Faucet-like bidet attachment
CA 2228857 C · Owner: Huliganga, Eddie F. · Inventors: Huliganga, Eddie F.
Overview
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The present invention provides a simple faucet-like bidet attachment which is connected to existing hot water and cold water supply lines adjacent to a conventional flush toilet. The bidet device has a control valve and a pliant S-shaped water conduit that extends from the control valve under the toilet seat curves over, the rim of the toilet bowl then extends downwardly, and then curves back upwardly in the bowl. A spray nozzle attached to the upwardly extending free end of the conduit produces a comfortable bidet spray directed to the target area. The pliant S-shaped conduit is easily adjusted according to each user's particular preferences by simply bending or shaping it by hand. The …
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- Filed April 17, 1998 and granted September 16, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 17, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 17, 2020.
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