Toilet seat cover for automatic cleaning

A method for cleaning a seat of a toilet, comprising:

• placing a seat cover over the seat, the seat cover being movable between a raised position and a lowered position and having an outer wall and an inner wall that each depend from a top of the seat cover to define a seat channel in which the seat resides when the seat cover is placed over the seat, the outer wall of the seat cover forming an airtight seal with an upper portion of a basin of the toilet on which the seat is disposed, and the inner wall being spaced apart from an inner side of the seat when the seat cover is in the lowered position;
• after placing the seat cover over the seat, spraying a sanitizing fluid into the seat channel to allow the sanitizing fluid to land on a surface of the seat, over substantially the entirety of the top surface of the seat;
• and
• flushing the toilet to draw air through openings through the seat cover over the seat channel thereby driving sanitizing fluid off of the surface of the seat, wherein the air leaves the seat channel between the inner wall of the seat cover and the inner side of the seat.

A toilet system that uses suction, comprising:

• a basin;
• a seat provided at a top of the basin;
• a toilet seat cover for cleaning the seat and being configured to be moveable between an open position and a closed position, the toilet seat cover having:
• a top having a top side and a perimeter;
• an outer wall depending from the perimeter of the top side, wherein the top side and outer wall are sized to surround and cover a toilet seat with the outer wall spaced apart from an outer side of the toilet seat, the toilet seat being a substantially annular member defining a central opening therethrough,
• a plug depending from an underside of the top, the plug configured to extend into the central opening of the toilet seat and to be spaced apart from an inner edge of the toilet seat;
• a seat channel formed between an outer side of the plug and an inner side of the outerwall that is configured to fit over the toilet seat, and including a plurality of openings formed completely through the top of the toilet seat cover;
• and
• a fluid channel disposed in proximity to the seat channel and having a plurality of nozzles configured to spray over a top surface of the seat.