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US 6,070,295 AGranted
Quick release toilet seat hinge with swivel
AssigneeBemis Manufacturing Company
InventorRandy K. Hulsebus
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Abstract
A toilet seat hinge for releasably securing a toilet seat to a toilet bowl. The hinge comprises a mounting post and a hinge post. The mounting post is fixed to the toilet bowl. Various alternative constructions are employed for releasably securing the hinge post to the mounting post such that the hinge post and the toilet seat can be removed from the toilet bowl without removing the mounting post.
Claims31
A toilet seat hinge comprising:
- a mounting post fixable to a toilet bowl;
- a hinge post pivotally connectable to a toilet seat, the hinge post being positionable over the mounting post;
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- a latch member having a top wall, the latch member engaging the hinge post, and the latch member being movable to a latched position wherein the latch member directly or indirectly engages the mounting post to substantially prevent upward movement of the latch member and the hinge post relative to the mounting post and wherein the top wall substantially completely covers the mounting post, and the latch member also being movable to an unlatched position wherein the latch member is directly or indirectly disengaged from the mounting post to allow upward movement of the latch member and the hinge post relative to the mounting post and the toilet bowl.
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A toilet seat hinge comprising:
- a mounting post fixable to a toilet bowl, the mounting post including a head, the head having therein at least one recess;
- a hinge post pivotally connectable to a toilet seat, the hinge post being configured so that the hinge post can be placed over the mounting post, and the hinge post including a plurality of flexible projections, each flexible projection extending into an associated recess in the mounting post when the hinge post is placed over the mounting post;
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- a locking member movable between a locked position wherein the locking member engages the flexible projections and thereby locks the hinge post to the mounting post by preventing removal of each flexible projection from the associated recess and an unlocked position wherein the locking member permits removal of the hinge post from the mounting post by allowing removal of each flexible projection from the associated recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.