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公开(公告)号:US20170198468A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-13
申请号:US15336233
申请日:2016-10-27
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Stephen Davis , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Stephen Davis , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
CPC分类号: G01F23/22 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/208 , A61B5/4381 , A61B5/6891 , A61B10/0038 , A61B10/007 , A61B2010/0083 , E03D11/02 , G01F23/263 , G01F23/292 , G01N33/0047 , G05D7/0635 , G06F19/00
摘要: The present invention is directed to a toilet that includes a liquid level sensor on the surface of a flush jet fill tube. The liquid level sensor is a noncontact electrical impedance sensor that is an electrical capacitor. The capacitor may be used alone or with other volume sensors to detect volume of materials added to a toilet bowl. Some embodiments include a processor which records data and provides reports that may be clinically useful to assess the user's health status. The temporal nature of the liquid level sensor measurements is particularly useful because urination or defecation may be measured over time. Not only are total volumes detected but rates at which waste is deposited into the toilet during the entire excretion event are detected. These measurements are particularly useful in assessing certain health conditions.
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公开(公告)号:US10107665B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-23
申请号:US15336233
申请日:2016-10-27
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Stephen Davis , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Stephen Davis , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
IPC分类号: E03D1/00 , G01F23/22 , G05D7/06 , G01N33/00 , G01F23/26 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/00 , G01F23/292 , A61B5/20 , E03D11/02 , G06F19/00 , A61B10/00
摘要: The present invention is directed to a toilet that includes a liquid level sensor on the surface of a flush jet fill tube. The liquid level sensor is a noncontact electrical impedance sensor that is an electrical capacitor. The capacitor may be used alone or with other volume sensors to detect volume of materials added to a toilet bowl. Some embodiments include a processor which records data and provides reports that may be clinically useful to assess the user's health status. The temporal nature of the liquid level sensor measurements is particularly useful because urination or defecation may be measured over time. Not only are total volumes detected but rates at which waste is deposited into the toilet during the entire excretion event are detected. These measurements are particularly useful in assessing certain health conditions.
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公开(公告)号:US20170260729A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-14
申请号:US15290412
申请日:2016-10-11
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
CPC分类号: E03D9/08 , A47K10/48 , F26B21/004
摘要: A dryer for use with a bidet is disclosed. In one embodiment, a moveable dryer wand emits an air curtain as the dryer wand moves across the bidet bowl beneath the user after cleansing. We further disclose a dryer which produces a second air current which moves air in a different direction than that emitted by the dryer wand and further controls the movement of excess water remaining on a user after cleansing. A dryer that includes moveable dryer wand used in coordination with a moveable bidet wand are also disclosed and claimed herein.
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公开(公告)号:US10323399B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15290412
申请日:2016-10-11
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
摘要: A dryer for use with a bidet is disclosed. In one embodiment, a moveable dryer wand emits an air curtain as the dryer wand moves across the bidet bowl beneath the user after cleansing. We further disclose a dryer which produces a second air current which moves air in a different direction than that emitted by the dryer wand and further controls the movement of excess water remaining on a user after cleansing. A dryer that includes moveable dryer wand used in coordination with a moveable bidet wand are also disclosed and claimed herein.
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公开(公告)号:US09939307B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US15337154
申请日:2016-10-28
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Travis Niederhauser , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Travis Niederhauser , Terrece Pearman
IPC分类号: E03D1/00 , G01F23/22 , G05D7/06 , G01N33/00 , G01F23/26 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/00 , G01F23/292 , A61B5/20 , E03D11/02 , A61B10/00
CPC分类号: G01F23/22 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/208 , A61B5/4381 , A61B5/6891 , A61B10/0038 , A61B10/007 , A61B2010/0083 , E03D11/02 , G01F23/263 , G01F23/292 , G01N33/0047 , G05D7/0635 , G06F19/00
摘要: The present invention is directed to a toilet that includes a slanted fill tube with an optical proximity sensor positioned on or within the inner surface of the fill tube. The optical proximity sensor includes an incoherent light source and a photodiode. The optical proximity sensor as disclosed herein detects small changes in volumes added to a toilet bowl. Consequently, small volumes of excrement that are deposited in the toilet bowl by a user may be detected with greater accuracy. In some embodiments, information about the volume of urine or feces deposited into the toilet bowl is recorded and calculated by a processor. Other sensors, including a toilet bowl water level sensor and a gas sensor may collect data in combination with the optical proximity sensor to provide more complete information about the user's health.
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公开(公告)号:US20170198464A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-13
申请号:US15337154
申请日:2016-10-28
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Travis Niederhauser , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Travis Niederhauser , Terrece Pearman
CPC分类号: G01F23/22 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/208 , A61B5/4381 , A61B5/6891 , A61B10/0038 , A61B10/007 , A61B2010/0083 , E03D11/02 , G01F23/263 , G01F23/292 , G01N33/0047 , G05D7/0635 , G06F19/00
摘要: The present invention is directed to a toilet that includes a slanted fill tube with an optical proximity sensor positioned on or within the inner surface of the fill tube. The optical proximity sensor includes an incoherent light source and a photodiode. The optical proximity sensor as disclosed herein detects small changes in volumes added to a toilet bowl. Consequently, small volumes of excrement that are deposited in the toilet bowl by a user may be detected with greater accuracy. In some embodiments, information about the volume of urine or feces deposited into the toilet bowl is recorded and calculated by a processor. Other sensors, including a toilet bowl water level sensor and a gas sensor may collect data in combination with the optical proximity sensor to provide more complete information about the user's health.
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公开(公告)号:US20180168556A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15383187
申请日:2016-12-19
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
CPC分类号: A61B10/007 , G01N21/11 , G01N21/3577 , G01N2021/0346
摘要: We disclose a device and method for collecting a urine sample as a user urinates into a toilet. The device further conducts analytical measurements which may include spectral, colorimetric, and chemical assays. The user need only urinate normally into the toilet. A urine collection trap, which includes a vertical slit, may capture a urine sample which has a volume in the microliter range. Pumps may divert the urine from the vertical slit into a conduit that is connected to spectral analysis devices and other devices for analyzing the urine sample. The disclosed device is both convenient and prevents unsanitary urine spills.
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公开(公告)号:US20210219962A9
公开(公告)日:2021-07-22
申请号:US15383187
申请日:2016-12-19
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
摘要: We disclose a device and method for collecting a urine sample as a user urinates into a toilet. The device further conducts analytical measurements which may include spectral, colorimetric, and chemical assays. The user need only urinate normally into the toilet. A urine collection trap, which includes a vertical slit, may capture a urine sample which has a volume in the microliter range. Pumps may divert the urine from the vertical slit into a conduit that is connected to spectral analysis devices and other devices for analyzing the urine sample. The disclosed device is both convenient and prevents unsanitary urine spills.
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公开(公告)号:US09801508B1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-31
申请号:US15293753
申请日:2016-10-14
申请人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
发明人: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
摘要: A hidden hinge system for raising and lowering a toilet seat or toilet lid is disclosed. In one embodiment, each hinge includes a curved support with a smooth, easy to clean surface. The curved support is connected to a lever and the lever is connected to a hinge assembly. We disclose embodiments in which both the lever and the hinge assembly are enclosed within a toilet housing to improve cleanliness. We further disclose embodiments in which the curved supports are hollow and which contain electrical wiring, water, and gases. Controller and proximity sensors which modulate the raising and lowering of the toilet seat and toilet lid are also disclosed and claimed herein.
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公开(公告)号:US10151623B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-11
申请号:US15222267
申请日:2016-07-28
申请人: David R. Hall , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Dan Allen , Nathan Hopkins , Justin Robinson , Kevin Cheatham
发明人: David R. Hall , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Dan Allen , Nathan Hopkins , Justin Robinson , Kevin Cheatham
摘要: A thin scale apparatus for measuring body weight includes 5 or more force sensors within a total thickness of between 0.4 inches and 0.004 inches measured between a bottom surface and a top surface of the thin scale apparatus. The thin scale is designed to be thin enough to be non-intrusive or not recognized by a user. A weight of a toilet user may be determined as a combination of additive force of force sensors in a thin scale and force sensor associated with a toilet seat of a toilet. The force sensors may be positioned in one or more cavities on a bottom side of a substrate material of the thin scale or be embedded within a substrate material. Embodiments of a standalone thin scale and a thin scale with a toilet are disclosed.
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