Patent ID: 6807686
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
An easily removable and replaceable toilet seat, lid, and hinge assembly attachable to a toilet of the type having a flat upper surface, said toilet seat, lid and hinge assembly being held against the flat upper surface by attachment means including a pair of horizontal hinge pins affixed to said toilet seat, lid and hinge assembly each horizontal hinge pin hingedly supporting a tang supporting assembly including a tang removably securable into a female support receptacle assembly affixed over each of two conventionally spaced vertical holes formed through said flat upper surface, said easily removable and replaceable toilet seat, lid, and hinge assembly comprising:a seat and a lid held by a pair of seat arms and a pair of lid arms, each seat and lid arm supporting a hinge pin; a pair of tang supporting assemblies each held by said hinge pin and supporting a tang having a depressable arm movable between a locked position and an unlocked position; and a pair of female support receptacle boxes each having an opening into which said tang may be inserted and said female support receptacles having a cover moveable between a closed position and an open position, said cover having a movable lid which is adjacent said depressable arm when said cover is in a closed position and said tang is in its locked position and wherein said movable lid is moveable into a position wherein it touches and moves said depressable arm from its locked position to its unlocked position whereby said toilet seat, lid and hinge assembly may be removed and whereby said female support receptacle is protected by said cover while being operable from the exterior of said cover.