Foot stepper for toilet bowl

Abstract

A foot stepper for driving a lever of a flush valve of a toilet bowl includes a base plate, a pedal disposed on the base plate, and an operating member connected to a driving cable for driving the lever, and slidably disposed in front and rear directions of the base plate within the base plate. The pedal has a protrusion on its lower surface, the operating member has a seating surface in contact with the protrusion, and the seating surface of the operating member may be inclined such that, as the pedal is pressed downward, the protrusion moves downward and pushes the operating member in the front and rear directions.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A foot stepper for driving a lever of a flush valve of a toilet bowl, the foot stepper comprising:
 a base plate;   a pedal disposed on the base plate; and   an operating member connected to a driving cable for driving the lever, and slidably disposed in front and rear directions of the base plate within the base plate,   wherein   the pedal has a protrusion on a lower surface thereof,   the operating member has a seating surface in contact with the protrusion, and   the seating surface of the operating member is inclined such that, as the pedal is pressed downward, the protrusion moves downward and pushes the operating member in the front and rear directions.   
     
     
         2 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein the base plate comprises an edge portion extending along an edge to form an inner space, the edge portion comprises a front edge portion, a rear edge portion, and a side edge portion connecting the front edge portion to the rear edge portion, and at least a portion of the side edge portion comprises a guide portion for guiding forward and backward sliding of the operating member. 
     
     
         3 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein at least one drain hole is formed in a lower surface of the base plate. 
     
     
         4 . The foot stepper of  claim 2 , wherein a stopping protrusion to be guided along the guide portion is formed on a side surface of the operating member. 
     
     
         5 . The foot stepper of  claim 2 , wherein a spring is disposed between the front edge portion of the base plate and the operating member, one end of the spring is connected to the front edge portion, and the other end of the spring is connected to the operating member. 
     
     
         6 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein, when a force applied to the pedal is removed, the operating member is moved forward at least partially by a restoring force of a spring, so that the protrusion moves upward along the seating surface of the operating member and the pedal returns to an original position. 
     
     
         7 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein the protrusion comprises a seating surface inclined at an inclination angle corresponding to the inclination angle of the seating surface of the operating member. 
     
     
         8 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein
 the pedal comprises a guide pin extending downward at every corner of a lower surface of the pedal, and   the base plate comprises a guide hole into which the guide pin is inserted, at every corner of an upper surface of the base plate, and the guide pin is movable in a vertical direction while being inserted into the guide hole.   
     
     
         9 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , further comprising a cradle surrounding the base plate,
 wherein the cradle is a structure having a shape increasing toward the bottom.   
     
     
         10 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein a rotatable roller is provided on the protrusion, and, as the pedal is pressed downward, the protrusion moves downward, and the roller rotates while being seated on the seating surface of the operating member. 
     
     
         11 . The foot stepper of  claim 10 , wherein the rotatable roller is provided in pair. 
     
     
         12 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein
 the pedal is rotatably coupled to the base plate, and   an upper surface of the pedal comprises a first plane and a second plane, the first plane being formed to be inclined with respect to the second plane.   
     
     
         13 . The foot stepper of  claim 12 , wherein, when the pedal is not pressed downward, the first plane is parallel to the base plate. 
     
     
         14 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein
 at least one guide member extending in the front and rear directions of the base plate is disposed within the base plate,   a through hole through which and into which the guide member passes and is inserted is formed in the operating member, and   the operating member extends in the front and rear directions of the base plate in a state where the guide member is inserted into the through hole.   
     
     
         15 . The foot stepper of  claim 1 , wherein
 at least one spacer for separating a bottom surface of the operating member from an upper surface of the base plate is formed on an upper surface of the base plate, and   the spacer extends in the front and rear directions of the base plate so that the operating member slides in the front and rear directions of the base plate while being spaced apart from the upper surface of the base plate on the spacer.