US 4,926,506 AGranted

Sanitary lavatory seat system

OwnerGrande Wanginventor

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Abstract

A sanitary lavatory seat has a right and left portion which can each be covered with paper or plastic from a roll. The roller is positioned within a casing fixed at the rear of the lavatory seat. Various gears are provided whereby the rolls can be synchronously moved by manual manipulation or by a motor. The paper will move from the rolls, over the respective right or left portions of the seat, wrap around the front of the seat and return under the seat portion to a take-up wheel axle.

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A sanitary lavatory seat system comprising:

a lavatory seat having two generally flat portions and having a protruding portion at the rear thereof, said lavatory seat being positioned above a lavatory bowl;
a casing positioned at the rear of a lavatory bowl, said casing being solely mounted to said protruding portion and said lavatory bowl whereby said sanitary lavatory seat system is free-standing on the lavatory bowl, said lavatory seat being pivotally attached about said protruding portion to said casing whereby said lavatory seat can be raised against said casing, said casing further having a bottom holder, a middle holder and two side covers cooperating with said bottom holder to provide an encloses space on each side of said middle holder;
a wheel axle within each of said two side covers for receiving rolls of covering material;
a take-up wheel axle extending from said middle holder into said two side covers and positioned beneath said wheel axle, each of said rolls having a terminal end which is extended out of a bottom slot of the casing, over the top of one of the generally flat portions of the lavatory seat, deflected around a front edge of the generally flat portion, extended under the generally flat portion, returned into the casing and wound around the take-up wheel axle;
a pair of fixed guide rods within each of the two side covers, one of the pair of rods guiding the covering material leaving the casing through the slot and the other of the pair of rods guiding the covering material returning to the casing to be wound around said take-up wheel, said one pair of at guide rods being positioned beneath said wheel axle;
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drive means positioned within said middle holder for rotating the take-up wheel axle to synchronously slide the covering material over the lavatory seat for a fixed length to thereby cover the two generally flat portions of the lavatory seat and to present a clean and sanitary portion of the covering material upon each activation of the drive means;
each of said wheel axles, said take-up wheel axle, said pair of fixed guide rods and said drive means all being located within said enclosed space of said casing whereby said covering material can assuredly remain clean until moved out of said casing and over the top of the generally flat portions of the lavatory seat by said drive means and whereby damage to said wheel axles, take-up wheel axle, guide rods and drive means can be avoided further comprising a wheel hub positioned on said take-up wheel axle for each of said rolls and a driving wheel fixedly attached on said take-up wheel axle of each of said wheel hubs, said driving wheel being rotatable with said take-up wheel axle and having a groove therein for receiving a portion of the wheel hub to lock the hub therewith whereby said wheel hub will be rotated with said take-up wheel axle, each of said wheel hubs being longitudinally slidable along said take-up wheel axle to facilitate replacement of the covering material.

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Abstract

A sanitary lavatory seat system comprising:

a lavatory seat having two generally flat portions and having a protruding portion at the rear thereof, said lavatory seat being positioned above a lavatory bowl;
a casing positioned at the rear of a lavatory bowl, said casing being solely mounted to said protruding portion and said lavatory bowl whereby said sanitary lavatory seat system is free-standing on the lavatory bowl, said lavatory seat being pivotally attached about said protruding portion to said casing whereby said lavatory seat can be raised against said casing, said casing further having a bottom holder, a middle holder and two side covers cooperating with said bottom holder to provide an encloses space on each side of said middle holder;
a wheel axle within each of said two side covers for receiving rolls of covering material;
a take-up wheel axle extending from said middle holder into said two side covers and positioned beneath said wheel axle, each of said rolls having a terminal end which is extended out of a bottom slot of the casing, over the top of one of the generally flat portions of the lavatory seat, deflected around a front edge of the generally flat portion, extended under the generally flat portion, returned into the casing and wound around the take-up wheel axle;
a pair of fixed guide rods within each of the two side covers, one of the pair of rods guiding the covering material leaving the casing through the slot and the other of the pair of rods guiding the covering material returning to the casing to be wound around said take-up wheel, said one pair of at guide rods being positioned beneath said wheel axle;
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drive means positioned within said middle holder for rotating the take-up wheel axle to synchronously slide the covering material over the lavatory seat for a fixed length to thereby cover the two generally flat portions of the lavatory seat and to present a clean and sanitary portion of the covering material upon each activation of the drive means;
each of said wheel axles, said take-up wheel axle, said pair of fixed guide rods and said drive means all being located within said enclosed space of said casing whereby said covering material can assuredly remain clean until moved out of said casing and over the top of the generally flat portions of the lavatory seat by said drive means and whereby damage to said wheel axles, take-up wheel axle, guide rods and drive means can be avoided further comprising a wheel hub positioned on said take-up wheel axle for each of said rolls and a driving wheel fixedly attached on said take-up wheel axle of each of said wheel hubs, said driving wheel being rotatable with said take-up wheel axle and having a groove therein for receiving a portion of the wheel hub to lock the hub therewith whereby said wheel hub will be rotated with said take-up wheel axle, each of said wheel hubs being longitudinally slidable along said take-up wheel axle to facilitate replacement of the covering material.

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