Improvements in and relating to Water Olosets and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Water Olosets and the like.
We, HERBERT EVANS MASON and WALTER ESPLIN MASON, both of Horwich,
near Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Engineers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In carrying these improvements into effect the seat of a water closet or the like
is shaped to the person of a user so that it is more comfortable in use.
Such a seat may extend completely around the bowl or pan as is usual with
ordinary seats, or it may extend only partly around the bowl.
In one form the seat is composed of two pieces of wood suitably shaped and
placed one on each side of the pan, in such a manner as to form a proper support
for the user and yet leave a gap at the front and the back. In a modification
only one gap may be employed either at the front or the back.
The pieces of wood forming the seat may be secured in place upon the pan,
or may be hinged so as to lift up. Each piece may be separately hinged or the
two may be connected together by a suitable cross piece at the back.
Dated this 2nd day of September A.D. 1899
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLEIN DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Water Closets and the like.
We, HERBERT EVANS MASON and WALTER ESPLIN MASON, both of Horwich,
near Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Engineers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to earthenware, porcelain and the like pedestal water-
closets, its object being to provide them with a non-conducting seat piece or
with seat pieces at a low cost.
In carrying these improvements into effect, the seat piece or pieces are cou-
structed of wood or of a similar material which is a poor heat conductor, and
are shaped so as to provide a comfortable seat for the user. This seat may extend
entirely around the rim of the bowl, or it may be limited to a part or parts of
the rim. If it be made in a single piece, it may or may not be hinged in the
same way as an ordinary closet fall.
We will further describe our said invention with reference to the accompanying
drawing which shews in a perspective view, a pedestal water-closet with our im-
provements in one of their modifications, applied thereto.

page_text: In the illustrated construction, there are two seat pieces, a and a¹, arranged
on opposite sides of the rim of the pan. As shewn, and for the purpose of en-
suring greater rigidity in the connection of the seat pieces with the pan, the
upper surface of the rim is levelled where it is to receive the seatings which have
plane under sides. That part of the rim which is between the seat pieces may be
rounded, as shewn. The seating may be secured to the rim by screws or other-
wise as is well understood, and is shaped to the convenience of the user on the
upper surface and edges.
In modifications of the seating, the blanks shewn at the front and back may,
either or both of them, be filled up, so as to form a single seating instead of a
seating in two pieces. Usually however, the front blank would not be filled up.
In either of the cases where the seating is made in a single form, with the back
blank filled in, it may be hinged to a block fixed upon the back part of the pan
so that it may be raised when the pan is used as a slop-hopper or as a urinal for
mens' use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
The hereinbefore described seating for water closets, constructed and arranged
substantially as set forth.
1000