiment, the bulge is provided with a mark for prompting quantity of the remaining available unit layers; and the mark adopts at least one of numbers, letters, characters, patterns, and colors.
Optionally in any embodiment, the replaceable cover further comprises an adjusting part, and the adjusting part adopts a retractable structure or an opening.
Optionally in any embodiment, the replaceable cover further comprises a fixing part, and the fixing part adopts a sleeve or a bandage structure.
Further in another embodiment, a replaceable cover adapted to fit over the seating surface of a toilet seat may comprise a semi-rigid annular body formed of a sheet of thin moldable resilient material and more than one layer of peelable, flushable, biodegradable unit layer formed on said contoured top surface.
The body may extend around a central opening and have inner and outer edges which extend both sides around said body. The inner edge is adjacent said central opening.
The body may have a contoured top surface which includes continuous inner and outer downwardly-depending sides. The inner side may curve inwardly and downwardly into said central opening to the inner edge of said body and outer side curving outwardly and downwardly to said outer edge of said body to produce a contoured shape which generally corresponds to the shape of the surface of a toilet bowl which the cover is adapted to fit.
In use, the novel portable toilet seat cover is firstly fixed on the toilet seat, each user only needs to tear off one layer of the unit layer before or after use of the toilet seat cover. When the mark shows that the unit layer is exhausted or nearly exhausted, a worker may replace the toilet seat cover.
Due to the fact that excessive thick of the toilet seat cover may cause inconvenient use of the user, the thickness of the toilet seat cover is limited. For a preset disposable toilet seat cover, fewer layers may cause frequent replacement, and an original intention of design for convenience in use cannot be achieved. Due to the adoption of a polymer resin film as a consumable body, compared with traditional paper, the toilet seat cover disclosed by the present disclosure may be made to be particularly thin, multiple layers may be set per unit thickness, thereby solving the problems.
Due to the fact that fluid such as water often splashes in bathroom, other preset disposable toilet seat covers can be soiled by common materials, and thus the later user may not use the toilet seat cover, and the original intention of design that the multilayer toilet seat cover is preset for convenience cannot be achieved. By adopting a hydrophobic material as the consumable body of the toilet seat cover, even if the sewage and like splash to the surface, the lower layer cannot be infiltrated, other preset unit layers cannot be soiled, and the use of the later user cannot be affected; and the original intention of design for convenience and hygiene is highlighted.
The purpose of providing the bulge in the present disclosure is to facilitate a user to tear off the unit layer serving as the consumable, and the original intention of design for convenience in use is highlighted.
The purpose of providing the mark in the present disclosure is to facilitate the user and a maintainer to observe a use state, the labor cost is reduced, and the original intention of design for convenience in use is highlighted.
The toilet seat cover disclosed by the present disclosure has the beneficial effects that:
The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
In the following description, a number of materials are identified as suitable for various facets of the implementations. These materials are to be treated as exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims.
The general term, “toilet seat cover” is used herein to refer to any type of device, article, or apparatus that may be placed onto the seat or ring of a toilet and that is intended for a person to use the toilet to sit upon.
An article may be referred to as “disposable” meaning that it is easily discarded or thrown away and is not intended for multiple uses. Thus, an article formed of hard, molded plastic or similar material would not be considered disposable. An article may be referred to as “biodegradable” meaning that it is easily broken down chemically by the environment. Finally, a substance or article may be referred to as “water-soluble” meaning that it is partially, substantially, or completely dissolvable in water.
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Replaceable toilet seat cover 10 is shaped to generally conform to the top 14 of the toilet seat 12. Toilet seat cover 10 may comprise a semi-rigid annular body 11. The body 11 may extend around a central opening of a toilet and having inner edge 13 and outer edge 17 which extend continuously around said body 11 wherein said inner edge 13 is adjacent said central opening of the toilet. The body 11 has a top surface 23 which includes continuous inner and outer downwardly-depending edges 13 and 17, said inner side curving inwardly and downwardly into said central opening to said inner edge of said body and outer side curving outwardly and downwardly to said outer edge of said body to produce a contoured shape which generally corresponds to the shape of the surface of a toilet seat over which the cover 10 is adapted to fit.
The seat cover 10 may be formed of a sheet of thin moldable resilient material of a type which can be formed into a semi-rigid article by conventional molding techniques. Suitable materials for the body of cover 10 may include, for example, polyethylene, polypropylene, or a moldable paper product such as pressed cardboard or the like. The moldable resilient sheet material preferably has a thickness in the range of between about 10-mils and 20-mils, for example, resulting in a semi-rigid structure, which holds its shape but is flexible or resiliently bendable.
The toilet seat cover 10 is shaped to conform to the contoured top 14 of toilet seat 12, which includes a broad, generally flat, seating surface and inside and outside generally oval-shaped sidewalls 31 and 33 which complete top surface 14 (see
By adopting a light, thin and degradable polymer resin film as a consumable body, the toilet seat cover film 30 may be fewer in consumption, environmentally friendly, and low in cost per time. Due to the lightness and thinness, the toilet seat cover film may be directly flushed into a sewage pipe network together with the sewage, and the blockage is avoided. Convenience is brought to both the user and the maintainer, and the original intention of design for convenience in use is highlighted.
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In use, a person may put the toilet seat cover 10 with sidewall 18 in line with the sidewall 33 of the toilet seat 12, then push the other side of the toilet cover 10 toward the indent 19 of the toilet seat 12, thus locking the toilet seat cover 10 to the toilet seat 12.
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As described in the embodiment, the novel portable toilet seat cover 30 adopts an integral type, and the integral type is that one novel portable toilet seat cover 10 and 30 is independently used.
The nano silver may be added into the surface layer 34 of the toilet seat cover 30 in the present disclosure, and effects of sterilization and disinfection may be effectively achieved. The original intention of design for hygiene and cleanness is highlighted.
As described in the embodiment, the novel portable toilet seat cover 30 further comprises an adjusting part 80 which is used for being matched with different models of toilets. The adjusting part 80 adopts a retractable structure.
As described in the embodiment, the unit layer is provided with a bulge 38, the bulge 38 is arranged at the edge of the unit layer and used for facilitating tear-out of the unit layer.
As described in the embodiment, the bulge 38 is provided with a mark 141 for showing the quantity of the remaining available unit layers; and the mark 141 may show at least one of numbers, letters, characters, patterns, and colors.
As described in the embodiment, the novel portable toilet seat cover film 30 further comprises an adhesive layer 41, and the adhesive layer 41 is arranged at the bottom of the novel portable toilet seat cover film 30 and used for fixing the novel portable toilet seat cover 10. The adhesive layer 41 comprises a glue layer 42, and release paper 46. When the novel portable toilet seat cover film 30 is used, the release paper 46 is removed to put onto the novel portable toilet seat cover 10 by using the glue layer 42 of the adhesive layer 41.
As described in the embodiment, the surface layer 34 is made of a hydrophobic polymer resin.
Preferably, the surface layer 34 is made of one or more of paraffin, silicone grease, and silicone oil.
As described in the embodiment, the base layer 32 is mixed with and/or loaded with one or more of nano silver and antimicrobial peptide.
As described in the embodiment, the base layer 32 is made of a degradable polymer material, or flushable paper.
Preferably, the base layer 32 is made of one of more of polylactic acid, biodegradable PET (polyethylene terephthalate), polybutylene succinate, polybutylene caproate, polyhydroxybutyrate, polybutylene valerate, polyethylene succinate, polyester acid amine, polycaprolactone, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, and chitosan.
As described in the embodiment, the base layer 32 is made of other plastic added with an additive for enhancing degradation capability.
Preferably, the base layer 32 is made of plastic with flushable paper added with an additive for enhancing degradation capability, including one or more of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene.
Preferably, the bottom player 36 is made of one or more of acrylic glue, and an adhesive.
As described in the embodiment, the present disclosure further discloses a toilet, which comprises a novel portable toilet seat cover film 30.
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Preferably, the surface layer 34 is made of one or more of paraffin, silicone grease, and silicone oil.
As described in the embodiment, the base layer 32 is mixed with and/or loaded with one or more of nano silver and antimicrobial peptide.
As described in the embodiment, the novel portable toilet seat cover 30 adopts a split type, and the split type is that two novel portable toilet seat covers are respectively arranged on two sides of a toilet seat for simultaneous use.
As described in the embodiment, the novel portable toilet seat cover 30 further comprises a fixing part 110, and the fixing part 110 is used for fixing the novel portable toilet seat cover film 30. The fixing part 110 adopts a bandage structure.
As described in the embodiment, the novel portable toilet seat cover film 30 comprises 50-100 layers of the unit layer.
Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely intended for describing the technical solutions of the present disclosure rather than limiting the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they can still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacements to some or all the technical features thereof, as long as such modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of corresponding technical solutions to depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
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This application is a continuation in part of PCT Patent application with application number PCT/CN2020/087297, which was filed on Apr. 27, 2020, which claims priority to the Chinese application number 201910356924.8, filed Apr. 29, 2019, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
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