Patent ID: 9278037
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A61G,E03D

Claim Text:
1. A toilet-raising platform comprising: a platform configured to attach to a toilet base of a toilet; said platform is able to raise and lower the platform along a vertical platform; said platform is slideably connected with an existing home waste pipe that is positioned underneath a bathroom floor; wherein the platform is comprised of a gasket, a plate member, and a first waste pipe; wherein the gasket is positioned in between a bottom toilet base surface of the toilet base, and a top plate member surface of the plate member; wherein the plate member is rigidly affixed atop of the first waste pipe; wherein the first waste pipe and the plate member have an opening that aligns with a gasket hole of the gasket and a toilet base hole of the toilet base; wherein the opening, the gasket hole, and the toilet base hole align to form a watertight seal, which enables debris to exit the toilet, and down through the platform; wherein a plurality of fasteners are utilized to secure the platform to the toilet base; wherein the platform is configured to attach to an existing house waste pipe; wherein the bathroom floor includes a cavity; wherein the existing house waste pipe is rigidly positioned inside of the cavity; wherein the first waste pipe is configured to slideably engage the existing house waste pipe; wherein the first waste pipe slides into a top portion of the existing house waste pipe; wherein at least one seal member is positioned in between the first waste pipe and the top portion of the existing house waste pipe; wherein the seal member is used to form a watertight connection between the first waste pipe and the existing house waste pipe; wherein the first waste pipe is able to slide up or down with respect to the existing house waste pipe while maintaining a watertight connection with the top portion of the existing house waste pipe via the seal member; wherein at least one lifting member is located inside of the cavity; wherein the lifting member is used to raise and lower the platform as needed; wherein the lifting member is responsible for raising and lowering the platform as well as the toilet mounted thereon; wherein the lifting member is positioned inside of the cavity, and is not visible from the bathroom floor as an access plate.