Patent ID: 6651267
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A toilet device, in particular for bedridden persons, comprising:a lower shell having an edge region for bearing against a lower region of the back of a person resting on the lower shell; and an upper shell which projects from the lower shell between the thighs of a person resting on the lower shell, wherein a top side of the lower shell is formed with a support surface which surrounds an opening, for receiving stool or urine of a person resting on the lower shell, in such a way that there is a first sealing line portion for sealing between the person and the lower shell, said first sealing line portion extending from the inside of one buttock over the coccyx or lower back region to the inside of the other buttock, and a transitional region between the lower shell and the upper shell is such that adjoining a respective end of said first sealing line portion are a second and a third sealing line portion respectively, which each respectively seal off between a region of an uppermost inward side of a thigh and a side of the lowermost trunk region, and the transitional region, and wherein the upper shell is in the form of a component that is separate from the lower shell and is shaped and can be connected to the lower shell in such a way that in a fourth sealing line portion, which adjoins the second and third sealing line portions and which extends from one side of the lowermost trunk region over the pubic or lower abdomen region to the other side of the lowermost trunk region, it can be brought into contact with a person using the toilet device so that an internal space formed between the lower shell and the upper shell and the person is substantially sealed off relative to the exterior.