Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Opener or closer for a closet seat or lid
Patent
1997-12-18
1999-01-12
Phillips, Charles E.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Opener or closer for a closet seat or lid
A47K 1310
Patent
active
058572236
ABSTRACT:
A bathroom flipper comprising: a support frame; which has a left arm and a right arm, each arm comprising front and back legs which extend downwardly towards a floor surface, the arms each further have a hinge housing extending upward from a top surface of the arms at a front portion thereof, a pedal bar is hingedly attached to the support frame at inwardly facing walls of each hinge housing, the pedal bar generally parallel to the support frame, the pedal bar comprises a left arm, a right arm, and a front panel, each pedal bar arm comprises a plurality of adjustment apertures along the horizontal axis thereof, the front panel comprises a lifting pedal which extends outwardly from the pedal bar toward a user, the pedal bar left arm has a return pedal extending inwardly; a lid lifting assembly is hingedly attached to the pedal bar left arm at a back distal edge thereof, and comprises a support shaft extending upwardly from the pedal bar, and a lifting rod extending inwardly, the support shaft has apertures along the vertical axis thereof to allow for height adjustment, the lifting rod is removably connected to a bottom surface of a toilet seat, the device functioning to allow a user to depress the lifting pedal downwardly, raising a back distal edge of the pedal bar, raising the support shaft, raising the lifting rod, which in turn raises the toilet seat, the device further functioning to allow a user to depress the return pedal, lowering the support shaft, lowering the lifting rod, which in turn lowers the toilet seat.
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Ferdinand Donald A.
Phillips Charles E.
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