Handle attachment for toilet seat

A handle for a toilet seat having an opening, the toilet seat positioned atop a toilet bowl rim, said handle assembly comprising:

• a mounting plate having a first lower surface adapted to bear atop a toilet bowl rim and an upper surface adapted to bear against an underside of a toilet seat;
• first and second laterally spaced-apart edges on said plate;
• a single upstanding flange extending from said first edge of the plate and presenting a convex vertical surface, said convex vertical surface adapted for contiguous placement against a concave edge of the opening of the toilet seat for resisting forces acting on said flange, said contiguous placement positioning said second edge of said mounting plate at a position generally adjacent an outside edge of the seat;
• adhesive means along said second edge of said upper surface of said plate for affixing said plate to the underside of the toilet seat;
• means extending from said second edge of said plate for releasable attachment of a handle thereto;
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• a handle for user grasping connected to said releasable attachment means, the forces acting on said flange resulting from a user manipulation of said handle, said flange cooperating with said adhesive means to resist the user forces on said handle.

A handle assembly for a toilet seat having an opening, the toilet seat pivotally mounted to a toilet bowl rim, said handle assembly comprising:

• a mounting plate having a first lower surface adapted to bear against a toilet bowl rim and an upper surface adapted to be positioned contiguous an underside of a toilet seat, said mounting plate having a width corresponding to a width of the toilet seat;
• first and second laterally spaced-apart edges on said plate, said respective edges adapted to lie adjacent an edge of the opening and adjacent an outside edge of the toilet seat, said plate edges having a curvature adapted to follow a curvature of the edge of an opening of the toilet seat and the outside edge of the toilet seat;
• a single upstanding flange extending from and completely along said first edge of the plate and presenting a vertical surface, said vertical surface having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the edge of the opening of the toilet seat whereby to be adapted for contiguous placement against the edge of the opening of the toilet seat to resist forces acting on said plate, said flange contiguous placement cooperating with said mounting plate width for positioning said second edge of said mounting plate at a position generally collinear with the outside edge of the seat;
• adhesive means on said upper surface of said plate and at least adjacent said second edge of said plate for affixing said plate to the underside of the toilet seat with said flange in said contiguous placement;
• means extending from said second edge of said plate for releasable attachment of a handle thereto;
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• a handle adapted for user grasping connected to said releasable attachment means.