Automatic toilet seat lifting system
OwnerBirahim Tendenginventor
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Abstract
The automated toilet seat lifting system comprises a toilet and a lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism attaches to the toilet. The toilet further comprises a tank, bowl, toilet seat, and a toilet lid. The lifting mechanism is an automated device used to raise and lower the toilet seat and the toilet lid in preparation for and during the use of the toilet. The lifting mechanism operates such that the toilet seat and toilet lid are raised when a client is detected in the proximity of the toilet. The lifting mechanism returns the toilet seat to a lowered position when the client is no longer detected in the proximity of the toilet.
Claims16
An automated device comprising:
- a toilet and a lifting mechanism;
- wherein the lifting mechanism attaches to the toilet;
- wherein the automated device is adapted for use with a client;
- wherein the lifting mechanism is used to raise and lower a toilet seat and a toilet lid in preparation for and during the use of the toilet;
- wherein the lifting mechanism operates such that the toilet seat and toilet lid are raised when the client is detected in the proximity of the toilet;
- wherein the lifting mechanism operates such that the toilet seat returns to a lowered position when the client is no longer detected in the proximity of the toilet;
- wherein the toilet further comprises a tank, a bowl, the toilet seat, and the toilet lid;
- wherein the tank, the toilet seat, and the toilet lid attach to the bowl;
- wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a plurality of torsion springs and a control system;
- wherein each of the plurality of torsion springs is a torsion spring;
- wherein the control system is an electromechanical device;
- wherein the control system detects the presence of the client;
- wherein the control system further rotates the toilet seat relative to the bowl in response to the detection of the client;
- wherein the control system comprises a logic module, a plurality of proximity sensors, and a plurality of motors;
- wherein the logic module, the plurality of proximity sensors, and the plurality of motors are electrically interconnected;
- wherein the plurality of proximity sensors comprises a first proximity sensor, a second proximity sensor, and a third proximity sensor;
- wherein the first proximity sensor mounts on the toilet lid such that the field of view of the first proximity sensor is parallel to the horizontal plane when the toilet lid is in a lowered position;
- wherein the second proximity sensor mounts on the toilet seat such that the field of view of the second proximity sensor is parallel to the horizontal plane when the toilet seat is in a lowered position;
- wherein the third proximity sensor mounts on the toilet seat such that the field of view of the third proximity sensor is parallel to the horizontal plane when the toilet seat is in a raised position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.