US2202668A - Toilet seat and cover - Google Patents

Description

F. J. MOORE l' 2,202,668

TOILET SEAT AND COVER Filed Jan. 12, 1939 2 sheets-sheet 1 www K May 28,1940.

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for adjustment toward or from each other to` position the same for adults or children. Said seat sections are also free for independent raising or lowering movements.

In the mounting of the seat sectionsand the cover` on a toilet bowl, I provide a single pair of hinge brackets between which, said sections and cover extend. This means of mounting the seat sections and the cover leaves the top, bottom and rear end surfaces thereof, unobstructed and the only points of near contact with metal are at the sides of said seat sections and the cover.

The invention further provides in the mounting of the cover, relative to the seat sections, the positioning of said cover, when raised; to substantially close the openings between the cover andthe seat sections and thereby cover the underlying portions of the hinge brackets and the bowl. The mounting of the cover on the hinge brackets further provides separable means for detachably securing the cover to said brackets whereby, said cover can be quickly and' easily removed therefrom or attached thereto.

Other objects of the invention Will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention4 consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and dened in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of the invention, some parts being shown by means of broken lines;

Fig, 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. l and also fragmentarily showing, by means of broken lines, the cover in a raised position;

Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view principally in section, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. l, on an en larged scale;

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, with the exception that the cover is removed and Minneapolis, Minn.

Application January 12, 1939, SerialNo. 250,511

some parts shown in different positions by means of broken lines; and

Fig. 6 is a detail view partly in elevation and partly in section taken on the line B-B of Fig. 5, on an enlarged scale.

The numeral 'I indicates the two sections of a divided toilet seat and the numeral 8 indicates a cover for said sections. To mount the seat sections 'I and the cover 8 on a toilet bowl, not shown, I provide a pair of angle hinge brackets 9. The horizontal anges I0 of the hinge brackets are adapted to rest on the top of a toilet bowl and are turned toward each other and the inner faces of the upstanding Vertical flanges II are in opposing relation.

Rigidly secured to the under side of each hori- Zontal flange I0, is a depending screw threaded stud I2, adapted to be inserted through one of the apertures in a toilet bowl provided therefore.

The studs I2 are secured to the toilet bowl by means of washers and nuts, not shown.

The seat sections I and the cover 8, at their rear end portions, extend between the vertical flanges II.

The seat sections 1 are mounted on a transverse horizontal hinge rod I3 carried by the hinge brackets 9.

Each end portion of the hinge rod I3 is reduced in diameter to provide a short screw-stud `I4 which extends through a bore in the respec tive hinge bracket 9. A cap nut I5 is applied to each screw-stud I4 and holds the respective hinge bracket 9 clamped between said nut and the shoulder formed by the adjacent end of the hinge rod I3. Obviously, the hinge rod I3 rigidly holds the hinge brackets 9 laterally spaced and against turning movement about the axes of the studs I2.

Aligned bores I6 extend transversely through the rear end portions of the seat sections 'I and mounted in said bores and frictionally held are sleeve bearings I'I through which the hinge rod I3 extends with a working fit. This hinge rod I3 supports the two seat sections 1 with freedom for independent raising and lowering movements and also for independent sliding movement on the hinge rod I3 toward or from each other. The vertical flanges II act as stops to limit the separating movements of the seat sections 'I and a iixed stop collar I8 on the hinge rod I3 limits the approaching movements thereof.

Each seat section 1, at its free end portion, will be provided with a rubber bumper, not shown, for supporting said section on the rim of a toilet bowl.

Obviously, by drawing the seat sections 'I apart, on the hinge rod I3, until they engage the vertical flanges II, the seat may be adjusted for an adult. Or by sliding the seat sections 'I on the hinge rod I3 until they are stopped by the collar I8, the seat may be adjusted for a child.

The cover 8, which overlies the seat sections 1, is detachably and removably secured to the vertical flanges II by the hinge pins I9 and 20 which extend into seats 2| in said flanges with a Working iit. The hinge pin I9 is secured to the cover 8 by a stud 22 integral with the inner end thereof and axially aligned therewith. The stud 22 is of smaller diameter than the hinge pin I9 and extends into a bore 23 in the respective side of the cover 8 and is securely held by friction.

A collar 24 at the junction of the hinge pin I9 and its stud 22 limits the movement of the stud 22 into its seat 2l and holds the adjacent side of the cover 8 spaced from the respective vertical lange II so that the same will freely swing thereby without striking and thereby mar the finish on said cover. Integral with the inner end of the hinge pin 20 is a cylindrical body member 25 that is slidably mounted in a sleeve-26 and integrallywith the rear end. of said body is a relatively long stud 21 that works through a seat therefor in the closed rear end of the sleeve 26. The diameter of the body member 25 is somewhat larger than that of the hinge pin 2Il and the stud 2l and thereby leaves a stop shoulder at each end of the body member 25. A coiled spring 28 encircling the stud 2?, is compressed between the rear ends of the body member 25 and the sleeve 26. In the rear end portion of the stud 21 is a collar pin 29 that prevents said stud and all parts carried thereby from dropping out of the sleeve 26 when the cover 8 is removed from the hinge brackets 9. The spring 28 holds the body member 25 and the collar 24 pressed against the inner faces of the vertical flanges II with a working clearance between the side of cover 8, adjacent to the hinge pin 20, and the respective vertical ange II, see Fig. 4.

By placing an instrument, Ysuch as the blunt end of a pencil, against the outer end of the hinge pin 20 and applying sufficient force thereon to overcome the tension of the spring 28, said hinge pin may be pushed out of its seat 2| and thus release the cover 8 so that the same may be removed from the hinge brackets.

By reference to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the aligned axes of the hinge pins I9 and 20 are off-center so that when the cover 8 is raised, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 2, the rear end of said cover closely over-lies the rear end portions of the seat sections I and thereby covers From the above description it is evident that the only metal parts used in the mounting of the seat sections 'I and the cover 8 on the toilet bowl are, the flanges II and these are at the sides of said seat sections with a working t therebetween. This mounting of the seat sections 1 and the cover 8 leaves the top, bottom and rear ends thereof free and unobstructed so that they may be easily kept clean and free from dust. Furthermore there is only very little metal used in the mounting of the seat sections 1 and the cover 8 and the major portions of these are' so exposed that they may be leasily kept clean.

The drawings illustrate'a commercial form of the invention, but it will be understood that the same is capablev of certain modications as to details of construction, arrangement of parts and combination of parts within the scope of the invention herein disclosed. f

What I claim is: y.

1. In a divided toilet seat, a pair of upstanding hinge-brackets in opposing relation and having means for anchoring the same to a toilet bowl, and a hinge-rod secured at its ends to the hinge-brackets and extending through aligned transverse bores in the rear end portions of the sections of the seat, said seat sections being pivoted to the hinge-rod for independent ,raising and lowering movements and alsoV being free for independent sliding movement on the hinge-rod toward or from each other, said hinge-brackets being entirely outwardly of the seat sections and independent thereof.

2. The structure dened in claim 1 in which the hinge-brackets alford stops for limiting the outwardly sliding movements of the seat sections on the hinge-rod.

3. The structure defined in claim 1 `which further includes a stop member on the hinge-rod for limiting the inwardly sliding movements of the seat sections on said hinge-rod.

4. The structure denedin claim 1 Vwhich further includes a cover for the seat sections, the rear end portion of the cover being between the hinge-brackets and having on its sides hinge members mounted on the hinge-brackets.

5. The structure dened in claim l which further includes a cover for the seat sections, the rear end portion of the cover being between the hinge-brackets, and having on its sides hinge pins pivotally and removably mounted in seats in the hinge-brackets, said hinge pin being positioned off the center line of the cover so that the latter when raised overlies the rear end portion of the seat sections.

FRANCIS J. MOORE.

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