US 12,245,727 B2
Toilet module
Stephen John Thomson, Victoria (AU)
Appl. No. 17/629,028
Filed by Stephen John Thomson, Victoria (AU)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/050752
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/012008, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019902634 (AU), filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265101 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A47K 17/02 (2006.01); A47K 17/00 (2006.01); E03D 11/04 (2006.01); E03D 11/13 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 17/028 (2013.01) [E03D 11/04 (2013.01); E03D 11/13 (2013.01); A47K 2017/006 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet module comprising:
a toilet bowl; and
a toilet bowl support mechanism, the toilet bowl being supported by the toilet bowl support mechanism,
wherein the toilet bowl has a front end and an aft end, the front end and the aft end corresponding to a front and a back respectively of a person seated on the toilet module when the toilet module is in use, the front end and the aft end each being situated at or adjacent an upper surface of the toilet bowl,
wherein the toilet bowl support mechanism is configured to rotate the toilet bowl to and between a first position and a second position about an axis of rotation that passes through a point that is situated at a top of the front end of the bowl,
wherein in the first position the front end of the toilet bowl is lower than the aft end of the toilet bowl, and
wherein in the second position the front end of the toilet bowl is above the aft end of the toilet bowl.