Automated hygienic toilet seat with guide shield

A sanitary toilet seat assembly for advancing tubular plastic around a toilet seat, said assembly comprising:

• a toilet seat having a first end and a second end;
• a base member to which the toilet seat is operatively connected;
• a top cover covering at least a portion of the base member, thereby forming a housing;
• a dispenser shaft proximate said first end;
• a take-up shaft proximate said second end;
• tubular plastic forming a roll around said dispenser shaft, extending around said toilet seat, and forming a roll around said take-up shaft;
• a counter shaft having a plurality of projections about its periphery for engaging the tubular plastic, distal ends of the projections defining an outer circumference;
• a motor within said housing for operatively driving said take-up shaft to advance said tubular plastic in a travel direction;
• a unitary pressure member for forcing the tubular plastic against said counter shaft, said pressure member extending continuously in a unitary construction downward from an upper internal surface of said top cover to a stationary pressure edge, said pressure edge having a long axis and a short axis defining a contact area with the tubular plastic, said long axis substantially transverse to said travel direction, whereby contact between said tubular plastic and said counter shaft is improved;
• and
• a guide shield secured to the base member,
• wherein the guide shield has a top portion extending into a region lying between a first tangential plane and a second tangential plane, extending parallel to the base member and tangentially from opposing points along the outer circumference of the counter shaft projections.