Patent ID: 6338167
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A fastener for removably attaching a toilet seat assembly to a toilet bowl, said toilet seat assembly comprising a seat, a seat lid and a hinge for attaching said seat and said seat lid for independent pivotal motion with respect to said toilet bowl, said assembly including a mounting hole at each end thereof, said fastener comprising, in combination,two elongated pins each having a threaded end inserted through one of said mounting holes and being attached to said assembly by a pin-securing nut screwed onto said threaded end, two receptacles, each having deflectable side walls for receiving one of said pins, said receptacles being attached to said toilet bowl and positioned to align with said two pins, and means for applying a constricting force to deflect said side walls of each of said receptacles when said pins are inserted therein to frictionally clamp each of said pins in a fixed position within its surrounding receptacle to secure said seat hinge to said toilet bowl.