Patent ID: 7647652
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A toilet seat assembly, comprising: a seat; a lid; and a hinge including a first rotatable element attached to the seat and a second rotatable element attached to the lid, wherein the hinge has a substantially unified footprint configured to cover a continuous path 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 first and second rotatable elements rotate on substantially the same axis, the seat substantially abuts the second rotatable element, the lid substantially abuts the first rotatable element, there are substantially no exposed gaps between the first rotatable element and the mounting surface of the toilet body when the toilet seat assembly is mounted on the toilet body, and there are substantially no exposed gaps between the second rotatable element and the mounting surface of the toilet body when the toilet seat assembly is mounted on the toilet body.