US1702070A - Sanitary toilet-seat cover - Google Patents

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Feb. 12, 1929. 1,702,070

T. L. YOUNG SANITKRY TOILET SEAT COVER Filed Aug. 17, 1926 '7/90/vas A. 0(//1/6 V I afkwuaq Patented Feb. '12," 1929.

UNITED STATE s PATENT. OFFICE; I I 'rnomas t. roun on snazrrnnjwasnlheronj I Application filed August 17, 1386. Serial Ho. 129,819.

This invent-ion relates to a sanitary seat ,cover for toilets, comprising a sheet of destructible material made to conform to the seat and having flaps designed to facilitate the carrying away of the cover after use.

' The principal object of the invention is to providea seat cover-of this character having flaps designed to hang into-the interiorof the bowl to the'cover in the flushing operation.

'The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig.1 is a plan view of the seat cover. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of thesame.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the main body of the seat cover, which is rectangular in outline, having a partly cut fiap 2, the line of cut 3 following the outline-of the seat proper. The flap is connected as at '4 and 5'to the main body of the cover, the length of Connection at 4 at the. rear of the flap being considerably greater than the length of connection at 5. the latter being at the front of the flap and disposed opposite to the connection 4.

A second fla 6 hingedly connected at 7 to the flap 2 and otherwise free of connection with the flap 2, is arranged to act in cooperation with the flap 2 in providing a resistance to the flushin 'water, to thereby more posi tively insure t at the seat cover Will -be car- Tied away. v i In use, the main body 1 is appliedfto the toilet seat, the flap 2 is detached along the connection 5. and allowed to drop down into the interior of the bowl, being stlll connected to the body portion 1 through the connection 4. It will be noted that connection 5 is of less. extent than connection, 4, and therefore upon facilitate the, carrying away oft application of pressure the flap 2, the connection 5 will be ruptured without corre- 4o spondinglyseparating the flap at conn ction 4. 'On the dropping of flap 2 into the in rior of the bowl,tl1'e flapfi, being connected to the flap ,2 only at 7,'.ar-ranges itself so that its plane is at an angle to the plane of flap: 2, .45 thus providing flaps set 'at two difierent 'angles to-ofler resistance to the movement of the flushing, water. In flushing, the water striking the flaps will draw. the'main body ldown intoath'e bowl, thus insuring the carrying away of the used seat cover. 1 i ,The seat cover being made of the usual flimsy material is therefore chea to manufacture, and with the provision o the double flaps as described, the removal of the sanitary seat cover 'is thereby -insured.

What I clai'ni as new is: I

' In a sanitary commode seat cover of the class described, a thin piece of pliable material adaptable to cover the seat, a flap in the 6() center of the said material pf a somewhat smaller size thanthe opening. of the seat, said flap beingseparated from the piece of material along the sides, temporarily attached at one end and permanently attachedat the other,- and a second flap within the saidformen'flap and attached to it at one end only, the end at which the secondary flap is at tached being opposite to that at which the larger flap is. permanently attachecf so that as the flap's drop into the bowl the secondary flap will extend beyond the free end of the larger flap to insure its being-caught and removed by the flushing water.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

- THOMAS-L. YOUN G1

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