Patent ID: 8132272
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A toilet seat lifting system for raising and lowering a toilet seat with a removably couplable handle, the system comprising, in combination: a toilet seat having a front and a rear and a left side and a right side, the toilet seat having a central opening bounded by an interior edge and an exterior edge; a reception block having an upper surface and a lower surface and a peripheral edge, the upper surface of the reception block being adhesively secured to the lower surface of the toilet seat at one side of the toilet seat, the slot extending through the reception block, the input opening having an output opening defining a length and a width, the input opening being located through the peripheral edge of the reception block beneath the exterior edge of the toilet seat, the output opening being located through the peripheral edge of the reception block adjacent to the interior edge of the toilet seat; a one-piece lift assembly having an interior section and an exterior section and an intermediate section, the interior section and exterior section and intermediate section of the lift assembly being positionable with the interior section extending through the slot, the interior section being formed of two fingers with an inwardly extending opening remote from the exterior section, each finger terminating in a V-shaped prong extending exteriorly of the slot, the prongs adapted to be pushed together to allow removal of the lift assembly from the reception block, the exterior section of the lift assembly being in a cylindrical configuration with an outwardly extending opening, the exterior section having an interior end with a radial enlargement and an exterior end with a radial enlargement in a spherical configuration, the radial enlargement at the interior end of the exterior section being positionable against the peripheral edge of the reception block to limit the insertion of the lift assembly into the reception block; and a handle in a tubular configuration removably positioned on the exterior section of the lift assembly, the handle having a length essentially equal to the length of the exterior section between the radial enlargements, the handle having a diameter greater than the diameter of the exterior section but less than the diameter of the enlargements whereby the handle is adapted to be grasped while lifting and lowering the toilet seat and whereby the radially enlargement at the exterior end of the exterior section adapted to be squeezed to allow the handle to be removed from the exterior section for cleaning purposes, the lift assembly and handle being fabricated of copper coated zinc to facilitate cleaning and cleanliness of the system.