Seat pivoting system
OwnerMark Kist, Gayle Kistinventors
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Abstract
A floor-mounted apparatus for raising and lowering a toilet seat is disclosed which includes a seat bar adapted to be attached to the underside of a toilet seat, a pivot pedestal adapted to be fixed to the floor, a foot pedal operating lever attached in pivotal relation to the pivot pedestal and having a foot pedal end and an operating end, a lift bar lever pivotally connected between the operating end of the foot pedal operating lever and the seat bar, and resilient tension biasing element connected between the foot pedal and the pivot pedestal to dampen gravity return of the seat to a lowered position when the foot pedal is released.
Claims7
A floor-mounted apparatus for raising and lowering a toilet seat comprising:
- (a) a seat bar having a fixed end adapted to be attached to the underside of a toilet seat and having a free end;
- (b) a pivot pedestal adapted to be fixed to the floor in predetermined spaced relation to a toilet facility;
- (c) a foot pedal operating lever attached in pivotal relation to said pivot pedestal using said pivot pedestal as a fulcrum, said operating lever having a foot pedal at one end and an operating end;
- (d) a unitary lift bar lever pivotally connected between said operating end of said foot pedal operating lever and said free end of said seat bar;
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- (e) resilient tension biasing element connected between said foot pedal and said pivot pedestal to dampen gravity return of said seat to a lowered position when said foot pedal is released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.