Patent ID: 11950733
Assignee: CLEANA INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A self-lowering toilet seat lid system comprising:
a toilet bowl;
a toilet seat lid configured to rotate relative to a toilet seat;
a hinge rotatably coupling the lid and the toilet bowl, the hinge configured so that the lid is transitionable between a down position and an up position;
a lowering device configured to self-lower the lid towards the down position;
a substantially sealed hinge housing having a delay device therein, the delay device configured to cause a lid time delay before the lowering device causes the lid to lower towards the down position, the delay device being engaged by a user applying a lid lifting force to raise the lid towards the up position and removing the lid lifting force from the lid, the delay device configured to reset the lid time delay if the user re-applies the lifting force before the delay device has expired.