Patent ID: 6323778
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
An alarm system for sounding an audible alarm when a toilet seat of a toilet is left in an upright position in relation to a rim of the toilet bowl, said system comprising:a housing for mounting having a top wall and a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall and a pair of side walls extending between said top and bottom walls of said housing;a fastening means for fastening said housing to an outer surface of the toilet bowl;an alarm assembly comprising:a connecting sensor for detecting when the toilet seat is in the upright position, said connecting sensor having a first contact being attachable to a lower surface of the toilet seat and a second contact being mounted in said housing, said connecting sensor detecting the toilet seat being left in the upright position when said first and said second contacts are not in contact with each other;control circuitry for controlling the alarm system, said control circuitry being mounted in said housing and activating an alarm when said first and said contacts are not in contact with each other;a power supply for providing power to said control circuitry, said power supply being removably mounted in said housing; anda sound emitter for audibly signaling that the toilet seat has been left in the upright position, said sound emitter being mounted in said housing.