Patent ID: 8359677
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. An assembly for delayed movement of a toilet seat to a lowered position, said assembly comprising: (a) a chamber; (b) at least a first foam compression wall within the chamber; (c) at least a first compression plate within the chamber, the at least first compression plate being movable between a foam compressing position and an expanded foam position; (d) at least a first piece of alternatively compressible and expandable viscoelastic polyurethane foam within the chamber, the at least first foam piece being positioned between the at least first compression plate and the at least first foam compression wall; and (d) linking means operatively interconnecting the toilet seat and the at least first compression plate, the linking means being adapted for alternatively moving the at least first compression plate to the foam compressing position upon moving the toilet seat to a raised position, and being adapted for, upon said at least first foam piece's expansion, counter-moving the at least first compression plate to its expanded foam position and moving the toilet seat to the lowered position.