# US 2016/0257537 A1 · Jack Operated Toilet Lifting Device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0257537 A1 - Document ID: US20160257537A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/058,558 - Filed: 2016-03-02 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-02 - Inventors: Randall Graham - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160257537A1 ## CPC - B66F 9/065: non-masted (mobile jacks of the garage type mounted on wheels or rollers B66F5/00) - B66C 1/18: Band-type slings - B66C 23/48: Manually-movable jib cranes for use in workshops - E03D 9/00: Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories (hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl A47K11/10; seats or covers for closets A47K13/00; body supports, other than seats for closets A47K17/02; devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C1/10 ){; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells (cleaning, disinfecting or deodorising the seat A47K13/30)} - B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00) - B66C: CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES ({specially adapted for lifting invalids A61G7/10;} rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21) - E03D: WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR ## Abstract A device for lifting a toilet includes a base frame member disposed adjacent to a toilet (not part of the invention) such that the toilet can be elevated to a predetermined distance. The device further includes a substantially vertical elevation member secured to the base frame via a horizontal offset member integrally joined to the base frame, a lifting arm secured to the elevation member, a lifting member or strap assembly secure to the lifting arm, and a manually operated jack secured upon the horizontal offset member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A jack operated toilet lifting device comprising: a base frame disposed adjacent to a toilet such that the toilet can be elevated a predetermined distance; a substantially vertical elevation member secured to said base frame; a lifting arm secured to said elevation member, said lifting arm being disposed above the toilet at a predetermined elevation; a lifting member secured to said lifting arm, said lifting member ultimately supporting the toilet a predetermined distance above a floor portion; and means for elevating said lifting arm a distance that separates the toilet from the floor portion a predetermined distance, whereby said toilet lifting device is disposed relative to a toilet such that the toilet can be elevated to allow a seal to be inserted in a conduit that ultimately receives a discharge from the toilet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The toilet lifting device of claim 1 wherein said base frame includes means for promoting the manual movement of said base frame upon a floor portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The toilet lifting device of claim 2 wherein said base frame includes a substantially “U” shaped configuration having dimensions that allows said base frame to be disposed about the toilet such that a front member of said base frame is disposed adjacent to a front portion of the toilet, and substantially parallel side members are disposed adjacent to opposite side portions of the toilet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The toilet lifting device of claim 1 wherein said elevation member is integrally secured to said base frame via a horizontal offset member that horizontally offsets said elevation member from said base frame to prevent the toilet from obstructing the optimum positioning of said toilet lifting device relative to the toilet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The toilet lifting device of claim 1 wherein said elevation member includes a plurality of apertures for receiving a retaining bolt to pivotally secure said lifting arm to said elevation member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The toilet lifting device of claim 4 wherein said elevating means includes a manually operated jack. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The toilet lifting device of claim 6 wherein said manually operated jack is disposed upon said horizontal member between said elevation member and said base frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The toilet lifting device of claim 7 wherein said elevating means includes a lower horizontal member having a pivot end pivotally secured to an upper portion of said elevation member via a bolt member inserted through apertures in said pivot end of said lower horizontal member and through a cooperating aperture in said elevation member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The toilet lifting device of claim 7 wherein said elevating means includes a lift member having a pivot end pivotally secured to a lower portion of said elevation member via a bolt member inserted through apertures in said pivot end of said lift member and through a cooperating aperture in said elevation member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The toilet lifting device of claim 8 wherein said elevating means includes a lift bar member having a lower end pivotally secured to a second end of said lower horizontal member, said lift bar member having an upper end pivotally secured to a second end of an upper horizontal member via a bolt member inserted through apertures in said second end of said upper horizontal member and through a cooperating aperture in said lift bar member, said upper horizontal member having a first end pivotally secured to an upper portion of said elevation member via a bolt member inserted through apertures in said first end of said upper horizontal member and through a cooperating aperture in said elevation member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The toilet lifting device of claim 1 wherein said lifting arm elevating means includes a strap assembly secured to said lifting arm via at least one connecting ring inserted through a cooperating aperture in said lifting arm, said strap assembly having an annular portion disposed about a bowl portion of the toilet and at least one support portion having lower ends joined to said annular portion and upper ends joined to said connecting ring inserted through said cooperating aperture in said lifting arm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The toilet lifting device of claim 10 wherein said strap assembly includes at least two support portions each having lower ends joined to predetermined portions of said annular portion, and each support portion having upper ends joined to connecting rings inserted through cooperating apertures in said lifting arm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The toilet lifting device of claim 2 wherein said means for promoting the manual movement of said base frame upon a floor portion includes wheel castors attached to predetermined bottom portions of said front and side members of said base frame. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The toilet lifting device of claim 2 wherein said means for promoting the manual movement of said base frame upon a floor portion includes lockable swivel wheel castors attached to a front portion of said base frame and straight wheel castors capable of only lineal movement attached to a back portion of said base frame. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The toilet lifting device of claim 2 wherein said means for promoting the manual movement of said base frame upon a floor portion includes wheel extension members attached to respective front and back portions of said base frame such that castor wheels are attached to corresponding wheel extension members to increase manual control of the positioning of said toilet lifting device about the toilet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The toilet lifting device of claim 1 wherein said elevation means includes a vertical portion of said lifting arm vertically sliding over said elevation member, and a jack lifting member horizontally secured to said vertical portion to promote the vertical lifting of said vertical portion by a manually operated jack to ultimately elevate a toilet above a floor portion. ### Claim 17 A toilet lifting device comprising: a base frame disposed adjacent to a toilet such that the toilet can be elevated a predetermined distance; a substantially vertical elevation member secured to said base frame; a lifting arm detachably secured to said elevation member, said lifting arm having a horizontal bar with a plurality of apertures disposed above the toilet a predetermined elevation; a substantially horizontal jack lifting member secured to a vertical portion of said lifting arm, said jack lifting member ultimately supporting the toilet a predetermined distance above a floor portion; and means for forcibly elevating said jack lifting member a distance that correspondingly elevates the toilet above the floor portion a predetermined distance. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The toilet lifting device of claim 17 wherein said lifting arm includes a vertical portion with a relatively longer longitudinal dimension than the longitudinal dimension of said substantially vertical elevation member, thereby allowing said vertical portion of said lifting arm to slid upon said substantially vertical elevation member such that said vertical portion is allowed to engage an offset member secured to said base frame. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The toilet lifting device of claim 17 wherein a retaining bolt is inserted through aligned apertures in said elevation member and said vertical portion of said lifting arm, thereby preventing injury to a person operating said toilet lifting device and/or damage to the toilet in the event that said forcible elevating means should fail, resulting in a relatively fast lowering of said vertical portion over said elevation member. ### Claim 20 A lifting device comprising: a base frame; an elevation member secured to said base frame; a lifting arm detachably secured to said elevation member, said lifting arm having a horizontal portion disposed above a predetermined object a predetermined elevation; a substantially horizontal jack lifting member secured to a vertical portion of said lifting arm, said jack lifting member ultimately supporting the predetermined object a predetermined distance above a floor portion; and means for forcibly elevating said jack lifting member a distance that correspondingly elevates the predetermined object a predetermined distance.