Flip-up potty seat
AssigneeKids2, Inc.
InventorsDana Chicca, Robert Blackadar
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Abstract
The technology herein includes embodiments of a flip-up potty seat comprising a ring connected to a mount via a hinge, wherein the ring can be positioned on a toilet seat of a regular, adult-sized toilet and the mount can be attached to a toilet lid of the regular, adult-sized toilet. Utilizing the technology disclosed herein, improved and sanitary methods of potty training are provided that enable convenient use of a typical standard, adult-sized toilet in a household with convenient, sanitary and immediate inter-conversion of the standard toilet to accommodate adults, children and toddlers, thus saving the need to purchase (and thereafter empty), expensive, limited use and cumbersome potties (e.g., potty chairs) solely devoted to the task of potty training.
Claims19
A flip-up potty seat operative for potty training of toddlers on a regular, adult-sized toilet seat, the flip-up potty seat comprising:
- a mount operative to be attached to a toilet lid of a regular, adult-sized toilet seat's lid;
- a flip-up toilet seat ring connected to the mount via a living hinge, wherein the ring can be positioned down on the toilet seat of the regular, adult-sized toilet seat;
- wherein the ring is thereby in a potty-training use position;
- and
- wherein the ring can be flipped up from the toilet seat to contact the mount and to stay in contact with the mount;
- wherein the ring is thereby in a regular, flipped-up adult use position or a stowed position.
A method of potty training a toddler, the method comprising the steps of:
- (1) obtaining a flip-up potty seat comprising:
- a mount operative to be attached to a toilet lid of a regular, adult-sized toilet seat's lid;
- a flip-up toilet seat ring connected to the mount via a living hinge, wherein the ring can be positioned down on the toilet seat of the regular, adult-sized toilet seat;
- wherein the ring is thereby in a potty-training use position;
- and
- wherein the ring can be flipped up from the toilet seat to contact the mount and to stay in contact with the mount;
- wherein the ring is thereby in a regular, flipped-up adult use position or a stowed position;
- with the mount engaged with the lid and the ring positioned down on the toilet seat of the regular, adult-sized toilet seat in the potty-training use position;
- (2) positioning a toddler over the ring in a potty seated position on the ring;
- and
- (3) encouraging said toddler;
- whereby the toddler remains seated for a sufficient period of time.
A method of converting a regular, adult sized toilet seat to a potty-training toilet seat (and/or vice versa), the method comprising the steps of:
- (1) obtaining a flip-up potty seat comprising:
- a mount operative to be attached to a toilet lid of a regular, adult-sized toilet seat's lid;
- a flip-up toilet seat ring connected to the mount via a living hinge, wherein the ring can be positioned down on the toilet seat of the regular, adult-sized toilet seat;
- wherein the ring is thereby in a potty-training use position;
- and
- wherein the ring can be flipped up from the toilet seat to contact the mount and to stay in contact with the mount;
- wherein the ring is thereby in a regular, flipped-up adult use position or a stowed position;
- with the mount engaged with the lid and the ring positioned up from the toilet seat to contact the mount and to stay in contact with the mount;
- wherein the ring is thereby in a regular, adult use position or a stowed position;
- and
- (2) flipping the ring down from contact with the mount to contact the regular, adult sized toilet seat and to be in the potty-training use position;
- wherein an execution of step (1) and/or step (2) is utilized as needed to interconvert from the potty-training use position to (or from) the regular, adult use position (or the stowed position).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.