TOILET WITH INCORPORATED PLATFORM FOR THE FEET WITH HEIGHT ADJUSTING POSSIBILITIES

Abstract: Toilet with incorporated platform for the feet with height adjusting possibilities, comprising a conventional toilet having at its lower part vertically arranged longitudinal recesses which may be substituted by guides in the internal area thereof passing along the sides of the water tank, guides (1) preferably made of steel and having a U-shape being incorporated in the recesses, or through holes, a support (2) being arranged at the extremity of the steel guides (1), said support being slidable inside the guides (1), the toilet having a height-adjustable platform or tray (3) at its front part.

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present specification refers to a lavatory having an incorporated platform for placing a person's feet with height adjustment and locking, the evident purpose of wich is to be used like a conventional lavatory, destined to allow an user to carry out a normalized movement of the bowels, having, at the same time, a platform, which qualified to be adjusted in height, facilitates in a restricted sense the user's movement of the bowels in the event of said user suffers with constipation, so obtaining a softening of this anomaly, and, consequently to faclitate the user's movement of the bowels, since according to the incorporated platform, on which a user places his/her feet, he/she can flex the legs, modifying the customary position with a most natural position for the human body, so obtaining that the height and inclination of feet, facilitated by platform, aid to a movement of bowels in the strict sense. In synthesis, the platform is destined to configure a posture thanks to wich the muscles of the abdominal packet generates an anal sphincter loosening, so making easy the movement of the bowels. FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention will find application in the industry devoted to the manufacture of lavatories and similar sanitation material. RELATED ART The applicant is aware of the existence, at present, of an object that, practically shaped like a reduced height seat, having a rectangular or similar configuration, presents a upper surface in an angular way, that is to say, one of its major angles is situated at a height which is markedly lower in relation to the opposite side, this configuration being obtained on the lines of the existence of a configuration which determines this arrangement, this object being destined to be used like a supporting link of a user's feet, who, in a conventional manner, is seated down on a board covering the upper surface of a lavatory, so attaining that, according to this positioning, both the intestine and the anal sphyncter relax, so facilitating the movement of the bowels of those persons suffering with constipation. Obviously, the utilization of this element as a complementary way, involves to make use of it in a reliable manner, moving it away once the movement of the bowels has finished, and placing it again front of the lavatory when a user having the above mentioned characteristics needs to go to the lavatory in order to carry out a new movement of the bowels. In order to facilitate the move operations of the element to be used, and, at the same time, to have a lavatory having the possibility of beeing used by persons with constipation or not, an evident solution to this problems would be to have a lavatory fitted, in a general way, with the possibility of having a platform replacing the utilization of the element by the upper surface located at different heights, the applicant being not aware of the existence, at present, of a lavatory fitted with the above mentioned characteristics. US Patent 2250060 discloses a footstool adapted for use with a sanitary closet comprising a structure, which is separate from the lavatory, comprising two footrests with a connecting frame which may be fixed to the ground. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The lavatory having an incorporated platform for placing a person's feet with height adjustment and blocking as proposed by the invention, is configured like an element capable of being used, on the lines of its characteristics, like a conventional lavatory allowing the platform incorpored on which a person's feet are placed, to be used, so relaxing the muscles of the abdominal packet, which involves the anal sphyncter to be relaxed, and making easy the movement of the bowels of those persons suffering with constipation. In a most definitive way, the lavatory having an incorporated platform for placing a person's feet with height adjustment and blocking of the invention, is constituted by a practically conventional lavatory, having incorporated a platform which, beeing placed in front of the lavatory, in a fixed or auxiliary way, allows the movement of the bowels of persons having constipation problems who need to be helped to relax the anal sphincter. The invention is constituted by a lavatory having an adjustable heigh platform, having openings or cavities made in the thickness of the lower walls of the lavatory for adjusting and hooking the platform, having an appropiate inclination angle to the horizontal. The platform has appropiate dimensions, in order to allow the user's feet to be adequately positioned, flexing in consequence his/her feet, and, then, obtaining that the muscles of the abdominal packet be in an appropiate condition to relax the anal sphincter. Obviously, if the lavatory's user does not suffer constipation, the lavatory will be used in a conventional manner, the platform remaining in a position leant and fully located on the area of the front surface of the lavatory, without protruding of the lavatory. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to complement this description and aid to a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, the appending set of drawings, which are a part of this specification, shows, by way of illustrative and non-limiting example, the following figures: Figure 1 shows a side elevational view of a lavatory, fitted with a platform for placing a user's feet, with height adjustment and blocking, in an elevated position. Figure 2 shows a plan view of the object illustrated in figure 1. Figure 3 shows a view similar to that illustrated in figure 2, showing the platform or footrest retracted. Figure 4 shows, lastly, a perspective view of the object of the invention, with the platform retracted. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT From these drawings, it can be seen that the lavatory of this invention, having an incorporated platform for placing on a person's feet, with height adjustment and blocking, is constituted by a lavatory, on which and at the lower zone, channels are made in the thickness of the walls, in which steel guides (1) are incorporated, which adopt a "U" shape, having a support (2) sliding inside the guides (1) and relying on platforms or trays (3) and (4), where feet are supported, when platform protrudes forward of the lavatory, on service position. Obviously, the trays (3) and (4) can be retracted towards the lavatory zone, on resting position, reducing its usage space, and so the lavatory is like a conventional lavatory, without protruding platforms, when used by a person who does not suffer with constipation.

Claims: A lavatory of the type wich has a footrest to permit a position to user which enhances evacuation, characterised in that the lavatory has in its lower front portion channels made in the thickness of the walls, with guides (1), each to receive a support (2) slidable on said guides, each support carrying at its forward end a platform (3) for receving the users feet, said platform may be lodged within the corresponding channels of the lavatory in rest position, and being capable of protruding forward of the lavatory to adopt the position for service. Lavatory as in claim 1, characterised in that the channels with guides (1) of the lavatory form an inclination angle to horizontal.

Inventors: CIURANS RIBAS SALVADOR, SAMPER CHERTO JORGE, CIURANS RIBAS, SALVADOR, SAMPER CHERTO, JORGE
Applicants: CIURANS RIBAS SALVADOR, SAMPER CHERTO JORGE, CIURANS RIBAS, SALVADOR, SAMPER CHERTO, JORGE
Application year: 1997
Main classification: A47K17
IPC codes: E03D11, A47K17