Patent ID: 8266731

Claim:
A toilet seat for use with a toilet bowl having a bowl rim ( 18 ) with front and back sections and a width (BRW) to define a top surface ( 20 ) and an inside surface ( 24 ), comprising: a) a base that generally conforms to and compliments the shape of said bowl rim, said base having a top surface, bottom surface, opposed base front and back sections that are generally coextensive with said bowl rim front and back sections, respectively, when said base is in a lowered generally horizontal position; b) an annular deflector integrally formed on the bottom surface of said base and extending downwardly adjacent the inside surface of the bowl rim, said deflector covering an interior gap between the bottom surface of said base and the top surface of the bowl rim, a portion of the deflector proximate the back section of the base extending downwardly and radially outwardly and a portion of the deflector proximate the front section of the base extending downwardly and radially inwardly when said base rests on the bowl rim in the lowered position of said base and the portion of the deflector proximate the back section of the base forming a spout that extends above the top surface of the bowl rim and radially inwardly past the bowl rim in an elevated substantially vertical position of said base, whereby any fluid accumulation on said deflector drains off said spout radially inwardly of said bowl rim and said inside surface and avoids dripping on said bowl rim top surface.