Self-lowering toilet seat system

A self-lowering toilet seat system comprising:

• a toilet bowl;
• a toilet seat configured to be sat upon by a user;
• a hinge rotatably coupling the toilet seat and the toilet bowl, the hinge configured so that the toilet seat is transitionable between a down position and an up position;
• a lowering device configured to self-lower the toilet seat towards the down position;
• a fixedly substantially sealed hinge housing having a seat delay device therein, the seat delay device configured to cause a seat time delay before the lowering device causes the toilet seat to lower towards the down position, the seat delay device being engaged by a user applying a seat lifting force to raise the toilet seat towards the up position and removing the seat lifting force from the toilet seat, the seat delay device configured to reset the seat time delay when the user re-applies the lifting force before the seat delay device has expired.