Toilet seat hinge
AssigneeBemis Manufacturing Company
InventorsBrian LeMahieu, Jeffrey J. Weiss
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Abstract
A hinge assembly is configured to pivotably couple a toilet seat to a toilet bowl about a pivot axis. The hinge assembly includes a base configured to be selectively fixed to the toilet bowl, and a post coupled to the base. The base includes a top portion, and a bottom portion opposite the top portion. The bottom portion having a skirt that is configured to abut against the toilet bowl when the base is fixed to the toilet bowl to inhibit liquid from entering between the base and the toilet bowl. The post is configured to support the toilet seat for rotation about the pivot axis.
Claims20
A hinge assembly configured to pivotably couple a toilet seat to a toilet bowl about a pivot axis, the hinge assembly comprising:
- a base configured to be selectively fixed to the toilet bowl, the base including
- a top portion, and
- a bottom portion opposite the top portion, the bottom portion having a flexible skirt that is configured to compress against the toilet bowl when the base is fixed to the toilet bowl to inhibit liquid from entering between the base and the toilet bowl;
- and
- a post coupled to the base, the post configured to support the toilet seat for rotation about the pivot axis.
A hinge assembly configured to pivotably couple a toilet seat to a toilet bowl about a pivot axis, the hinge assembly comprising:
- a base configured to be selectively fixed to the toilet bowl;
- a post coupled to the base;
- and
- a toilet seat leaf pivotably coupled to the post about the pivot axis and configured to be attached to the toilet seat, the toilet seat leaf having a skirt that is configured to engage the toilet seat to inhibit liquid from entering between the toilet seat leaf and the toilet seat, the skirt being compressed against the toilet seat when the toilet seat leaf is being attached to the toilet seat.
A hinge assembly configured to pivotably couple a toilet seat to a toilet bowl about a pivot axis, the hinge assembly comprising:
- a base configured to be selectively fixed to the toilet bowl;
- a post coupled to the base and including a post ring;
- and
- a toilet seat leaf including a body configured to be coupled to the toilet seat and a knuckle coupled to the post for rotation about the pivot axis,
- wherein an axial overlap is formed between the post ring and the knuckle in a direction parallel to the pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.