Patent ID: 6889392

Claim:
A bariatric toilet seat support apparatus for use with a floor mounted or wall mounted toilet, said toilet having a seat for receiving the weight of a user, said support apparatus comprising: a pair of toilet seat support members having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outside edge, an inside edge, a front edge, a back edge and said toilet seat support members of a thickness such that said support members may be placed between a toilet seat and a toilet bowl of a toilet such that said toilet seat rests on said top surfaces of the respective support members; a weight distributing frame positionable on a floor surface, said frame comprising: a pair of support member braces having a bore therethrough and attached in a parallel fashion along said outside edges of said bottom surfaces of the respective support members; a back plate brace attached to and extended between said pair of support member braces and located perpendicularly adjacent to said back edges of said seat support members; and at least four post members attached to said support member braces and adapted to engage the floor surface; adjustable base members integral to said post members of said weight distributing frame for engaging said floor surface, each of said adjustable base members comprising: a means for adjusting the height of said support frame; a floor member adapted to engage said floor surface, said floor member having a non-slip bottom surface; a means for leveling coupled to said floor member and engaging said adjusting means; a pair of adjustable wall locator members displaced in said bore of said support member braces engageable with a wall proximate to the toilet; and wherein said adjustable base members and said wall locator members are adjustable to position said seat support members between said toilet seat and toilet bowl such that said toilet seat rests in a substantially parallel manner on said top surfaces of the respective support members and such that the support members receive the weight of the user, said weight being distributed onto said frame and relieving the weight from the toilet.