Toilet seat lock
OwnerDaniel C. Lawsoninventor
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Abstract
A device for use with a toilet seat including a lever adapted to fit through a hole in the toilet seat cover so as to allow rotation of the lever when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, a latch connected to the lever so that the latch will rotate in direct relationship to the lever and pivotally connected to the lever so that when the toilet seat cover is in a vertical position, the latch will lay substantially against the toilet seat cover and when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, the latch will hang away from the toilet seat cover, and a retainer which is adapted to be affixed to a toilet and positioned so that when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, rotation of the lever will allow rotation of the latch into or out from the retainer.
Claims10
A device for use with a toilet and toilet seat cover comprising:
- a lever adapted to fit through a hole in said toilet seat cover so as to allow rotation of said lever when said toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position;
- a latch connected to said lever so that said latch will rotate in direct relationship to said lever and pivotally connected to said lever so that when said toilet seat cover is in a vertical position, said latch will lay substantially against said toilet seat cover and when said toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, said latch will hang away from said toilet seat cover;
- and,
- a retainer which is adapted to be affixed to said toilet and postioned so that when said toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, rotation of said lever will allow rotation of said latch into or out from said retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.