Patent Publication Number: US-2019191942-A1

Title: Toilet Seat Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to seat devices and more particularly pertains to a new seat device for enhancing comfort of a toilet seat. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a toilet seat that is hingedly coupled to a toilet. A cover is removably positioned to cover the toilet seat such that the cover is sat on. Moreover, the cover is comprised of a thermally insulating material to inhibit thermal communication between a user and the toilet seat. In this way the cover enhances comfort for the user with respect to sitting on a cold toilet seat. 
     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 DRAWING(S) 
       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 in-use view of a toilet seat assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom view of a cover of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of a cover of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a top perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross sectional view taken along line  5 - 5  of  FIG. 4  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new seat 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 5 , the toilet seat assembly  10  generally comprises a toilet seat  12  that is hingedly coupled to a toilet  14 . The toilet  14  may be a plumbing fixture of any conventional design that conforms to residential, commercial and industrial building codes. The toilet seat  12  has an upper surface  16 , a lower surface  18  and a perimeter surface  20  extending therebetween. The perimeter surface  20  has an interior facing side  22  and an exterior facing side  24 . Moreover, each of the interior facing side  22  and the exterior facing side  24  is continuous such that the toilet seat  12  forms a closed loop. 
     A cover  26  is provided and the cover  26  is removably positioned to cover the toilet seat  12  thereby facilitating the cover  26  to be sat on. The cover  26  is comprised of a thermally insulating material, such as cotton or the like, to inhibit thermal communication between a user and the toilet seat  12 . In this way the cover  26  enhances comfort for the user with respect to sitting on a cold toilet seat  12 . The cover  26  has a top surface  28 , a bottom surface  30  and a peripheral edge  32  extending therebetween. the peripheral edge  32  has an inwardly facing side  34  and an outwardly facing side  36 . Each of the inwardly  34  and outwardly  36  facing sides is continuous such that the cover  26  forms a closed loop and the inwardly facing side  34  is concentric with the outwardly facing side  36 . 
     The bottom surface  30  abuts the upper surface  16  of the toilet seat  12  and is coextensive with the upper surface  16  when the cover  26  is positioned on the toilet seat  12 . The cover  26  extends downwardly along each of the interior facing side  22  and the exterior facing side  24  of the toilet seat  12 . Additionally, the cover  26  wraps under the toilet seat  12  such that each of the inwardly  34  and the outwardly  36  facing sides are positioned on the bottom surface  30  of the toilet seat  12 . 
     A first elastic member  38  is coupled to the bottom surface  30  of the cover  26  and the first elastic member  38  is aligned with and is coextensive with the inwardly facing side  34 . The first elastic member  38  biases the inwardly facing side  34  to frictionally engage the bottom surface  30  of the toilet seat  12  and releasably retain the cover  26  on the toilet seat  12 . A second elastic member  40  is coupled to the bottom surface  30  of the cover  26 . The second elastic member  40  is aligned with and is coextensive with the outwardly facing side  36 . Additionally, the second elastic member  40  biases the outwardly facing side  36  to frictionally engage the bottom surface  30  of the toilet seat  12  and releasably retain the cover  26  on the toilet seat  12 . 
     In use, the cover  26  is positioned on the top surface  28  of the toilet seat  12  such that the cover  26  wraps around onto the bottom surface  30  of the toilet seat  12 . Each of the first  38  and second  40  elastic members retains the cover  26  on the toilet seat  12 . The cover  26  insulates the user from the toilet seat  12  when the user sits on the toilet seat  12 . Additionally, the cover  26  inhibits the transmission of bacteria between the user and the toilet seat  12 . The cover  26  is additionally taken along during hotel stays to place on a toilet seat  12  in the hotel. 
     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, assembly 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.