Patent ID: 6941588

Claim:
An apparatus for automatically lowering together a raised toilet seat and cover pivotally attached to a back of a bowl of a toilet, the toilet also including a water tank and a lid, said apparatus, comprising: a support member to be supported over a front upper open perimeter of the water tank; an elongated arm pivotally supported at an upper end thereof to said support member about a pivot axis oriented substantially transversely to said support member, said axis positioned in proximity to an upper end of said support member; a float to be positioned in the tank and vertically movable on said support member responsive to corresponding changes in water level in the tank when the tank is flushed; a movable member positioned in contact between said support member and said arm; a flexible line extending between said float and said movable member along said support member, said movable member arranged to pivotally move said arm outwardly responsive to downward movement of said float when the toilet is flushed; a lower distal end of said arm contacting and pushing the cover and toilet seat together away from the tank a distance sufficient for the cover and toilet seat to pivotally fall by gravity onto the bowl.