Anti-plume toilet seat and toilet lid
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsTaiwoon Woon, Jeffrey T. Laundre
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a toilet seat including a rim; and a tab made from an antibacterial material and configured to be attached to the rim as a touch point for a user to open or close the toilet seat. The present disclosure provides a toilet including a toilet bowl; a toilet seat comprising a rim and pivotably attached to the toilet bowl; a toilet lid pivotably attached to the toilet bowl or the toilet seat; and a first tab made from an antibacterial material and configured to be attached to the toilet seat as a first touch point for a user to open or close the toilet seat.
Claims6
A toilet seat comprising:
- a rim;
- and
- a tab made from an antibacterial material and configured to be attached to the rim as a touch point for a user to open or close the toilet seat,
- wherein the rim comprises a base disposed on a side of the rim,
- wherein the base comprises a groove configured to receive the tab, and
- wherein the tab comprises an insert portion configured to be inserted into the groove and comprises a grip portion connected to the insert portion and configured to be the touch point for the user.
A toilet comprising:
- a toilet bowl;
- a toilet seat comprising a rim and pivotably attached to the toilet bowl;
- a toilet lid pivotably attached to the toilet bowl or the toilet seat;
- and
- a first tab made from an antibacterial material and configured to be attached to the toilet seat as a first touch point for a user to open or close the toilet seat,
- wherein the rim of the toilet seat comprises a base disposed on a side of the rim of the toilet seat,
- wherein the base comprises a groove configured to receive the first tab, and
- wherein the first tab comprises an insert portion configured to be inserted into the groove and comprises a grip portion connected to the insert portion and configured to be the first touch point for the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.