US2313311A

US2313311A - Toilet seat cover

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Publication number: US2313311A
Application number: US410572A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Charles K Arter; Peskind Samuel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1941-09-12
Filing date: 1941-09-12
Publication date: 1943-03-09
Anticipated expiration: 1960-03-09

Description

March 9,1943.

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TOILET SEAT COVER Filed Sept. 12, 1941 INVENTORS ai -Mass K 4275a J's.

By 1 634M :4, PEEK/N0 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 9, 1943 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOILET SEAT COVER Charles K. Arter, Jr., Shaker Heights, and Samuel Peskind, Cleveland, Ohio Application September 12, 1941, Serial No. 410,572 2 Claims. 01. (4-243) This invention relates to improvements in toilet seat covers, that is to say, covers formed of thin sheet material such as paper and adapted to be used once and thrown away. One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a cover for the purpose indicated which shall'be of low cost and adapted to rapid production in quantities.

Another object is the provision of a cover of this character which may be temporarily attached to the toilet seat without fastenings of any kind other than small patches of adhesive of a character such that it may be caused to adhere to a surface by the application of pressure.

Other objects and features of novelty will appear as we proceed with the description of those embodiments of the invention which, for the purposes of the present application, we have illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental cross-section on a larger scale, the view being taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a portion of a web comprising a multiplicity of units which may be rolled up, and from which the units may be removed one at a time as needed.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on a larger scale, the view being taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of another modification of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a la 'ge scale sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-45 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing still another modification, and

Fig. 8 is a large scale fragmental sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig. '7.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, I0 is a sheet of thin flexible material, preferably paper, which is adapted to fully cover a toilet seat, the latter being indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1 at H. The sheet I0 is provided with a large opening 12 conforming more or less with the opening in the seat, and on either side of opening ll there is a series of openings l3, in this case shown as spaced slots. These openings could be of round or other shape and a continuous slot can be substituted for the spaced slots illustrated.

On the upper surface of the sheet a strip [4 of summed paper or the like is laid. face down covering the slots [3, and is caused to adhere to the sheet by pressure. On the under side of the sheet another strip l5 is caused to underlie the called openings 13 and is held in place by pressure which causes the adhesive on the strip l4 within the openings l3 to adhere to the strip l5. The make-up of the strip M and/or the properties of the adhesive are such that there is some physical, chemical or mechanical bonding of the adhesive to its backing which is much stronger than the connection between the adhesive and the strip 14, or anything else with which the adhesive may be caused to contact. In this respectthe strips M are similar to a commercial product known as Scotch tape. The strips l5 are employed merely as temporary shields for the adhesive, which would otherwise be exposed through the openings l3 and might cause the sheets to stick together when folded up to form packages suitable for dispensing in a slot machine. As a material for the strips 15 we select a paper or like material which is relatively, nonporous and has a smoothand comparatively hard surface. Cellophane has been found to be well adapted to the purpose.

When a sheet is to be used the strips 15 are pulled off and the sheet is placed over the seat II and pressed down, with the result that the adhesive exposed through the openings l3 clings to the seat. The cover sheet In therefore is held against accidental displacement when in use. However, the adherence of the adhesive to the surface of the seat is comparatively weak and the cover may be stripped from the seat without difficulty and without leaving any appreciable part of the adhesive thereon.

The modification shown in Figs. 3 and l is similar to the preferred form above described. In this instance we start with a continuous web which is divided at regular intervals by perforations "5 into a multiplicity of sheets lila. Each of these sheets has openings Ma and l3a which may be identical with the corresponding openings of Fig. 1. For convenienoein manufacture, however, the strips I la are applied as continuous tapes, and the pressure necessary to unite them with the sheets may be supplied through rollers, as will be obvious. The perforations [6 must, of course, run through the tapes as well as through the web proper. In this form of the invention the web is made up in rolls, but as the openings l3a of one sheet will always overlie the backs of the strips Ma of another sheet, these backs being relatively resistant to the adhesive, no difiiculty arises with respect to one sheet sticking to another.

Referring again to Figs. 1 and 2, attention is to the fact that if desired the form of the invention there illustrated, like that of Figs. 3 and 4, can be made in a continuous web, the strips l4 and I5 being then applied as continuous tapes and the units being separated by scored lines which cut the tapes as well as the web.

In Figs. 5 and 6 there is shown a modification in which a sheet of paper or the like lllb has a large opening I2b but no small openings corresponding to the openings 13 and l3a of the previously described forms of the invention. The sheet is caused to adhere temporarily to the seat by means of a gummed strip l8, the back of which engages the bottom surface of the sheet lllb. This strip is held in place by two other gummed strips l9 and 20 arranged on either side of the strip l8 and overlapping the side edges of that strip more or less. have their gummed faces uppermost so that they adhere to the sheet and to the strip [8, leaving a narrow length of adhesive on the latter strip exposed, as indicated in Fig. 6. The strips I9, having appreciable thickness, tend to hold the exposed gummed surface away from any other surface except when substantial pressure is applied. In use these exposed portions of strip l8 cling to the seat surface and prevent accidental movement of the cover, but when the latter is to be discarded it may be readily stripped from the seat and will leave behind no appreciable amount of adhesive.

The modification in Figs. 7 and 8 shows the invention in its simplest form. Here the sheet I Be is merely coated on its under surface with small areas of adhesive 2|, which may or may not be elongated strips as shown. In this case the sheet [00 itself is united with the adhesive by a strong bond just' as is the tape in the previously described forms of the invention, and the material of the sheet is preferably a nonporous one having a hard and smooth surface,

Strips l9 and 20.

like the strips l5 of Figs. 1 and 2, so that when the sheets are stacked or folded they will not adhere to each other. It will be obvious also that, if desired, this unit may be made in a continuous web in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the foregoing description we have necessarily gone somewhat into detail in order to explain fully the particular embodiments of the invention herein illustrated, but We desire it to be understood that such detail disclosures are not to be construed as amounting to limitations except as they may be included in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. In av toilet seat cover, a sheet of paper for covering the top of the seat, said sheet having openings therethrough in positions to meet the upper surface of the seat when the cover is laid thereupon, and gummed tape adherently attached to the upper side of the sheet overlying the said openings and exposed to the upper surface of the seat through said openings when the cover is laid thereupon.

2. In a toilet seat cover, a sheet of paper for covering the top of the seat, said sheet having openings therethrough in positions to meet the upper surface of the seat when the cover is laid thereupon, gummed tape adherently attached to the upper side of the sheet overlying the said openings and exposed to the surface of the seat through said openings when the cover is laid thereupon, and strips of glossy material laid beneath said openings and removably attached to the sheet by the adhesive on the tape within said openings, said glossy material adapted to screen the adhesive within the openings until the glossy material is removal preparatory to the attachment of the cover to the seat.

CHARLES K. ARTER, JR. SAMUEL PESKIND.