US 5,704,075 AGranted

Stay-dry toilet seat

OwnerMindy Machanicinventor

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Abstract

An apparatus is provided for use with a toilet bowl that keeps the user dry from moisture or other dirt found on conventional toilet seats. The apparatus includes two thigh support pads for contacting and supporting part of the backs of the thighs of a user, and two support members. Each of the support members has a top portion being rigidly coupled to a bottom side of one of the two thigh support pads. The apparatus also includes a seat frame, connectable to a back end of the toilet bowl, that connects to each of the bottom portions of the two support members. Each of the two thigh support pads has a front and a back, with the back being angled at least 25 degrees from the front, so that the two thigh support pads facilitate the user maintaining a semi-squatting position over the toilet bowl.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for use with a toilet bowl, said apparatus comprising:

two thigh support pads, each of said two thigh support pads having a bottom side and a top side, said top side for contacting and supporting part of a respective back of a thigh of a user;
two support members, each of said two support members having a top portion and a bottom portion, said top portion being rigidly coupled to a respective said bottom side of a respective one of said two thigh support pads;
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a seat frame, said seat frame connectable to the toilet bowl, and said seat frame connecting to each of said bottom portions of said two support members;
and
wherein each of said two thigh support pads has a front and a back, said back being upwardly sloped relative to said front at a substantially fixed angle of at least 25 degrees with respect to horizontal, said two thigh support pads facilitating the user maintaining a semi-standing position over the toilet bowl, said thighs of the user being supported by said thigh support pads at said angle to maintain the user in said semi-standing position during use of the toilet bowl.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.