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A single water closet or toilet fixture for dual functional use as either a western style fixture wherein the user is in the sitting position and normally facing forward, or an eastern style fixture wherein the user is in the squatting position and facing either in the forward direction or the aft d

A single water closet or toilet fixture for dual functional use as either a western style fixture wherein the user is in the sitting position and normally facing forward, or an eastern style fixture wherein the user is in the squatting position and facing either in the forward direction or the aft direction depending on the embodiment utilized. An external footrest is provided on each side of the fixture for supporting the user in the squatting position. A movable toilet seat when folded down onto the lower bowl portion of the toilet fixture is proportioned for use in the sitting position; and when the toilet seat is raised to an upright position, a fore and aft elongated receptical or bowl portion is exposed which is relatively narrow in width for straddling and is proportioned for use in the squatting position. Also, formed integral with the bowl portion of the fixture, is a urine spray shield which nestles under the contoured toilet seat and is functional in both the sitting and the squatting positions. The necessary height difference between the two function positions of sitting and squatting is incorporated into the height or thickness of the movable seat, in order that fixture can be made low enough to squat on without bodily supporting contact with the user and high enough to sit on.

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A dual function water closet for use in either the sitting or the squatting position, comprising: a fixed lower section and a movable upper section foldable thereon; said lower section comprising a closet bowl being elongated in a fore and aft direction; said upper section comprising a toilet set hi

A dual function water closet for use in either the sitting or the squatting position, comprising: a fixed lower section and a movable upper section foldable thereon; said lower section comprising a closet bowl being elongated in a fore and aft direction; said upper section comprising a toilet set hinged to the aft portion of the closet bowl and being in abutment sealing relationship with the sides of the elongated closet bowl when moved to the down position for use in the sitting position; a footrest fixed to each side of the closet bowl for support of the user in the squat position; said closet bowl having the level of its interior bottom surface below the horizontal plane of the side footrests; a urine spray shield at the forward end of the closet bowl; and said urine spray shield having an outer upper surface which nestles under the forward undersurface of the toilet seat for deflecting the urine of the user into the body of the closet bowl when the user is facing in the forward direction.