Toilet light
OwnerPatrick G. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A toilet light assembly which is mounted on the underside of a lid for a toilet and has a bulb which is energized by a gravity switch with movement of the lid from a lowered to a raised position.
Claims4
In combination with a toilet including a toilet bowl, a seat including a central opening and a lid, the lid and seat being hinged to the bowl and having a lowered position overlying the bowl and a raised substantially upright position,
- a light assembly mounted on the under side of the lid in a position framed by the seat opening with the seat and lid in an upright position,
- said assembly including an electrically operated light source, electric current supply means for supplying current to energize the light source, and a circuit connecting the supply means and source including a gravity operated switch, said switch being adjustable to close the circuit between said light source and supply means with the lid upright and to open the circuit with the lid in its lowered position
- said assembly further including a frame having mounted thereon said light source, supply means, and circuit and the mounting of the assembly on the lid being through securement of said frame to said lid,
- said assembly also further including a shield element mounted on said frame in covering relation over said frame and the light source, supply means, and circuit.
In combination with a toilet including a toilet bowl, a seat including a central opening and a lid, the lid and seat being hinged to the bowl and having a lowered position overlying the bowl and a raised substantially upright position,
- a light assembly disposed on the other side of the lid in a position framed by the seat opening with the seat and lid in an upright position,
- said assembly including a frame detachably mounted on the underside of said lid, a light source mounted on said frame, electric current supply means mounted on said frame for supplying current to energize the light source, and a circuit mounted on said frame connecting the supply means and light source including a gravity operated switch which is adjustable to close the circuit between said light source and its supply means with the lid upright and to open the circuit with the lid in its lowered position,
- said assembly further including a shade element mounted on said frame extending in encompassing relation about the periphery of the frame and in covering relation over said light source, supply means, and circuit, said shade element including light passage means which in conjunction with the underside of said lid defines a light passage channel that faces downwardly from the base of the shade element, said shade element including a skirt portion extending from one side of said light passage means about the shade element to the other side of said light passage means disposed in snug adjacency with the underside of said lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.