US1218922A - Shield for closet-hoppers. - Google Patents

Description

W. L. BASS.

3 SHIELD FOR CLOSET HOPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. I915.

1,21 8,922. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

WILLIAM LOUIS BASS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SHIELD FOR CLOSET-HOPPERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed March 23, 1915. Serial No. 16,394.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that Ll/VILLIAM LOUIS BAss,a citiz n of the United States, residing at lVashington,in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shields for Closet-Hoppers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates broadly to improve-- ments in. toilet appliances and more particularly to closets, the object of the invention being to provide a shield movable to a point in advance of the upper front end of the hopper of the closet simultaneously with lowering of the seat ring to active position, thereby preventing soiling of clothing by contact with the front of said hopper, the latter often becoming soiled when the closet is being used as a urinal.

With this object in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and combination hereinafter described and claimed. In describing the invention, I shall refer to the accompanying drawing wherein like reference characters designate the same parts throughout the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a closet hopper or bowl showing the application of one form of the invention thereto;

' Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shield detached from the closet;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating a different from of construction;

Fig. 4- is a top plan view with parts broken away, showing the features disclosed in Fig. 3; and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the type of shield shown in Figs. 3 andd.

In this drawing constituting a part of the application, I-I denotes the hopper or bowl of a water closet to the upper end of which the usual seat ring R and cover C are hinged. As is well known, when the hopper is beingused as a urinal thering and cover 0 are both swung upwardly, the sidesof the hopper H being often soiled by the persons using the same for this purpose. This is particularly true of the upper end of the front of the hopper, thus causing the clothes of a person using the closet for other purposes to become soiled by contact with the aforesaid portion thereof. In order to overcome this most undesirable feature, I have provided the subject matter constituting the gist of the present invention, two forms of the device being shown in the drawing.

In Figs. 1 and 2 an upright shield l is shown in the form of a thin plate of metal or the like curved horizontally or t'ansversely of the hopper to conform to the curvature of the front end of the hopper, the upper edge of the shield or plate 1 being provided with a plurality of V-shaped notches 2 which are spaced appropriate dis tances from each other to allow the intervening portions of the plate to be bent laterally thus providing a plurality of horizontally disposed flanges 3 which constitute means for attaching the shield 1 to the projecting forward edge of the ring R. In so attaching the shield, the flanges 3 are disposed in contact with the under side of the ring R and screws or the like at are passed through said flanges and into the ring, thus securing the shield 1 in an upright position and disposing the same di rectly in advance of the upper end of the hopper H. lNhen the ring R is lowered, it will thus be evident that should this por tion of the hopper be soiled from any cause, the shield 1 will prevent the clothes of a person using the same from becoming stained or soiled from contact therewith.

In the form of the invention seen in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 the shield 1 is carried by the front curved ends 5 of a pair of levers 6, whose rear ends are pivoted at 7 to a pair of rearwardly extending links 8 having slots 9 in their rear ends, the aforesaid levers 6 being fulcrumed near theirrear ends upon upright standards 10 rising adjacent the sides of the hopper. The slots 9 in the links 8 rece ve studs 11 projecting laterally from the rear ends of rigid arms 12 which are secured to and extend rearwardly from the seat ring R WVhen this ring is disposed to its lowermost position as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the studs 11 travelto the outer ends of the slots 9 and thus pull rearwardly upon the pivots 7, thereby disposing the levers 5 to the substantially horizontal position shown in full lines in'Fig. 3. This positioning of the levers 5 raises the shield 1 to a point in advance of the upper end of the hopper H, thus accomplishing the same result as that attained by the structure previously described. When, however, the cover C and the ring R are raised for obvious reasons, the rigid arms 12 are of course swung downwardly to the dotted line position seen in Fig. 3, whereupon the weighted forward ends of the levers 5 are dropped, during which movement the links 8 may move independently of the arms 12, this be ing due to the provision of the slots 9.

Upon careful consideration of the accompanying drawings, and perusal of the pre ceding description, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily un derstood without requiring a more extended exolanation. Furthermore, it will be evident that although extremely simple construction has been provided for accomplisl ing the desired end, the same will be eilicicnt in operation and will be a very desirable attachment for practically any closet hopper, whether it be embodied in the form shown in Fig. 1, in that shown in Figs. 3 and l, or in other ways falling within the scope of the invention.

I claim:

The combination of a sanitary closet bowl having its entire front exposed, a seat ring mounted above the bowl for movement toward and from the same, said bowl being adapted for use as a urinal when the seat ring is raised and being thus exposed and prone to become soiled, and a retractable shield plate controlled by the movement of. the seat ring and automatically positioned vertically in advance of said bowl when said seat ring is lowered for use, said plate being curved in horizontal section to conform substantially to the curvature of the bowl front and being of a size to cover the upper half of said front to shield the users clothes from contact with this portion of the bowl, the front face of said plate being smooth and tree of projections to prevent articles of clothing from being caught, and torn thereby.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

lVILLIAM LOUIS BASS.

itnesses J. A. GRIESBAUER, (l. (iiIOVANNE'lTI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. r

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