Toilet seat and cover assembly

A toilet seat structure having a water tank, a bowl, a seat normally resting horizontally on the bowl, a cover normally horizontally resting on the seat and hinge means secured to the bowl in interconnecting relationship to the seat and the cover for swinging movement thereof separately or together toward an upstanding position adjacent the tank, releasable means for preventing the seat from swinging toward the bowl by gravitation when the seat and the cover are in said upstand position, said releasable means comprising:

• at least one element for the seat and for the cover respectively,
• said elements being characterized by having a magnetic force acting mutually therebetween tending to draw the same together and resisting their separation when the elements are in relatively close proximity to each other;
• and
• means attaching the elements to the seat and to the cover in position for bringing the elements into said relatively close proximity to each other when the seat and cover are swung to said upstanding position.