Patent ID: 6158059
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A foot actuated toilet seat lift comprising:a) a lifting mechanism having a base adapted to be mounted on a toilet, a base cover resting on top of said base, a carriage mounted on one end of said base, a guiding roller rotatably attached to a head of said carriage, a semicircle bar attached to one side of said carriage, a leaf spring mounted on one end of said base under said carriage, a pin roller movably resting on said leaf spring, a lifting arm, having a curved end and a straight end, rotatably resting in said carriage under said guiding roller, a contact roller rotatably attached to the straight end of said lifting arm,b) a pedal assembly having a foot-receiving pad and a base having a top, a number of links pivotally attached at underside of said foot-receiving pad at one end and movably attached on said base of said pedal assembly at another end, a number of rollers rotatably attached to said links, a means for locking and releasing said pedal assembly, and a bellows bonded on underside of said foot-receiving pad at one end and on said base of said pedal assembly at another end,c) means for transmitting the power provided by toilet users' foot from said pedal assembly to said lifting mechanism.