Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Buffers and dashpots
Patent
1993-12-13
1994-11-08
Recla, Henry J.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Buffers and dashpots
16 86A, A47K 1304
Patent
active
053614259
ABSTRACT:
A retainer provides for the prevention of lateral slippage or movement of a toilet seat or a toilet bowl rim. Typically, bowl rims are not uniformly level or even, and conventional bumpers, along with the play generally found in the seat hinges, allow a seat to slip laterally relative to the rim, and occasionally drop slightly as the bumper(s) is/are displaced to one edge of the bowl rim as the seat shifts. The present retainers each include inner and outer depending retainer portions, which serve to prevent lateral displacement of the seat in either direction relative to the rim. Thus, only a single retainer is required, although preferably two are installed on opposite sides of the seat bottom and toward the front of the seat for uniformity. The present retainers include a resilient intermediate portion, which allows the depending retainer portions and member from which they depend, to arcuately rock to accommodate uneven bowl rims. The device(s) may be mechanically or adhesively secured to the seat bottom.
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Litman Richard C.
Recla Henry J.
Vidovich Gregory M.
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