Toilet seat handle

In combination, a water closet having a seat and a handle assembly attached to one side of said seat for lifting said seat,

• said handle assembly comprising,
• a mounting plate having two flat sides, two edges and two ends,
• a rectangular groove in one said flat side and extending through one end and two spaced rectangular notches in the side of said plate opposite said groove,
• said groove and said notches each extending approximately half-way through said mounting plate,
• spaced countersunk holes in said mounting plate extending from the bottom of each said notch through said plate,
• one end of each said hole terminating at said notches in a countersunk hole,
• a flat-head screw in each said hole attaching said mounting plate to said seat,
• a rectangular block fitted into each said notch,
• an arm received in said groove between said mounting plate and said seat,
• a counterbored hole in said arm,
• said arm terminating at the end remote from said mounting plate in a cylindrical member,
• a spherical member,
• said spherical member having a bore therethrough,
• one end of said bore in said spherical member being countersunk,
• a pin extending through said bore in said spherical member, through said counterbored hole in said arm and having a threaded end engaging a threaded hole in said mounting plate,
• said pin having a shoulder adjacent said threaded end engaging a shoulder on said arm holding said arm to said mounting plate in fixed position.