Patent ID: 8402573
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A toilet unit for use in a supine position comprising: a substantially oblong support casing formed in a substantially boat shape; and a treating body housed in the support casing and formed in a substantially T-shape by a urination and defecation container, serving as a lateral casing, of which an inside is formed in a boat shape and a washing nozzle retainer, serving as a vertical casing, which stands upright on a downstream side of the urination and defecation container; wherein the urination and defecation container is configured to be inserted into the substantially oblong support casing and a head section of the urination and defecation container is provided with an injection nozzle for crushing stools of a patient and an air supply nozzle which is provided for drying an area around buttocks and a lumbar region of the patient by spraying air supplied from an air supply injection port onto the area around the buttocks and the lumbar region of the patient, the washing nozzle retainer is provided with a washing nozzle and a bidet nozzle, a vertical member is provided at the back of the washing nozzle retainer to be fitted into an opening edge of the support casing in such a way to cover a backside of the treating body and a part of an upper surface of the treating body, a rear anchor of a domed cover body for covering private parts of the patient is pivotally provided to be openable and closable at an upper edge of the vertical member through a pin, an opening edge at a front end of the treating body and a side edge of the washing nozzle retainer which stands upright in a substantially L-shape provide an uninterrupted side edge section of a substantially L-shape as seen from the side, a right and left side edge sections are configured to serve as a body contacting edge section in a condition in which a patient holds the treating body in a crotch of the patient's legs, the body, contacting edge section is covered by an edge cover which combines the L-shape with an U-shape to cover the body contacting edge section, a heater section is provided on a reverse side of the washing nozzle retainer to be communicatively connected to a drying nozzle and is adapted to heat supplied air, thereby injecting warm air from the drying nozzle, a one-way valve casing is installed between a discharge port of the urination and defecation container and a discharge pipe to prevent urination and defecation and a bad odor from flowing back, and the one-way valve casing is vertically provided with a backflow prevention valve, which is pivotally supported at a ceiling surface of the one-way valve casing, to be openable and closable, a tongue piece extends from a front end of the edge cover, the tongue piece being situated to overlap a butt-pad placed on a periphery of the body contacting edge section of the support casing, and an opening is formed on the tongue piece through which the air supplied from the air supply injection port is sprayed onto the area around the buttocks and the lumbar region of the patient.