Patent ID: 6643866
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A toilet-seat positioner comprising:a base frame with a first-side rod, a second-side rod and-a frame-front rod; the first-side rod being extended rearwardly from a first end of the frame-front rod at a first frame corner; the second-side rod being extended rearwardly from a second end of the frame-front rod at a second frame corner; the first-side rod being positioned a distance from the second-side rod for receiving a toilet bowl predeterminedly intermediate the first-side rod and the second-side rod; the first-side rod having a length and the second-side rod having a length for receiving the toilet bowl predeterminedly intermediate the frame-front rod and within the length of the first-side rod and within the length of the second-side rod; a first frame leg on which the first frame corner is positioned; a second frame leg on which the second frame corner is positioned; a third frame leg on which an aft end of the first-side rod is positioned; a fourth frame leg on which an aft end of the second-side rod is positioned; a first pneumatic cylinder having a bottom end attached predeterminedly to the base frame proximate the aft end of the first-side rod; a second pneumatic cylinder having a bottom end attached predeterminedly to the base frame proximate the aft end of the second-side rod; the first pneumatic cylinder having a cylinder rod attached to a pneumatic piston and extended upwardly from a top end of the first pneumatic cylinder; the second pneumatic cylinder having a cylinder rod attached to a pneumatic piston and extended upwardly from a top end of the second pneumatic cylinder; a seat-lift member attached predeterminedly to the cylinder rod of the first pneumatic cylinder and to the cylinder rod of the second pneumatic cylinder; a pneumatic pressurizer on the base frame; a pneumatic conveyance in fluid communication from the pneumatic pressurizer to a bottom inside periphery of a cylinder-head portion of the first pneumatic cylinder and to a bottom inside periphery of a cylinder-head portion of the second pneumatic cylinder selectively; the pneumatic conveyance including fluid communication from the bottom inside periphery of the cylinder-head portion of the first pneumatic cylinder and from the bottom inside periphery of a cylinder-head portion of the second pneumatic cylinder selectively; the cylinder rod of the first pneumatic cylinder and the cylinder rod of the second pneumatic cylinder being attached pivotally to the seat-lift member; the seat-lift member being attachable predeterminedly to an aft portion of a front-hinged toilet seat; the first pneumatic cylinder and the second pneumatic cylinder being attached pivotally to the base frame; and the base frame being adapted to be positioned over a portable defecation container predeterminedly.