Toilet Bowl with Foot Support for Multipurpose Use

Abstract

Toilet bowl with foot support for multipurpose use, which combines the traditional toilet bowl and the traditional squat toilet, to offer a single sanitary fixture that provides a functional structure for use in the traditional position, seated with the feet on the floor, and while squatting, which comprises two foot supports on each side of the pre-formed toilet bowl, forming a single body; a second modified toilet bowl model, wherein the foot supports are formed by later inserting a set of solid pre-formed bars into the openings on each side of the modified toilet bowl. The invention provides a folding handle connected to the openings in the toilet bowls and; complemented, to facilitate the use of the invention, by a fixed grab bar/s screwed to the vertical sidewalls.

1 . A toilet bowl with foot support for multipurpose use that comprises
 two foot supports located one on each side of the toilet bowl, at a height from the mouth of the toilet bowl; of approximately 10 centimeters, thereby allowing a user to use the toilet bowl in a traditional manner seated on said mouth of the bowl with the feet of the user on the floor, or using the foot supports to use in the squatting position.   
     
     
         2 . The toilet bowl with foot support for multipurpose use according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the toilet bowl is a single body made from one mold and one piece of material; in addition, said foot supports comprise a ridge on a rear part; the toilet bowl comprises on each side of front part, two cylindrical openings for the incorporation of a folding handle that is made up of two connection rods inserted into the cylindrical openings, a cylindrical tube pre-formed into a U shape with two holding stops made of an elastic material, that is assembled to the two connection rods by screws.   
     
     
         3 . The toilet bowl with foot support for multipurpose use, according to  claim 1 , further comprising on each side of the toilet bowl, a set of semi-cylindrical rectangular parallelpiped-shaped openings, into which, depending on their position, the solid pre-formed bars with (he same geometric shape are inserted, secured via the inserted end, to provide on each side of the toilet bowl, two foot support platforms; wherein said solid pre-formed bars with a semi-cylindrical rectangular parallelepiped shape, have, on the external surface of the rectangular parallelepiped, a non-slip material; the toilet bowl comprises, on each side of a front part, two cylindrical openings for the incorporation of a folding handle that is made up of two connection rods inserted into the cylindrical openings, a cylindrical tube pre-formed into a U shape with two holding stops made of an elastic material, that is assembled to the two connection rods by screws. 
     
     
         4 . The toilet bowl with foot support for multipurpose use, according to  claim 1 , further comprising a complementary fixed grab bar, made up of a cylindrical tube with two plates made of the same material welded at each one of its ends, which comprise holes for screwing the complementary fixed grab bar to the vertical sidewalls of the compartment. 
     
     
         5 . The toilet bowl with foot support for multipurpose use, according to  claim 1 , wherein the toilet bowl is made of a watertight, hygienic material that is resistant to water and disinfectants. 
     
     
       The toilet bowl with foot support for multipurpose use, according to  claim 5 , wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of porcelain, stainless steel, and resin.