Patent ID: 7475437

Claim:
A device to raise and lower a toilet seat, the seat being hingedly mounted to the toilet by two hinge supports and having a lower wall; the toilet optionally including a cover for the seat; wherein the seat and each hinge support are provided with holes that line up to create conduits for hinge bolts; the device comprising: a) a rotation axis located under the lower wall of the seat, the rotation axis having two ends and a portion running between the hinge supports, said rotation axis being received in conduits for hinge bolts in order to be freely housed therein; b) means for securing the rotation axis under the seat, the securing means being inserted through the seat until reaching and being fixed to the portion of said rotation axis running between the hinge supports; c) a housing located around the portion of such rotation axis that is between the hinge supports, and d) a lever attached to one end of said rotation axis permitting a user to rotate the axis; which will cause the seat and the seat cover to be totated wherein when said lever moves said rotation axis inside the conduits for the hinge bolts, raising the seat to a vertical position, along with the cover; and thereafter, by moving said lever toward the front of the toilet to bring the lever to the initial position, the lever moves said rotation axis and lowers the seat on to the toilet.