Patent ID: 7316037
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A toilet seat-lifting device for use with a toilet assembly having toilet bowl ( 13 ), a water tank ( 15 ), a toilet seat ( 11 ) pivotally attached to the toilet bowl via a hinge ( 10 ), the device comprises: a base plate ( a spring ( a lifting arm ( a plurality of roll pins ( a bracket ( a first cable block ( a counter weight ( a shaft ( a large diameter pulley ( a rollpin ( a second cable block ( a first cable ( a second cable ( a cover ( wherein a downward pressure applied onto said foot pedal actuates said first cable, said pulleys and said second cable, said second cable pulls down said lifting arm, the movement of said lifting arm causes the hinge to lift up, as the hinge raises up said spring releases tension and the toilet seat is lifted up.