FIELD

This disclosure relates to a toilet seat assembly, and more specifically, a toilet seat assembly for assisting users with personal hygiene.

BACKGROUND

Toilet seat assemblies, such as those including a water-based toileting system, are known for washing and cleaning the perineal region of a user. Such assemblies are also of interest for medical and assisted living applications for individuals with dexterity or mobility impairments who may not be able to effectively care for themselves and otherwise wash or clean themselves without help. To assist those individuals, toilet seat assemblies may include spray nozzles for delivering water and/or other liquid products to the perineal region of a user to clean the region after urinating or defecating. Thereafter, the perineal region may be dried using a dryer of the toilet seat assembly.

For older individuals who may be less dexterous, operating, servicing, and cleaning the toilet seat assembly may become difficult and burdensome. Additionally, these toilet seat assemblies may be difficult to operate for individuals with early onset dementia, Alzheimer's, or neurodegenerative diseases due to complex operation instructions. Specifically, such individuals may forget how to use the toilet seat assembly if there are too many buttons involved or if too many steps are required. Replacement of cleanser or other medicaments can also become difficult for less dexterous individuals where toilet seat assemblies have complicated instructions for refilling certain liquids or solutions.

In addition, although conventional spray nozzles are designed to extend for spraying the perineal region of the user and to retract thereafter to avoid contact with bodily fluids, various contaminants may still need to be cleaned from the spray nozzle or other portions of the toilet seat assembly over time. However, as discussed above, this can be difficult for less-dexterous individuals who may have difficulty caring for themselves.

It would be beneficial to have a toilet seat assembly that is designed for ease of use and includes components to simplify operation thereof. Additionally, it would be desirable if the toilet seat assembly could disinfect certain portions thereof after a cleaning operation without requiring manual cleaning by the user.

