Patent ID: 8185974

Claim:
A toilet comprising a bowl ( 1 ) having at least one bearing ( 4 , 4 ′) with an open straight section and a curved wall, against which rotation is engaged by at least one piece forming a journal ( 20 , 20 ′), combined with at least one mobile element comprising a flap forming a cover ( 2 ′), a toilet seat ( 2 ) or a urinal, wherein said journal ( 20 , 20 ′) and said bowl each have mutual magnetic means of attraction ( 5 , 5 ′, 5 ″; 6 ) that are encased in said journal and said bowl and are capable of providing a hingeless connection between said journal and said bowl and arranged so that said mobile element ( 2 , 2 ′) is movable between a low position supported on the bowl ( 1 ) or appreciably parallel to an upper plane of the bowl ( 1 ) and a raised position, while said journal ( 20 , 20 ′) is engaged in said bearing ( 4 , 4 ′), and the journal ( 20 , 20 ′) is separable from said bearing ( 4 , 4 ′) when said mobile element is subject to sufficient traction to overcome the magnetic force of attraction.