Sanitary toilet seat apparatus
OwnerJacob Roginskyinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing a protective sheet or substrate on the upper surface of a toilet seat includes a supply storage container disposed at a first end of the toilet seat to store a supply of individual protective sheets, each having an opening, and connected in a continuous fashion. The protective sheet extends across the top of the toilet seat and a take-up container disposed at a second end of the toilet seat opposite to the first end is for taking-up the sheet after use. A mechanism is provided for advancing the sheet and winding it on a shaft.
Claims24
An apparatus for providing a protective substrate on a seat of a toilet, said apparatus comprising:
- a supply storage container, disposed at a first end of said toilet seat, for storing a supply of individual protective substrates connected in a continuous fashion, said supply storage container having a supply aperture formed therein, wherein said individual protective substrates may be pulled through said supply aperture;
- a take up container, disposed at a second end of said toilet seat opposite to said first end of said toilet seat, for taking-up said individual protective substrates pulled through said supply aperture, said take-up container comprising (i) an openable housing having a take-up aperture formed therethrough dimensioned to receive said individual protective substrates, (ii) a rotatable shaft disposed within said housing for receiving and wrapping said individual protective substrates thereabout;
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- rotating means, operatively connected only to said rotatable shaft, for selectively rotating said shaft so as to take-up said individual protective substrates;
- said rotatable shaft having means for disconnection from said rotating means and a longitudinally extending slit to receive a leading edge of a sheet of said substrates, said slit being non-radial in relation to a cross-section of said rotatable shaft so that said shaft, when loaded with a roll of protective substrates wound therearound, can be removed from said housing and the shaft slid axially out of said roll for re-use of said shaft.
A sanitary toilet seat comprising:
- a seat portion having an aperture formed therethrough;
- a supply storage container of general cylindrical shape having an openable cap at one end, integrally connected to a front end of said seat portion, for storing a supply of individual protective substrates connected in a continuous fashion, said supply storage container having a supply aperture formed therein, said supply aperture facing downwardly so that a front edge of the supply storage container, which would in use come into contact with the back of a user's legs, is covered by a portion of a protective substrate, wherein said individual protective substrates may be pulled through said supply aperture;
- a take up container, integrally connected to a back end of said seat portion opposite to said front end of said seat portion, for taking-up said individual protective substrates pulled through said supply aperture, said take-up container comprising (i) an openable housing having a take-up aperture formed therethrough dimensioned to receive said individual protective substrates, and (ii) a rotatable shaft disposed within said housing for receiving and wrapping said individual protective substrates thereabout;
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- rotating means, operatively connected only to said rotatable shaft, for selectively rotating said shaft so as to take,up said individual protective substrates;
- said rotatable shaft having means for disconnection from said rotating means and a longitudinally extending slit to receive a leading edge of a sheet of said substrates, said slit being non-radial in relation to a cross-section of said rotatable shaft so that said shaft, when loaded with a roll of protective substances wound therearound, can be removed from said housing and the shaft slid axially out of said roll for re-use of said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.