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US 2025/0318700 A1Published application
Motorized toilet seat
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorHiroyuki Muraoka
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Abstract
A toilet includes a base, at least one arm, a cover, a bridge and a seat. The cover is rotatably coupled to the base via the at least one arm and spaced apart from the base via the at least one arm. The seat is rotatably coupled to the cover via the bridge and spaced apart from the cover via the bridge.
Claims20
A toilet comprising:
- a base;
- at least one arm;
- a cover rotatably coupled to the base via the at least one arm and spaced apart from the base via the at least one arm;
- a bridge;
- and
- a seat rotatably coupled to the cover via the bridge and spaced apart from the cover via the bridge.
3 more elements
A drive system for a toilet, the drive system comprising:
- a first motor configured to lift a cover and a seat of the toilet;
- a second motor configured to rotate the cover independent from the seat;
- and
- at least one third motor configured to rotate the seat with respect to the cover.
1 more element
A method for positioning a toilet seat on a toilet bowl, the method comprising:
- receiving input to data to trigger positioning the toilet seat;
- rotating the toilet seat and a cover;
- positioning the seat away from the cover with a pivoting bridge;
- and
- rotating the seat to the toilet bowl.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.