Automatically adjusted water closet for handicapped and other family members

Elevation adjusting apparatus for connection to a vertical wall for allowing elevation adjustment of a toilet, said apparatus comprising:

• an outer box-shaped frame adapted to be mounted to the wall such that two opposing sides thereof are oriented substantially vertically, said sides having opposing channels mounted thereto interiorly of said outer frame;
• an inner box-shaped frame having guide wheels mounted to two opposing sides thereof exteriorly of said inner frame, said wheels being engaged with said channels to allow substantially vertical displacement of said inner frame with respect to said outer frame;
• a toilet carrier fixedly mounted to said inner frame, said carrier having a passage therethrough and being adapted to support the toilet with a discharge pipe thereof extending through said passage;
• and,
• a drive mechanism for effecting said vertical displacement of said inner frame, said mechanism including:
• a pair of spaced apart, substantially vertically oriented drive screws rotatably mounted above said inner frame to said outer frame and freely extending through apertures formed in a top side of said inner frame;
• a safety lifting block having a pair of threaded apertures engaged by lower end portions of said screws;
• a reversible motor mounted to said outer frame;
• and drive linkage operably connecting said motor and said screws,
• whereby said drive mechanism is normally operable to raise and lower the toilet with said inner frame supported on said safety lifting block, but upon interference with the toilet during lowering movement thereof, said safety lifting block will separate from said inner frame thereby preventing exertion of force on the toilet from said motor.