US 5,685,023 AGranted

Child commode seat

OwnerWilliam D. Alstoninventor

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Abstract

A child commode seat is to be used in combination with a conventional toilet seat that is to decrease the dimension of the opening within the conventional toilet seat that is to be of a size to permit usage by children. The child commode seat comprises an annular ring shaped member to which is integrally secured and protrudes laterally therefrom a thin, narrow strip of a plastic material. This thin, narrow strip is to be bent over in a deflect configuration with the outer end of the strip to be located directly adjacent the undersurface of the seat. An adhesive pad is to secure the outer end to the undersurface. A biasing action is created by the thin, narrow strip that is not sufficient to lift the annular ring shaped member from the seat, but is sufficient to hold the annular ring shaped member in an upright position when it is manually moved to the upright position which is located substantially ninety degrees from the position directly adjacent the seat.

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Dependent claims

In combination with a conventional toilet, said toilet having a bowl, said bowl having a rim, a seat formed in a ring shape enclosing a first opening, said seat being mounted on said rim, said seat having an undersurface located directly adjacent said rim and an upper surface upon which it is adapted that a human sit, a child commode seat comprising:

an annular ring shaped member having a second opening, said opening being smaller in size than said first opening, said annular ring shaped member being movable between a down position located on said seat to an upright position forming substantially a ninety degree angle relative to said seat;
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a thin, narrow strip integral with said annular ring shaped member, said strip having an outer end, securement means attached to said outer end, said strip being deflected into a bent-over-upon-itself configuration with said outer end being located against said undersurface, said securement means for securely mounting said strip onto said undersurface of said seat, a biasing action is produced by said strip being deflected which tends to lift said annular shaped member and which will function to maintain said annular ring shaped member in said upright position when located in said upright position, said biasing action not being sufficient to lift said annular ring shaped member when in said down position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.