Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Opener or closer for a closet seat or lid
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-22
2001-05-08
Eloshway, Charles R. (Department: 3751)
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Opener or closer for a closet seat or lid
Reexamination Certificate
active
06226804
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device and more particularly pertains to automatically lifting and lowering a toilet seat and toilet cover without physical assertion.
In order to use a toilet, the movement of certain parts of the toilet is required. Usually, men must raise both the toilet cover and toilet seat in order to use from a standing position. It is generally unsanitary to make hand contact with the cover and seat. Additionally, the raising of the cover and seat requires some bending of the back in order to accomplish sometimes causing undue stress on the back. What is needed is a way to both lift and lower the toilet cover and toilet seat without having to come in contact with these items as well as not having to bend over in order to achieve.
The present invention attempts to solve the abovementioned problem by providing a device that is secured to a toilet that can raise and lower the seat and cover of a toilet simply with the manipulation of a switch.
The use of toilet accessories is known in the prior art. More specifically, toilet accessories heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of facilitating the sanitary use of toilets are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, these patents do not describe an automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device for automatically lifting and lowering a toilet seat and toilet cover without physical assertion.
In this respect, the automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of automatically lifting and lowering a toilet seat and toilet cover without physical assertion.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device which can be used for automatically lifting and lowering a toilet seat and toilet cover without physical assertion. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of toilet accessories now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises an electrically powered motor secured to the cental flange of the toilet. The motor is positioned under a protective housing. The motor includes a central gear positioned forwardly thereof. A lifting apparatus is coupled with the motor and the toilet seat and toilet cover. The lifting apparatus includes a gear disposed under the protective housing and positioned forwardly of and engaged to the central gear of the motor. The gear has a shaft extending laterally therethrough. The shaft has opposed free ends. The opposed free ends each have an elongated arm extending forwardly therefrom. The elongated arms extend within the toilet seat and the toilet cover. An activation switch is disposed adjacent to the toilet. The activation switch is in communication with the motor. The activation switch has a first position for operating the motor in a raising orientation and a second position for operating the motor in a lowering orientation.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device which has all the advantages of the prior art toilet accessories and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such an automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device for automatically lifting and lowering a toilet seat and toilet cover without physical assertion.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device including a motor secured to the cental flange of the toilet. The motor includes a central gear positioned forwardly thereof. A lifting apparatus is coupled with the motor and the toilet seat and toilet cover. The lifting apparatus includes a gear positioned forwardly of and engaged to the central gear of the motor. The gear has a shaft extending laterally therethrough. The shaft has opposed free ends. The opposed free ends each have an elongated arm extending forwardly therefrom. The elongated arms extend within the toilet seat and the toilet cover. An activation switch is disposed adjacent to the toilet. The activation switch is in communication with the motor. The activation switch has a first position for operating the motor in a raising orientation and a second position for operating the motor in a lowering orientation.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the acco
Eloshway Charles R.
Goldstein & Canino
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