Patent ID: 6945604

Claim:
A lifting toilet chair, comprising: a base frame including an upstanding framework having a generally rectangular horizontal open space at its upper end defined by peripheral members; at least one support member overlying said base frame, said at least one support member being directly pivotally connected to a top front of said base frame and extending rearwardly beyond a top rear peripheral member of said base frame defining said open space; a toilet seat overlying said open space in a substantially horizontal orientation and being fixedly secured to said at least one support member so that said toilet seat pivots to a substantially vertical orientation relative to said base frame as said at least one support member pivots relative to said base frame; and a pair of arm rests laterally flanking said toilet seat, wherein each of said arm rests is coupled at a rearward first point to said at least one support member and is pivotally connected at a forward second point to said base frame, and wherein each of said arm rests has a hand grip portion extending forwardly beyond said second point.