Patent ID: 6158060
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A toilet seat cover assembly for use with a toilet having a hinged toilet seat, said toilet seat cover assembly comprising:a housing structure having a pair of vertical sidewalls positioned on opposite sides of the toilet and rigidly joined together by a connector wall;a cover having a platform portion with a top surface, and a bottom surface, and a perimeter sidewall portion below the bottom surface of the platform portion, said perimeter sidewall portion having a pair of ends and a top edge joined to the platform portion;means for hingedly securing the cover to the pair of vertical sidewalls having a pivot axis extending through the pair of ends of the perimeter sidewall portion and parallel to a pivot axis of the hinged toilet seat, for pivoting the cover between a closed position over the hinged toilet seat and an open position remotely pivoted away from the hinged toilet seat;a backrest having a base portion hingedly secured to the cover by backrest hinging means, the base portion having an upper surface, and a lower surface contacting the cover when in the closed position, and an upright portion having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper end, and a lower end joined to the upper surface of the base portion; andmeans for actuating the backrest hinging means when the cover is moved between the open and closed positions, said means for actuating the backrest hinging means positioning the upright portion in a generally parallel orientation relative to the platform portion in the open position, and positioning the upright portion in a generally perpendicular orientation relative to the platform portion in the closed position.