Patent ID: 8631521
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A toilet seat assembly, comprising: a seat; a lid; and a hinge including one or more fixed elements and two or more rotatable elements, wherein the hinge allows the independent movement of the seat and the lid between a closed position and an open position, the seat either is connected to or slidably abuts the hinge along substantially the entire length of a portion of the hinge extending between a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole on a mounting surface of a toilet body when the toilet seat assembly is mounted on the toilet body, the lid either is connected to or slidably abuts the hinge along substantially the entire length of the portion of the hinge extending between the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole on the mounting surface of the toilet body when the toilet seat assembly is mounted on the toilet body, there are substantially no exposed gaps between the hinge and the mounting surface of the toilet body between the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole when the toilet seat assembly is mounted on the toilet body, and the hinge covers a continuous path between the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole on the mounting surface of the toilet body when the toilet seat assembly is mounted on the toilet body.