Toilet seat

Abstract

A toilet seat includes a seat unit, a sprayer device, a user-operating unit and a control device. The seat unit includes a housing, and a seat member having front and rear portions and pivotally connected to the housing at the rear portion. The sprayer device is mounted to the seat unit. The user-operating unit is mounted in a middle part of the front portion, and includes a sensor unit to generate a motion signal in response to being touched by a user, and a light emitting unit to emit light for indicating a position of the sensor unit. The control device is mounted in the housing, is electrically connected to the sensor unit for receiving the motion signal therefrom, and is to control the sprayer device to spray water in response to receiving the motion signal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A toilet seat comprising:
 a seat unit including a housing, and a seat member that has front and rear portions and that is pivotally connected to said housing at said rear portion;   a sprayer device mounted to said seat unit;   a user-operating unit mounted in a middle part of said front portion of said seat member, and including
 a sensor unit configured to generate a motion signal in response to being touched by a user, and 
 a light emitting unit configured to emit light for indicating a position of said sensor unit; and 
   a control device mounted in said housing, electrically connected to said sensor unit for receiving the motion signal therefrom, and configured to control said sprayer device to spray water in response to receiving the motion signal.   
     
     
         2 . The toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said control device includes:
 a driving module for driving said sprayer device; and   a control module electrically connected to said sensor unit for receiving the motion signal, and programmed to control operation of said driving module according to the motion signal.   
     
     
         3 . The toilet seat as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said control module is programmed to execute a plurality of default control modes for controlling said driving module, the default control modes corresponding respectively to different numbers of times of receipt of the motion signal from said sensor unit within a predetermined time period. 
     
     
         4 . The toilet seat as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein one of the default control modes of said control module is to control said driving module for driving said sprayer device to spray water. 
     
     
         5 . The toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said light emitting unit surrounds said sensor unit. 
     
     
         6 . The toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said light emitting unit is disposed on said sensor unit. 
     
     
         7 . The toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said seat member has a top surface on which said sensor unit is disposed, and said sensor unit has a height relative to said top surface of said seat member less than 5 mm.