Patent ID: 11910968
Assignee: CLEANA INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A self-lifting toilet seat system comprising:
a toilet seat configured to be sat upon by a user;
a hinge configured to rotatably couple the toilet seat and a toilet bowl, the hinge configured so that the toilet seat is transitionable from an up position to a down position;
a lifting system configured to raise the toilet seat towards the up position;
a substantially sealed hinge housing having at least a portion of a delay system therein, the delay system configured to cause a time delay before the lifting system causes the toilet seat to self-lift towards the up position, the delay system configured so that the time delay begins after removal of a threshold downward force on the toilet seat, the delay system configured to operate independently of exchange of air from outside of the hinge housing.