Toilet seat locking assembly and method

A device for securing a toilet seat connected to a toilet bowl by a bolt, said device comprising:

• a. a seating nut adapted to provide a secure connection between the bolt and an underside of a lip of the toilet bowl, said seating nut further comprising
• i. an interior threaded section adapted to receive and engage the bolt,
• ii. a fluted top adapted to provide a secure connection between the bolt and an underside of the toilet within an aperture thereof,
• iii. at least one pilot extending from at least one seating nut ramp attached to the seating nut, and adapted to connect to a locking nut assembly, and designed to break away from the at least one seating nut ramp upon turning the handle of the locking nut assembly past a limit of the seating nut, and
• iv. at least one seating nut ramp extending from the seating nut adapted to engage within the locking nut assembly to secure a connection between the seating nut and the locking nut;
• and
• b. the locking nut assembly comprising:
• i. an interior threaded section adapted to receive and engage the bolt,
• ii. at least one pilot receiving slot adapted to engage the at least one pilot,
• iii. at least one ramp receiving stop slot adapted to engage the at least one seating nut ramp, and
• iv. a handle section adapted to turn the locking nut for quick and easy installation.

A method for securely installing a toilet seat with two hinge assemblies, each having an aperture alignable with corresponding apertures in a toilet bowl, said method comprising:

• a. inserting two bolts respectively through apertures in a toilet seat hinge assembly in alignment with and through apertures in a toilet bowl rim;
• b. securing the bolts to an underside of the toilet bowl rim through installation of two toilet seat locking systems, said locking systems each comprising:
• i. a seating nut adapted to provide a secure connection between the bolt and an underside of a lip of the toilet bowl, said seating nut further comprising;
• 1. an interior threaded section adapted to receive and engage the bolt,
• 2. at least one pilot extending from a seating nut ramp attached to the seating nut, and adapted to engage within a locking nut assembly, and designed to break away from the seating nut ramp within the locking nut assembly, and
• 3. at least one ramp extending from the seating nut adapted to engage within the locking nut assembly to secure a connection between the seating nut and the locking nut;
• and
• i. the locking nut assembly comprising:
• 1. an interior threaded section adapted to receive and engage the bolt,
• 2. at least one pilot receiving slot adapted to engage the at least one pilot,
• 3. at least one ramp receiving slot stop adapted to engage the at least one ramp, and
• 4. a handle section adapted to turn the locking nut for quick and easy installation;
• and
• c. said installation of the each of the toilet seat locking systems comprising the steps of:
• i. engaging the bolt within the interior threaded sections of the seating nut and locking nut assembly,
• ii. turning the seating nut through engagement with the locking nut assembly until the seating nut is fully seated against the underside of the toilet bowl lip and partially within the aperture in the toilet bowl rim, and the at least one pilot has broken off into the pilot receiving slot of the locking nut assembly, and
• iii. continuing to turn the locking nut with the handle past a point at which the seating nut is firmly seated, and the at least one ramp slides into the ramp receiving stop slot, with the locking nut firmly abutting and tightened against the seating nut, to be locked itself into place, in a manner incapable of self-loosening.