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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Paramount Bed Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Ohishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Katayanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Keita Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyoshi Obara, Kanagawa, JP;
PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information collection apparatus includes: a sitting sensor detecting that a user of a toilet bowl in a toilet is sitting on a toilet seat placed on the top surface of a rim of the bowl; an information collector collecting information about an excretion in the bowl; and a housing in which the sensor and the collector are placed. The apparatus includes: a bridge component bridging the inside of the rim and the outside of the rim by placing part of the component on the top surface of the rim of the bowl and sandwiching the rim; and a fitting being attached to an end of the component in a direction of the inside of the rim and attaching the housing. The apparatus includes a change mechanism changing the distance from the end to the housing in a direction along an inner wall forming the inside of the rim.