Patent ID: 7146655

Claim:
In combination, a bariatric toilet seat apparatus and a toilet; the toilet comprising: a bowl having a top surface; and a conventional toilet seat fixedly attached to the toilet and capable of being raised or lowered onto the top surface of the bowl, the seat adapted to receive a portion of a body of a user; the bariatric toilet seat apparatus comprising: a weight distributing frame positionable on a floor surface; and a pair of toilet seat support members attached to the frame; and wherein, the support members are located between the toilet bowl and the toilet seat such that when the toilet seat is lowered, the toilet seat rests on the support members to relieve the toilet bowl from supporting the user; and further wherein the apparatus is placed into position without the toilet seat being removed from the toilet such that a weight applied to the toilet seat is distributed through the frame to the floor surface and removed from the toilet.