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US 12,268,342 B2Granted
Toilet seat
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsErich Slothower, Mary J. Reid
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Abstract
Disclosed is a flexible toilet seat including a top surface; a bottom surface; an inner edge, at which the top and bottom surfaces meet; an inner region, configured to elastically and vertically deform inward relative to the outer edge in response to an applied load; and an outer region supported by an upper surface of a toilet and configured to support the inner region.
Claims21
A toilet seat assembly comprising:
- a toilet seat;
- a plurality of hinges;
- a hollow channel at a distal end of the toilet seat, the hollow channel configured to couple with the plurality of hinges at opposing recesses of the hollow channel;
- a slot on the hollow channel between the opposing recesses;
- and
- a locking component configured to be inserted into the slot of the hollow channel to contact a ridge body of at least one damper.
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A toilet comprising:
- a bowl;
- a toilet seat;
- a plurality of hinges to rotate the toilet seat with respect to the bowl;
- a hollow channel at a distal end of the toilet seat, the hollow channel configured to couple with the plurality of hinges at opposing recesses of the hollow channel;
- a slot on the hollow channel between the opposing recesses;
- and
- a locking component configured to be inserted into the slot of the hollow channel to contact a ridge body of at least one damper.
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A toilet seat assembly comprising:
- a toilet seat;
- a plurality of hinges;
- a hollow channel at a distal end of the toilet seat, the hollow channel configured to couple with the plurality of hinges;
- and
- a locking component configured to be inserted into the hollow channel, wherein the toilet seat is rotatably connected to the hinge around a rotation axis located at a height above a surface of the toilet allowing for deformation of the plurality of hinges when a load is applied to the toilet seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.