Patent ID: 6230336
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
An automated toilet seat and seat cover lifting and lowering system comprising:a toilet bowl having a top surface;a water tank connected to said toilet bowl; said water tank having an interior water chamber;a pressurized water source;a primary tubular member having a first end and a second end; said first end being connected to said pressurized water source; said second end being connected to said water chamber in said water tank;a toilet seat resting on said top surface of said toilet bowl; said toilet seat having a front end and a rear end;a lever actuator housing mounted on said top surface of said toilet bowl adjacent said rear end of said toilet seat; said lever actuator housing having a height less than the height of said toilet bowl; said lever actuator housing having a front end having at least one first lifting lever extending forwardly therefrom; said first lifting lever being connected to said rear end of said toilet seat; said rear end of said first lifting lever is connected to an upright oriented hinge disk having a horizontally oriented bore that receives a horizontally oriented shaft;a secondary tubular member having a first end and a second end; said first end being connected to said primary tubular member and providing a passageway for some of said pressurized water; said second end being connected to actuator assembly means inside said lever actuator housing for using said pressurized water to raise said first lifting lever from a horizontal position to a vertical position; andsaid actuator assembly means comprises at least one piston cylinder having a water inlet port adjacent its top end, a water outlet port adjacent its top end, and a piston having a top end and a bottom end positioned in said piston cylinder; said second end of said secondary tubular member being connected to said water inlet port to provide pressurized water flow against said top end of said piston.