Patent ID: 8079097

Claim:
A toilet training apparatus, which comprises a stationary rigid seat supporting structure and a separate adjustable seat, wherein: said seat supporting structure includes opposed side portions and a rear portion attached to said side portions, said seat supporting structure terminating in a depending base portion and configured to be supported on a flat surface, said rear portion of said seat supporting structure including a backrest extending upwardly from said depending base portion; and said adjustable seat has a central opening, a forwardmost edge and a rearwardmost portion extending between said side portions of said supporting structure and to said rear portion of said seat supporting structure, said seat being pivotally mounted to said side portions of said seat supporting structure by pivotal mounting means proximate said forwardmost edge, said rearwardmost portion of said seat being configured to selectively lockingly engage one of a plurality of correspondingly configured and generally vertically spaced apart mating recesses in said rear portion of said seat supporting structure, a lowermost mating recess in said rear portion of said seat supporting structure being positioned to support said seat at an acute angle with respect to the flat surface, so as to accommodate a user in contact therewith in a low squatting position; a distance from the flat surface to said forwardmost edge of said seat remaining substantially constant when said seat is moved from one of said mating recesses to another in said rear portion of said seat supporting structure.