Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Opener or closer for a closet seat or lid – Fluid mechanism
Patent
2000-01-04
2000-12-12
Recla, Henry J.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Opener or closer for a closet seat or lid
Fluid mechanism
42461, 42463, A47K 1310
Patent
active
061580597
ABSTRACT:
A foot actuated toilet seat lift comprises a lifting mechanism, a pedal assembly and mechanism for transmitting the force provided by toilet users' foot from the pedal assembly to the lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism has a base adapted to be mounted on a toilet, a base cover resting on top of the base, a carriage mounted on one end of the base, a guiding roller rotatably mounted on the head of the carriage, a semicircle bar attached to one side of the carriage, a leaf spring mounted on one end of the base under the carriage, a pin roller movably resting on the leaf spring, a lifting arm rotatably resting in the carriage under the guiding roller, and a contact roller rotatably attached to the straight end of the lifting arm. The pedal assembly has a foot-receiving pad and a base, a number of links pivotally attached at the underside of the foot-receiving pad at one end, and movably mounted on the pedal base at another end, a number of rollers rotatably attached to the links, a mechanism for locking and releasing the pedal, and a bellows bonded on the underside of the foot-receiving pad at one end and on the pedal base at another end.
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Huynh Khoa
Recla Henry J.
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