Toilet seat tilting device
AssigneeYoung Han Joo
InventorMi Ae Kim
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Abstract
A toilet seat tilting device includes a base, a seat tilting member, a cam member, a first lever, a second lever and a connecting rod. The base includes a cam bracket and a lever bracket. The cam member is pivotally attached to the cam bracket and includes a first arm and a second arm. The first lever and the second lever are pivotally attached to the lever bracket and include a pedal and an actuating arm. The connecting rod connects the cam member and the seat tilting member. When the first pedal is pressed the first actuating arm pivots the first arm of the cam member upward and the seat is tilted upward until the seat is fully pivoted upward, and the seat remains fully pivoted upward. The second pedal similarly operates to tilt the seat downward.
Claims15
A toilet seat tilting device, wherein a seat of a toilet is tilted up or down by the toilet seat tilting device, the device comprising:
- a) a base comprising a cam bracket and a lever bracket;
- b) a seat tilting member;
- c) a cam member pivotally attached to the cam bracket and comprising a cam pivot point, around which the cam member is pivoted, a first arm, and a second arm, wherein the first arm and the second arm are positioned opposite with respect to the cam pivot point;
- d) a first lever pivotally attached to the lever bracket and comprising a first lever pivot point, around which the first lever is pivoted, a first pedal, and a first actuating arm, wherein the first pedal and the first actuating arm are positioned opposite with respect to the first lever pivot point;
- e) a second lever pivotally attached to the lever bracket and comprising a second lever pivot point, around which the second lever is pivoted, a second pedal, and a second actuating arm, wherein the second pedal and the second actuating arm are positioned opposite with respect to the second lever pivot point;
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- f) a connecting rod connecting the cam member and the seat tilting member;
- wherein when the first pedal is pressed the first actuating arm pivots the first arm of the cam member upward and the seat of the toilet is tilted upward until the seat is fully pivoted upward, and the seat remains fully pivoted upward;
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- wherein when the second pedal is pressed the second actuating arm pivots the second arm of the cam member upward and the seat of the toilet is tilted downward until the seat is fully pivoted downward, and the seat remains fully pivoted downward.
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