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US 2025/0352009 A1Published application
Flexible toilet seat
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorJeffrey T. Laundre
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Abstract
A toilet seat includes a seat including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, an inner edge where the top surface and the bottom surface meet, an outer surface connecting an outer perimeter of the top surface and an outer perimeter of the bottom surface, and a cavity in the outer surface extending toward the inner edge. The toilet seat further includes a cushion disposed in the cavity. The top surface and the cushion may be configured to deform elastically and vertically in response to a load applied to the top surface.
Claims20
A toilet seat assembly comprising:
- a seat including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, an inner edge where the top surface and the bottom surface meet, an outer surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a cavity disposed in the outer surface of the seat and extending around an outer perimeter of the seat;
- and
- a cushion disposed within the cavity.
A toilet seat comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- an inner edge where the top surface and the bottom surface meet;
- an outer surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- a cavity disposed in the outer surface of the seat and extending along an outer perimeter of the seat;
- and
- a cushion disposed in the cavity.
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A toilet comprising:
- a bowl;
- and
- a toilet seat coupled to the bowl, the seat comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- an inner edge where the top surface and the bottom surface meet;
- an outer surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- a cavity including a cavity top surface and a cavity bottom surface disposed in the outer surface of the seat and extending around an outer perimeter of the seat;
- and
- a cushion disposed in the cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.