Powered lift toilet seat

A powered lift toilet seat, comprising:

• a toilet seat having a frontward portion, a rearward portion and a pair of toilet seat support sides;
• a support assembly for supporting said toilet seat over a toilet bowl positioned on a floor, said support assembly comprising a pair of support assembly sides braced by a plurality of transverse braces, each of said support assembly sides having a front member, a lower member, an upper member and a rear member;
• means for moving said toilet seat between a first position horizontally disposed above the toilet bowl and a second position elevated and tilted forward relative to the toilet bowl, said means for moving said toilet seat comprising at least one seat-raising linkage associated with one of said support assembly sides comprising a longitudinal slot in a respective one of said toilet seat support sides, a supporting arm having a first end pivotally coupled to a fixed point in said front member of said support assembly side and a second end having a bearing pin disposed in said longitudinal slot for both pivotal and longitudinal sliding motion of said supporting arm relative to said toilet seat, a reversible electrically powered linear actuator pivotally coupled at a fixed rearward point in said rear member of said support assembly side and having a driving member, said driving member having an end pivotally coupled to a point in said frontward portion of said toilet seat, and means for pivotally coupling said drive member to said supporting arm at an intermediate point intermediate to said first and second ends of said supporting arm and intermediate to said end of said drive member and said fixed rearward point of said rear member;
• a pair of armrests pivotally connected to said support assembly;
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• means for moving said armrests along an arcuate path between a position corresponding to said first position wherein said armrests are disposed substantially above said toilet seat to a position corresponding to said second position wherein said armrests are disposed relatively higher and forward of said position corresponding to said first position and simultaneously maintaining said armrests parallel to the floor.