US 11,324,363 B2Granted

Elevated toilet seat assembly

AssigneeBemis Manufacturing Company

InventorsBrian Pomplun, Brian A. Henne, Jonathan Arndt, Patrick J. Raymakers

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Abstract

An elevated toilet seat assembly is for a toilet and includes a hinge post configured to be coupled to the toilet and a toilet seat pivotably coupled to the hinge post about an axis. The toilet seat is made from a single piece of injection molded plastic. The toilet seat includes a support surface configured to support a person on the toilet seat and a guard extending below the support surface. The guard is configured to block waste from splashing out of the toilet during use. The toilet seat also includes a plurality of supports extending outwardly from an outer surface of the guard. The plurality of supports is configured to engage a rim of the toilet to position the support surface at an elevated height above the rim.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An elevated toilet seat assembly for a toilet, the elevated toilet seat assembly comprising:

a hinge post configured to be engageably coupled to the toilet;
and
a toilet seat coupled to the hinge post in at least an in-use position, the toilet seat made from a single piece of injection molded plastic, the toilet seat including:
a support surface including top edge defining a top opening of the toilet seat, the support surface configured to support a person on the toilet seat,
a guard extending below the support surface, the guard having a bottom edge defining a bottom opening of the toilet seat, the guard tapering from the bottom edge of the guard toward the top edge of the support surface, the guard configured to block waste from splashing out of the toilet during use, and
a plurality of supports extending outwardly from an outer surface of the guard, the plurality of supports configured to position the support surface at an elevated height above a rim of the toilet, the plurality of supports configured to position the guard relative to the rim of the toilet such that the bottom edge of the guard is positioned above the rim of the toilet when in the in-use position.

3 more elements

An elevated toilet seat assembly for a toilet, the elevated toilet seat assembly comprising:

a toilet seat configured to be pivotably coupled to the toilet about an axis in at least an in-use position in which the toilet seat engages a rim surface of the toilet, the toilet seat made from a single piece of injection molded plastic and including:
a support surface having an inner top edge defining a top opening, the support surface configured to support a person on the toilet seat, and
a guard extending below the support surface, the guard having an inner bottom edge defining a bottom opening of the toilet seat, the guard configured to block waste from splashing out of the toilet during use,
wherein a plane is configured to be perpendicular to the rim surface of the toilet and extends through the top and bottom openings when the toilet seat is in the in-use position, and wherein a first distance, measured within the plane between opposing points on the inner top edge, is less than a second distance, measured within the plane between opposing points on the inner bottom edge.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/561,594Filed 5 Sep 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 10 Sep 2018
Published: US 2020/0077848 A112 Mar 2020
Granted: 10 May 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A47K 13/005
Seats or covers for all kinds of closets: auxiliary or portable seats
A47K 13/24
Seats or covers for all kinds of closets: parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22
A47K 13/02
Seats or covers for all kinds of closets: of plastic materials
A47K 13/12
Seats or covers for all kinds of closets: hinges