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

Claim 0:
1. 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 substantially sealed hinge housing having a quantity of air 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,
wherein the delay system comprises a suction cup and an attachment surface, wherein temporary adhesion of the cup to the attachment surface prevents the toilet seat from self-lifting to the up position,
wherein the suction cup is coupled with the toilet seat through a linkage configured to provide linear motion of the suction cup relative to the contact surface.