Hinge for toilet seat
AssigneeGinsey Industries, Inc.
InventorsMilton Ginsburg, C. Bruce Dawson
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Abstract
A composite hinge for a toilet seat comprises three leaves, namely, a bowl leaf, a seat leaf and a lid leaf. The three leaves are assembled into a unit by snap fitting the individual pieces together in interlocking manner. The assembled hinge is then adapted to be secured to the underside of the lid and to the underside of the seat ring by snap fitting the respective leaves into expandible holes in the seat ring and lid. The seat ring and lid are provided with studs with enlarged frusto-conical heads which are adapted to pass through the expandible holes which, after passage, contract to capture the studs.
Claims16
A composite hinge for a toilet seat and lid adapted to be assembled by snap fitting together the elements of the hinge, said hinge comprising:
- a. a bowl leaf;
- b. a lid leaf;
- c. a seat leaf;
- d. said lid leaf having a forwardly extending portion and a pair of spaced-apart legs depending from said forwardly extending portion at the rearward end thereof, each of said legs of said lid leaf having a pair of integral pins extending laterally therefrom in opposing inward and outward directions, with the inwardly extending pins facing each other at spaced separation;
- e. said seat leaf having a forwardly extending portion and an arm extending upwardly therefrom at the rearward end thereof, said upwardly extending portion being provided with opposed recesses for receiving the inwardly extending pins of said legs of said lid leaf, said opposed recesses defining a neck therebetween, the portion of said upwardly extending arm rearward of said neck having a camming edge for spreading apart the inwardly extending pins of said lid-leaf legs;
- f. said bowl leaf having a base portion and a pair of spaced-apart arms extending upwardly from the forward portion of said base portion, the surfaces of said arms which face inwardly toward each other including camming surfaces, said legs above said camming surfaces being provided with recesses for receiving the outwardly extending pins of said lid-leaf legs.
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