Sanitary spray-dry closet seat

Claim 1

For a water closet having a generally hollow bowl-like portion and a seat portion above said bowl-like portion, fastened thereto and on which a user may sit, the improvement of a system for washing and drying the body of such a user, comprising: liquid supply means for supplying warm liquid to said system, liquid spraying means coupled to said liquid supply means for spraying warm liquid toward the body of such user for washing the same, air supply means for supplying a flow of air to said system, air directing means coupled to said air supply means for directing such flow of air toward the body of such user for drying the same, control means operable by such user for selectively controlling the spraying of such warm liquid and the flow of air respectively from said liquid spraying means and said air directing means, mounting means for pivotally mounting said liquid spraying means and said air directing means with respect to said water closet proximate the back portion of the bowl-like portion thereof for selective movement by such user between stored and use positions respectively out of alignment and into alignment with the body of such user, said mounting means including an elongated generally tubular member having a longitudinal axis and bracket means for mounting said tubular member between the bowl-like portion and the seat portion for rotation about such longitudinal axis, said tubular member having a hollow portion for coupling a flow of air from said air supply means to said air directing means, and said liquid spraying means and said air directing means being relatively fixedly supported by said tubular member for rotation therewith, and handle means coupled to said tubular member and exposed adjacent the side of the bowl-like portion for access by such user for selectively rotating said tubular member to move said liquid spraying means and said air directing means to such stored and use positions.