US1682648A - Toilet-seat cover - Google Patents

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Aug. 28, 1928. 1,682,648

J. M. WEED TOILET SEAT COVER Filed March 5, 1928 Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

UNITED, STATES JOSEPHINE M. WEED, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOILET-SEAT COVER.

Application filed March 5. 1928 Serial No. 259,027.

This improvement relates more particularly to a sanitary toilet seat cover of improved construction. adapted to more fully protect against contact with any portion of the seat.

The problem of providing protection against infection from toilet seats has been recognized for many years and various devices and arrangements have been devised to efl'ect and provide the desired prote tion, but practical experience has shown that none of these have satisfactorily solved the problem.

The object, therefore. of my improvement is to provide a sanitary toilet seat cover that will completely cover all. parts of the seat likely to carry germs, and thereby completely protect against personal contact there with.

This is preferably accomplished by providing an upper sheet of material "for covering the top of the seat and another sheet of material for covering the underside of the seat. these two being united by a strip of material. adapted to cover the edge of the opening in the seat. In this way it will be seen that complete protection is provided and no portion of the seat may come into contact with the person.

A further object is to provide for uniting the two sheets of protecting material n such a way that the material will not readily split or tear when the cover placed in use. This is desirable. for it has been itound in practice that otherwise seat protecting covers are liable to split and tear, and thus defeat the very object, desired.

In the accompanying drawings. I have shown the preferred form of my improved sanitary toilet seat cover. in which Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the closed form; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the open Front form; Fig. 3 a transverse vertical cross section of the form shown. in Fig. 1; and Fin. 4 is a front elevation of the form shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings. it will be seen that my improved toilet seat cover preterably comprises an upper sheet A oi? tissue paper or other suitable mater al adapted to be readily disintegrated in water This upper sheet Av of material is adapted to cover the upper surface of the toilet seat and is provided with an opening at B. adapted to correspond substantially with the opening: in the toilet seat. The sheet A for cover-in the top of the seat may be rectangular in outline as shown in Fig. l. or of any other desired shape. and is preferably made wide enough and long enough to cover all sizes and. styles of toilet seats. In some types of toilet seats. the seat is hinged at the back. as indicated at C. and a tab D. integral with the sheet 4'\. maybe provided so that it is adapted to extend between the hinges and thereby assist in positioning the seat cover and holding it in place.

In order to more fully protect and prevent contact with the opening in the seat. a strip or band E of suitable material. is preferably secured. by clue paste or other suitable means. to the peripheral edge of the opening: B of sheet A. the strip E being. in the pres ent nstance. flared outwardly at F. asindica ed in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. Obviously. this depending strip E.united with and overlapping the edge of the opening B. s adapted to prevent the sheet A from tearinc: or splitting around the opening B. and the band or strip Fl is adapted to completely cover the edge of the opening: in the seat. so that there can be no contact therewith.

The seat cover and protecting arrangement thus far described. may be sufiicient for many purposes. but it is preferable to still more completely protect from contact with the seat. by providing aflangre or coy erinn'. extending laterally from the opening to cover the underside of the seat. For this purpose. I preferably provide another sheet of material G. with a central opening' H. corresponding in size and shape with the openin the upper sheetor top covering member A. The lower sheet member G is. in the present instance. secured at K to the lower end or edge of the connectinsr band or strip substantially shown in Fig. 3. It will be observed that in Fiq. 3. the sheet material G. or the lower covering member. i s shown slightly narrower than the upper sheet A. but obviously. they may be made of the same width if desired. so as to extend fully over the top of the bowl. i y

The construction described has been found efficient and satisfactory in pract ce. but. obviously. I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction shown or to the method of uniting the various parts. for in manufacturing the toilet seat covers on a large scale, modifications and changes therein may be made. For instance. it it is found feasible or desirable to manufacture one or more of the parts of the cover integral, that is, as a unitary structure, this may be done if found satisfactory as a manufacturing expedient.

It is well known that some of the more modern types of toilet seats are yoke-shaped or open at the front, and while the form of my improved seat cover previously described, may be used in connection with this open type of seat, it is preferable to provide a specifically constructed cover for such seats. A cover for this type of toilet seat is shown in Figs. 2 and 4, from which it will be seen that the top or upper sheet of material L is not only provided with the central opening (B), but hasan open or cut away por tion at M, at the front, to correspond with the opening in the seat. The lower sheet of material N is likewise provided with a cut out portion at the front and the strip or band 0 connecting the upper and lower sheets, as shown in Fig. 4;, extends forward as shown at P in Fig. 2, to protect and cover the ends of the open portion of the toilet seat. The upper and lower sheets of material L and N are united at Q, and R, substantially in the same manner as previously described for the connections at F and K in the first form in Fig. 3. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 4, for covering a toilet seat open at the front, it is obvious that the open construction of the cover itself and the connecting strip at P, will properly locate the cover when applying it to the seat, and there is no particular advantage in providing a tab at the rear, such as described in connection with the form shown in Fig. 1. p

The operation or method of application of the improvement will be readily understood from the description and, in the form shown in Fig. 1, the tab D enables one to distinguish the front or back of the cover and to locate the opening in the cover so that its long diameter corresponds with the long diameter of the opening in the seat, and also facilitates holding the cover in the desired position. By placing the cover over the o ening in the toilet seat and spreading out t 1e flange or lower sheet of material (Jr over the under face of the seat, the cover can be quickly arranged in place. It will then be seen that the top of the seat, the entire edge of the opening therein and the underside thereof are completely covered, so as to afford the utmost protection and furthermore, the cover will not be readily displaced in use, nor will it be liable to tear or split and expose parts of the seat to contact. Obviously, the material of the protecting seat cover is preferably selected so that it is not only strong enough and ellicient for the purpose, but may be readily disintegrated by water when thrown into the bowl.

The form shown in Figs, 2 and 4 may be applied to the open l'ront type of toilet seat in substantially the same manner as the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, but from its shape and construction, it is evident that the open front cover is readily locatedin proper position and, if anything, may be more easily applied than the first form.

It will be understood that while I have shown the preferred form of my improved sanitary toilet seat cover, I do not wish to be limited to the specific details of construction shown or described, for obviously, these may be varied for manufacturing purposes or rllierwise without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 claim 1. A toilet seat cover comprising a sheet of tissue paper, having an opening conforming to the openin in the seat and adapted to cover the top 0 the seat, a sheet of tissue paper having a similar opening and adapted to extend laterally from the opening in the seat to cover the underside of the seat, and a strip of tissue paper adapted to cover the wall of the opening extending circumferentially of the openings in the two sheets of paper and uniting them, the arrangement being such that both the upper and lower sides of the seat and the wall of the opening therein are protected with a continuous covering of tissue paper.

2. The toilet seat cover as claimed in claim 1, in which the upper and lower sheets of paper are spaced apart and the uniting strip is at right angles to the upper and lower sheets and secured thereto peripherally of the openings therein.

JOSEPHINE M. WEED.

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