Damper locking mechanism for toilet seat
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsRoger W. Murphy, Jeffrey T. Laundre, David Ourada
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Abstract
A toilet includes a seat, a bowl and a damper locking mechanism that allows the seat to rotate relative to the bowl with an influenced inertia. The damper locking mechanism includes a hinge base having a biasing member and an interior surface that defines a bore and a damper having an exterior surface that engages the interior surface. When the damper is disposed in the bore, the biasing member imparts a radial force to bias the damper into the hinge base and remove a looseness between the seat and the bowl.
Claims20
A toilet comprising:
- a seat;
- a bowl;
- and
- a damper locking mechanism configured to allow the seat to rotate relative to the bowl with an influenced inertia, the damper locking mechanism comprising:
- a hinge base having a biasing member and an interior surface that defines a bore;
- and
- a damper having an exterior surface that engages the interior surface,
- wherein when the damper is disposed in the bore, the biasing member imparts a radial force to bias the damper into the hinge base and remove a looseness between the seat and the bowl.
A damper locking mechanism for a toilet, comprising:
- a hinge base having a biasing member and an interior surface that defines a bore;
- and
- a damper having an exterior surface that engages the interior surface;
- wherein when the damper is disposed in the bore, the biasing member imparts a radial force to bias the damper into the hinge base.
A method of removing a looseness between a toilet seat and a toilet bowl through a damper locking mechanism, the method comprising:
- providing a hinge base having a biasing member and an interior surface that defines a bore;
- disposing a damper within the bore such that an exterior surface of the damper engages the interior surface;
- and
- imparting, by the biasing member, a radial force to bias the damper into the hinge base and remove a looseness between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.