Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Seat
Patent
1996-03-18
1998-05-12
Phillips, Charles E.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Seat
42461, A47K 1300
Patent
active
057491038
ABSTRACT:
A substantially annular toilet seat having a lifting surface which remains sanitary throughout a range of toilet seat positions between a toilet bowl and a toilet tank. The seat has a hinged end and an outer perimeter wall. The outer perimeter wall has a cavity therein which has a smooth inner surface and an open end facing outwardly from the toilet bowl. The seat has a hinging means connecting the hinged end the seat to the toilet bowl such that a user placing a finger in the cavity and pressing against the smooth inner surface may pivot the annular seat about the hinging means. This may be done without contamination of the finger because the cavity is shielded from urine splash and bacteria laden toilet water spraying outward from the toilet bowl when the toilet bowl is flushed. Alternatively, the toilet seat has a protrusion extending outwardly from the outer perimeter wall and having the cavity therein. The smooth inner surface of the cavity gradually converges from the open end to a closed end. The open end is substantially oval in shape and a cross-section of the cavity perpendicular to the open end is substantially parabolic in shape.
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Kock Ronald W.
Phillips Charles E.
The Sanilift Company, Ltd.
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