Nighttime toilet seat position indicator

Abstract

A device to detect the position of the toilet seat and alert the user by means of a visual signal. It consists of housing mounted on the underside of a toilet seat cover (3). The housing encloses a light source (4), the circuit (5) and power source (11) required to energize the source and a mechanically operated sensor device (7), which detects the position of the seat If the seat is up, the sensor device detects the position of the seat whereby sending the appropriate signal through the electronic circuitry to gently illuminate the seat cover with the light source (FIG. 2). The device has the built-in feature, which prevents it to activate the light source when both seat and cover are in horizontal down position, thereby conserving the power in the batteries which are used as the power source (FIG. 3). The device is designed in such a way that it provides no signal to the potential user of the toilet when the seat is down, whereby avoiding unnecessary light to further awaken a drowsy user in the middle of the night. Thus the invention provides a female friendly functionality, in which, it does not disturb the female user with unnecessary signal when not needed. In addition, the device also helps training the male users to bringing the seat down after using the toilet since during the urination by a male user, the light signal will be on to warn him to lower the seat after the use of the toilet is completed. In addition, the device has the built in feature that makes the device inactive during daytime operation through its unique swinging arm (7) design (FIG. 4) even when the seat and the seat cover are in up position.

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