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US 12,108,917 B2Granted
Seat protector
OwnerDorothy Howardinventor
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Abstract
A toilet seat protector includes a seating section. The seating section includes a passage with a passage first end and a passage second end spaced from said first end along a pathway. An open front toilet seat extends into the passage of the seating section. An overlay can extend away from the seating section of said toilet seat protector. The overlay lays over an end wall surface, front side surface, and side side surface of a toilet bowl.
Claims11
A toilet seat protector comprising:
- a first seating section, said first seating section comprising:
- a first passage with a first end and a second end spaced from said first end along a pathway, wherein;
- said first passage configured to receive, during installation of said toilet seat protector on an open front toilet seat, a first portion of said open front toilet seat;
- a second seating section, said second seating section comprising:
- a second passage with a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along a pathway, wherein;
- said second passage configured to receive, during installation of said toilet seat protector on said open front toilet seat, a second portion of said open front toilet seat;
- a first toilet bowl overlay extending away from said first seating section of said toilet seat protector;
- said first toilet bowl overlay having a construction comprising:
- an upper toilet bowl portion configured to overlap a portion of a toilet bowl end wall at the front of a toilet bowl, said upper toilet bowl portion having a width at least 1 times the width of a rim of the toilet bowl, the rim being at a front of the toilet bowl;
- a front toilet bowl side portion extends away from said first seating section and is configured to overlap a front side surface of the toilet bowl, said front toilet bowl side portion having a width of at least 1 times the width of the rim of the toilet bowl, the rim being at the front of the toilet bowl;
- a first toilet bowl forward side portion configured overlap a forward side surface at a forward side of the toilet bowl, said first toilet bowl forward side portion having a width of at least 1 times the width of the rim of the toilet bowl, the rim being at the front of the toilet bowl;
- a second toilet bowl overlay extending away from said second seating section of said toilet seat protector;
- said second toilet bowl overlay having a construction comprising:
- a second front toilet bowl side portion configured overlap a front side surface of the toilet bowl, the second front toilet bowl side portion has a width of at least 1 times the width of the rim of the toilet bowl at the front of the toilet bowl;
- a second toilet bowl forward side portion configured to overlap a side surface at a forward side of the toilet bowl, said second toilet bowl forward side portion having a width of at least 1 times the width of the rim of the toilet bowl, the rim being at the front of the toilet bowl;
- a second upper toilet bowl portion configured to overlap a portion of the toilet bowl end wall at the front of the end wall;
- wherein,
- said first end of said first passage forms a first open end, said first passage forms a passage of a first pocket and said first open end forms a first opening which opens out of said pocket into an environment external to said passage;
- said first end of said second passage forms a second open end;
- said second passage forms a passage of a second pocket, said second open end forms a second opening which opens out of said second pocket into said environment external to the passage.
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A method of making the toilet seat protector comprising:
- configuring a first passage of a first seating section of said toilet seat protector;
- forming a first seating surface;
- forming an internal surface delimiting an interior of said first passage;
- configuring a second passage of a second seating section of said toilet seat protector;
- forming a second seating surface;
- forming an internal surface delimiting an interior of said second passage;
- extending away from said first seating section of said toilet seat protector a first toilet bowl overlay;
- extending away from said seating section of said toilet seat protector a second toilet bowl overlay;
- forming a first upper toilet bowl portion of said first toilet bowl overlay to overlap a front end wall surface of a toilet bowl;
- forming a second upper toilet bowl portion of said second toilet bowl overlay to overlap a front end wall surface of a toilet bowl;
- said first and second upper toilet bowl portions configured to reside disconnected with each other where they overlap the front end wall surface of the toilet bowl
- forming a front toilet bowl side portion of said first toilet bowl overlay to overlap a front outer side surface of said toilet bowl;
- forming a first forward toilet bowl side portion of said toilet bowl overlay to overlap an outer first side surface at a forward first side of said toilet bowl.
10 more elements
A toilet seat protector comprising:
- a first seating section, said first seating section comprising:
- a first passage with a first end and second end spaced from said first end along a pathway, wherein;
- said first passage configured to receive, during installation of said toilet seat protector on an open front toilet seat, a first portion of said open front toilet seat;
- a second seating section, said second seating section comprising:
- a second passage with a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along a pathway, wherein;
- said second passage configured to receive, during installation of said toilet seat protector on said open front toilet seat, a second portion of said open front toilet seat;
- a first toilet bowl overlay extending away from said first seating section of said toilet seat protector;
- said first toilet bowl overlay having a construction comprising:
- an upper toilet bowl portion which extends between front end portions of the of the first and second seating sections;
- a front toilet bowl side portion extends outward and away from both outer front end portions of said first seating section and said second seating section;
- a first toilet bowl forward side portion resides rearward and outward of said front toilet bowl side portion and extends outward and away from an outer side portion of said first seating section;
- and
- wherein
- said upper toilet bowl portion configured to overlap a front end wall surface of a toilet bowl;
- said front side portion configured to overlap a front outer side surface of said toilet bowl;
- said first toilet bowl forward side portion configured to overlap an outer first forward side surface of said toilet bowl;
- and wherein,
- said first open end of said first passage and said second open end of said second passage form separate openings without an enclosed passage joining the two.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.