Gas spring lift assisted toilet seat assembly
OwnerAnthony Michael Mastropoleinventor
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Abstract
A gas spring lift assisted toilet seat assembly comprising a generally u-shaped first frame mountable to a toilet bowl at the rear of the toilet bowl through existing bolt holes in the toilet bowl and extending a distance below the top of the toilet bowl; a second frame mountable to a toilet seat at the rear thereof, preferably but not necessarily by attachment to a toilet seat hinge subassembly; at least one gas spring configured in a permanently open position and pivotably attached at a first end to that portion of the first frame extending below the top of the toilet bowl and pivotably attached at a second end to the second frame; and at least one bracket mountable to a forward part of the toilet seat for pivotable engagement of the toilet seat with the forward rim of the toilet bowl.
Claims8
A gas spring lift assisted toilet seat assembly, consisting of:
- a) a U-shaped first frame attachable to an associated toilet bowl assembly and having first and second side portions extending downward a distance from a toilet seat of said associated toilet bowl assembly to which said assembly may be mounted, wherein said U-shaped first frame in use is attached to and supported by said associated toilet bowl assembly;
- b) a U-shaped second frame mountable to said toilet seat at the rear thereof and straddling said U-shaped first frame and having first and second side portions extending downward a distance from said toilet seat outside said first and second side portions of said U-shaped first frame;
- c) at least one gas spring pivotably attached at a first end to one of said first and second side portions of said U-shaped first frame and pivotably attached at a second end to one of said first and second side portions of said U-shaped second frame;
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- d) at least one bracket mountable to a forward part of said toilet seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.