Patent ID: 6067666
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A child accommodating device for attachment to a toilet, the child accommodating device comprising:(a) a toilet seat lid, the toilet seat lid having an upper surface, a lower surface, a right side, and a left side, the toilet seat lid having a child accommodating aperture extending therethrough from the upper surface to the lower surface, the child accommodating aperture being positioned between the right and left sides of the toilet seat lid;(b) a right plate, the right plate having a lower surface and a right side, the right side of right plate being pivotally attached to the toilet seat lid so that the right plate may pivotally move from a first position wherein the lower surface of the right plate overlies the upper surface of toilet seat lid, to a second position wherein the lower surface of the right plate faces substantially leftwardly, the right plate being positioned so that the right plate partially covers the child accommodating aperture while the right plate is in the first position; and,(c) a left plate, the left plate having a lower surface and a left side, the left side of the left plate being pivotally attached to the toilet seat lid so that the left plate may pivotally move from a first position wherein the lower surface of the left plate overlies the upper surface of the toilet seat lid to a second position wherein the lower surface of the left plate faces substantially rightwardly, the left plate being positioned so that the left plate partially covers the child accommodating aperture while the left plate is in the first position; the pivotal attachments of the left and right plates respectively comprising left and right hinges, the left hinge interlinking the left side of the left plate with the left side of the toilet seat lid, and the right hinge interlinking the right side of the right plate with the right side of the toilet seat lid; the left and right sides of the toilet seat lid and of the left and right plates respectively forming left and right pivot stops restricting pivotal motion of the left and right plates so that while the left and right plates are in their second positions, they may pivotally move therefrom only toward their first positions; and further comprising removable attaching means fixedly attached to the upper surface of the toilet seat lid and to the lower surfaces of the left and right plates, the removable attaching means further interlinking the left and right plates with the toilet seat lid while the left and right plates are in their first positions; the removable attaching means comprising magnets.