Patent Publication Number: US-2023138781-A1

Title: Toilet Seat Manipulation System

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 And 1.98. 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to manipulation devices and more particularly pertains to a new manipulation device for facilitating a toilet to be opened without touching the toilet. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a toilet that has a lid and a seat. Each of the lid and the seat is hingedly coupled to the toilet. A gripping unit is selectively coupled to the seat. The gripping unit is gripped thereby inhibiting the seat from being touched. The gripping unit removably engages the lid when the each of the lid and the seat is positioned in an open position. Thus, the seat is selectively retained in the open position. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG.  1    is a perspective view of a toilet seat manipulation system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  4    is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  5    is a perspective cut-away view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  6    is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS.  1  through  6    thereof, a new manipulation device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS.  1  through  6   , the toilet seat manipulation system  10  generally comprises a toilet  12 . The toilet  12  has a lid  14  and a seat  16 . Each of the lid  14  and the seat  16  is hingedly coupled to the toilet  12 . The toilet  12  may be a toilet  12  of any conventional design. 
     A gripping unit  18  is provided. The gripping unit  18  is selectively coupled to the seat  16 . The gripping unit  18  may be gripped thereby inhibiting the seat  16  from being touched. Thus, the gripping unit  18  inhibits a user from contacting bacteria on the seat  16 . The gripping unit  18  removably engages the lid  14  when the each of the lid  14  and the seat  16  is positioned in an open position. Thus, the seat  16  is selectively retained in the open position. 
     The gripping unit  18  comprises a pair of fasteners  20 . Each of the fasteners  20  selectively engages the lid  14  and the seat  16 . Each of the fasteners  20  comprises a tube  22  that has a first end  24 , a second end  26  and an outer wall  27  extending therebetween. Each of the first end  24  and the second end  26  is open. 
     A shaft  28  is provided. The shaft  28  has a primary end  30  and a secondary end  32 . The shaft  28  is slidably positioned within the tube  22 . The shaft  28  extends outwardly from each of the first end  24  and the second end  26 . 
     A suction cup  34  is provided that has a first wall  36 . The first wall  36  is coupled to the primary end  30  of the shaft  28 . The first wall  36  has a distal edge  38  with respect to the shaft  28 . The first wall  36  is convexly arcuate between the shaft  28  and the distal edge  38 . The suction cup  34  is selectively compressed against the toilet  12 . Thus, the suction cup  34  suctionally engages the toilet  12 . 
     A button  40  is provided. The button  40  is coupled to the secondary end  32  of the shaft  28  and the button  40  may be manipulated. The button  40  urges the first wall  36  toward the toilet  12  when the button  40  is manipulated. Thus, the suction cup  34  may be removed from the toilet  12 . 
     A handle  42  is provided. The handle  42  is coupled between the outer wall  27  of each of the fasteners  20  and the handle  42  may be gripped. The handle  42  is concavely arcuate between the fasteners  20 . Thus, the handle  42  enhances manipulating the seat  16  and the lid  14 . The button  40  corresponding to each of the fasteners  20  is directed toward each other. Moreover, each of the fasteners  20  angles downwardly from a center of the handle  42 . 
     The pair of fasteners  20  includes a first fastener  44  and a second fastener  46 . The suction cup  34  corresponding to the first fastener  44  suctionally engages the seat  16 . The suction cup  34  corresponding to the second fastener  46  suctionally engages the lid  14  when the seat  16  is urged toward the lid  14 . Thus, the seat  16  is retained in the open position. 
     In use, the handle  42  is manipulated to position the suction cup  34  corresponding to the first fastener  44  to engage the seat  16 . Thus, the gripping unit  18  is removably coupled to the seat  16 . The handle  42  is manipulated to urge the seat  16  into the open position. The seat  16  hinges toward the lid  14  unit the suction cup  34  corresponding to the second fastener  46  engages the lid  14 . Thus, the seat  16  is retained in the open position. The seat  16  is positioned in the open position to facilitate a male to urinate in the toilet  12 . The seat  16  is positioned in the open position to inhibit the male from urinating on the seat  16 . The button  40  corresponding to each of the first  44  and second  46  fasteners is manipulated to remove the gripping unit  18  from the toilet  12 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.