Patent ID: 8091152
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A toilet seat for maintaining a stable engagement with an existing toilet base, said toilet seat comprising: a body suitably sized and shaped for conforming to a top rim of the existing toilet base; an outer flange statically coupled to a bottom surface of said body and extending downwardly therefrom; first and second inner flanges adjustably coupled to said body and juxtaposed adjacent to said outer flange in such a manner that said first and second inner flanges remain diametrically spaced apart at opposite sides of said outer flange while positioned at the top rim of the existing toilet base; and means for resiliently pivoting said first and second inner flanges about respective fulcrum axes defined parallel to said bottom surface of said body such that said first and second inner flanges independently exert a corresponding frictional force against an inner surface of the top rim; wherein said first and second inner flange pivoting means comprises: first and second notches formed in said body and extending upwardly from a bottom surface thereof respectively, each of said first and second notches terminating subjacent to a top surface of said body and having a curvilinear inner face arcing downwardly and inwardly from respective upper shoulders of said first and second notches; and first and second deformably resilient spring members having a corresponding top end anchored to a curvilinear inner face of said first and second notches respectively, said first and second spring members being positioned adjacent to said shoulders respectively, said first and second spring members further having a respective bottom end anchored to a corresponding one of said first and second inner flanges; wherein said first and second inner flanges are articulated along mutually exclusive arcuate paths such that said first and second inner flanges are selectively engaged with the inner surface of the existing toilet base top rim and thereby prevent said body from transversely gliding therealong.