Patent ID: 6931672

Claim:
An assembly that reversibly accepts a toilet seat comprising: a toilet bowl with a rear flange having at least one cylindrical vertical opening therethrough; at least one rod substantially longer then the thickness of the flange and dimensioned to be received within the vertical opening, said rod being threaded on its outer surface; thread means disposed within said vertical opening for cooperation with said threaded rod and for securely retaining said threaded rod within the vertical opening; and at least one toilet seat bracket to which the toilet seat is attached, said bracket for securing the toilet seat to the toilet bowl flange, and said bracket comprising attaching means to attach said bracket to the toilet seat, a base member having a top surface and a bottom surface and an opening therethrough, said opening being large enough for the rod to pass through, and a cap; whereby when the toilet seat is placed on the flange so the opening in the bracket communicates with the vertical opening in the flange, the rod can be passed through the opening in the bracket into the vertical opening in the flange a sufficient distance such that the rod is secured therein by cooperation with the thread means and the top of the rod projects above the top surface of the bracket and can be covered by the cap, and thereafter, the toilet seat can be removed from the toilet by removing the cap and lifting it from above the flange and can easily be replaced thereon.