Patent ID: 7658580

Claim:
A toilet bolt cover for hiding a toilet bolt extending upwardly through a mounting hole in a toilet base together with a toilet nut threaded upon the bolt, the cover comprising: (a) a base comprising: (i) a fiat circular portion having a diameter of about 20 to 50 mm, the flat portion having a hole adapted to accommodate the toilet bolt and having a descending member adapted for extending downwardly into the mounting hole in the toilet base to limit rotation of the base, the flat circular portion forming a substantially flat lower surface adapted to rest flushly upon the toilet base except for the descending member; and (ii) a vertical cylindrical wall portion extending upwardly around the flat portion, the wall portion having an internal surface with an inner diameter greater than the nut providing sufficient space to allow a tool to fit onto the nut and having an external surface that contains threads; and (b) a cap comprising: (i) a dome portion; and (ii) a cylindrical portion descending from the dome, the cylindrical portion having internal threads adapted to mate with the threads on the external surface of the base.