Patent ID: 6321394
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A toilet seat closing system comprising:a toilet having a bowl portion;a seat assembly pivotally couplable to said bowl portion such that said seat is pivotable between a substantially upright position and a lowered position;a seat lowering assembly coupled to said bowl portion, said seat lowering assembly having a pair of pistons, each of said pistons being coupled to an associated side of said seat assembly such that said pair of pistons support said seat assembly in said upright position whereby weight of said seat assembly retracts said pistons over a finite period of time;said seat lowering assembly including a mounting bracket having a planar proximal portion, said proximal portion including a pair of holes, said holes being alignable with a pair of seat connection apertures in said bowl portion of said toilet such that said mounting bracket is couplable to said bowl portion by clamping said proximal portion between said seat assembly and said bowl portion;said mounting bracket including a pair of generally L-shaped support portions, each of said support portions having an offset flange extending orthogonally from a distal edge of said proximal portion such that a distal flange of said support portions is positioned within an interior space defined by an opening in said bowl portion of said toilet; andeach of said pistons having a lower end pivotally coupled to an associated one of said distal flanges of said support portions.