Family toilet seat
AssigneeAdams Safety Seats, Inc.
InventorHarold D. Adams
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Abstract
A multiple toilet seat assembly of the type that permit the selective use of an appropriate sized opening for use by a particular individual e.g. an adult or a child and which affords greater safety due to the elimination of side-to-side lateral movement and more sanitary in that any wetting upon the child seat is prevented from coming in contact with the adult seat.
Claims7
A multiple toilet seat assembly for use with a conventional toilet bowl unit having an opening comprising a cover, an adult seat having a central opening therein and a downwardly extending contoured lip portion closely surrounding the bowl opening, a child seat [intermediate the cover and] mounted on top of said adult seat, said cover being mounted on top of the child seat, said child seat having therein a central opening of a diameter substantially less than the diameter of the central opening of said adult seat, said child seat having a downwardly extending contoured lip portion of a length at least equal to the extension of the lip portion of the adult seat and of a size to [snuggly] snugly fit within the contoured lip portion of the adult seat to thereby prevent lateral side-to-side movement therebetween and to prevent the transfer of liquid from the child seat to the adult seat.
A multiple toilet seat conversion assembly for converting a conventional toilet bowl seat assembly to a multiple toilet bowl seat assembly comprising a child seat and a cover hinged thereto at the rear most portion thereof, said child seat having means associated therewith at the rear thereof for attachment to a conventional hinge assembly on a toilet bowl in conjunction with the conventional toilet seat, said child seat having a central opening of a lesser diameter than the diameter of the conventional toilet seat opening, said child toilet seat having a downwardly extending contoured lip portion, said lip portion being of a size to snugly fit within the central opening of the conventional toilet seat, and of a length to extend below the inside edge portion of the conventional toilet bowl seat to thereby prevent lateral side-to-side movement therebetween and to prevent the transfer of liquid from the child seat to the conventional toilet bowl seat.
A multiple toilet seat conversion assembly as defined in claim [4 or claim] 5 wherein replacement bumpers are provided [to replace the conventional bumpers] on the underside of the conventional toilet seat, said replacement bumpers having downwardly extending contoured lip portions of a size to [snuggly] snugly fit and closely engage the inside edge of the toilet bowl rim portion to prevent lateral side-to-side movement of the conventional toilet bowl seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.