US2022110492A1PendingUtilityA1

Toilet seat device

Assignee: LIXIL CORPPriority: Oct 9, 2020Filed: Oct 8, 2021Published: Apr 14, 2022
Est. expiryOct 9, 2040(~14.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

A toilet seat device is configured to be disposed on an upper part of a toilet body and includes an outer surface. The outer surface has first glossiness, and an outer surface of the toilet body has second glossiness. The first glossiness is equal to or less than the second glossiness.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A toilet seat device comprising:
 an outer surface having a first glossiness,   wherein the toilet seat device is configured to be disposed on an upper part of a toilet body comprising an outer surface having a second glossiness,   wherein the first glossiness is equal to or less than the second glossiness.   
     
     
         2 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein the first glossiness is 50 or less and the second glossiness is 50 or less. 
     
     
         3 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is a coated surface. 
     
     
         4 . The toilet seat device of  claim 3 , comprising a movable member provided movably,
 wherein a sliding surface on which the movable member slides is a non-coated surface.   
     
     
         5 . The toilet seat device of  claim 3 , comprising a toilet seat having a leg portion,
 wherein a contact surface, of the leg portion, that comes into contact with the toilet body is a non-coated surface.   
     
     
         6 . The toilet seat device of  claim 3 , comprising:
 a toilet seat box; and   a toilet lid configured to rotatably attached to the toilet seat box,   wherein an under-side surface of the toilet lid is a non-coated surface.   
     
     
         7 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein the first glossiness is equal to or less than a value obtained by adding 10 to the second glossiness. 
     
     
         8 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the second glossiness is 10 or more and 50 or less, and   wherein the first glossiness is 5 or more and 40 or less.   
     
     
         9 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , comprising a toilet lid,
 wherein the first glossiness is glossiness at a surface,   the surface is easily seen from an upper side, a front side, a right side, and a left side in a state where the toilet lid is closed.   
     
     
         10 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , comprising a toilet lid,
 wherein the second glossiness is glossiness at a surface,   the surface is not covered with the toilet lid closed and is easily visible from a front side, a right side, and a left side.   
     
     
         11 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , comprising:
 a toilet seat box; and   a toilet lid,   wherein the first glossiness includes both glossiness measured at a flat region on an outer surface of the toilet seat box and glossiness measured at a flat region on an outer surface of the toilet lid.   
     
     
         12 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein the toilet body includes a peripheral wall, and
 wherein the second glossiness is glossiness measured at a flat region on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

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