Releasable toilet lid and seat locking apparatus

Details Releasable toilet lid and seat locking apparatus Releasable toilet lid and seat locking apparatus

1993-04-13

1993-12-07

Recla, Henry J.

Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons

Closet-bowl closures

4240, 42453, 4236, A47K 1312, A47K 1324

Patent

active

052673570

ABSTRACT:
A lid and seat locking apparatus for a toilet includes a mounting assembly, an elongated rod, and an actuating assembly. The mounting assembly is attachable to the flush tank at a location spaced above the bowl. The rod couples the seat and lid to the mounting assembly to undergo pivotal movement about a pivot axis between a lowered position in which the seat and lid cover a top opening of the bowl and a raised position in which the seat and lid uncover the bowl top opening. Hinge brackets on the seat and lid are pivotally attachable to the rod. The rod and actuating assembly are mounted to the mounting assembly for sliding movement relative thereto between locking and unlocking positions along the pivotal axis of the seat and lid. The rod has a pair of radial pins mounted thereon adjacent to selected ones of the seat and lid hinge brackets. The pins are matable with and unmatable from transverse slots defined in the selected seat and lid hinge brackets such that the seat and lid are retained in the lowered position when the rod and actuating assembly are at the locking position and the pins are mated with the slots. The seat and lid are pivotally movable to the raised position when the rod and actuating assembly are at the unlocking position and the pins are unmated from the slots.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2431263 (1947-11-01), Lundgren
patent: 2578153 (1951-12-01), Schmitz
patent: 4658447 (1987-04-01), Smith
patent: 4724551 (1988-02-01), Gardner
patent: 4833737 (1989-05-01), Boucher et al.
patent: 4894870 (1990-01-01), Buckshaw et al.

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