US2518272A

US2518272A - Child's toilet seat

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Publication number: US2518272A
Application number: US755051A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin L Beckwith
Original assignee: Beckwith Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Beckwith Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1947-06-17
Filing date: 1947-06-17
Publication date: 1950-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 1967-08-08

Description

8, .1950 E. L. IBECKWITH 2,518,272

CHILD'S TOILET SEAT Filed June 1'7, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E. L BECKWITH 7 2,518,272

Aug. 8, 1950 CHILD S TOILET SEAT 2 Sheets-Shet 2 FilecL-June 17, 194? I Ill/II /l II II 1/ I Patented Aug. 8, 1950 cnnn s TOITLET sea-r- Edwin Li Beckwi'th. West Newton, Mass, assignor to Beckwith. Manufacturing; Company; Dover, N. H., a corporation of New Hampshire Application June 17', 19472,. Serial N 755,051

(Chi-239.)

3 Claims.

E This invention. relates to toilet seats. and more particularly to a: child's toilet seat formed from sheet: plastic: composition molded. to form. cool erating shapes and faces adapted to: combine. and serve various useful functions with greater facility than; has been possible with toilet. seats heretofore known. The. improved seat more particularly includes a concavely dished top face disposed. laterally and rearwardly of. a central onening' having a V-shaped. front portion bordered by arelatively high and substantially vertical wall, and side marginal portions. merging into the dished top face and. forming arm rests for the seat. The production of an improved toilet seat of this nature. adapted. to perform the functions hereinafter described comprises. one object of the invention.

improved toilet seat preferably includes a back rest molded from a sheet of synthetic plastic composition and pivotally mounted upon and between the arm. rests for movement to. an open position forming a back rest for the seat and, a, folded position disposed between the arm Tests. and covering the opening in the seat. In the latter position the seat is collapsed to small space for convenient. storage, as when the invention is constructed as a childs toilet seat for use auxiliary to a standard toilet seat.

" Other novel features. of the invention include abutments on the back and base for conveniently supporting the seat in collapsed position, an antisplash closure disposed. over the top end of the V sh'aped portion or the opening, a foot rest car-- ried by the seat and means for conveniently supporting the auxiliary seat ona standard toilet seat. The production of an improved toilet seat embodying these novel features comprises a further object of the invention.

, These and other features of the invention will be best understood and appreciated from the fol lowing description of a preferred embodiment thereof, selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawing in which,

Fig\ 1. is a perspective view of a toilet seat em bodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a view in side. elevation, partially in section,

Fig: 3' is a bottom plan view,

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the seat. in collapsed position,

Fig.5 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of. a portion of the seat,

.. Fig; 6 is a plan view of an anti-splash wall unit adapted to be appliedto the portion of the seat shown in Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view through the seat and anti-splash wall, taken on line 'l! of Fig. 3,

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 88 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view of the seat,

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. In the drawings. I have illustrated my invention as embodied in a childs toilet seat adapted to be used as an auxiliary to a standard toilet seat. The base portion ID of my improved toilet seat is formed from a unit sheet of synthetic plastic composition molded in. a press between heated dies to form a centrall disposed opening 12 annularly curved at It at the rear and sides and converging outwardly in V'-shaped con.- figuration at the front. it. The top face of the seat about. the opening is dished concavely at the rear and sides and extends upwardly to a higher horn-like elevation at the front is and forms a relatively high and substantially vertical wall bordering the. front V.-portion of the opening, the wall 26 having two side portiions converging forwardly to an apex as shown in Figs. 5 and 14. The top end of this V-opening is covered by an anti-splash closure piece 2 t having a downwardly disposed concave face cemented onto the convexly formed top surface of the annular recess 23.

The side marginal portions of the sheet are molded to form two upwardly extending arm rests 22 disposed respectively at opposite sides of the seat. Each arm rest is of inverted U-shape in cross section. and its inner and outer side walls respectively form an inner wall 24 merging into the concavely dished top face l5 and the outer side wall 2% of the seat. An upwardly projecting transversely disposed rib 21, forming a continuanc or the face I5, is molded in the rear top face portion of the seat. A flange portion 28 integral with the seat and side walls 24 extends rearward-1y from the rib and the wall or skirt 30 about'the opening 52 extends downwardly beyond the seat as shown in Fig. 8. A vertical slot 31 can be provided in each wall 30 for supporting a holding strap of usual construction.

A back rest 34 molded from aunit sheet of syntheticplastic composition to trough-like shape and including a back wall with forwardly extending side portions at its side margins isillustrated as disposed between and pivoted to the arm rests 22 rearwardly of the opening l2. A pivot pin' 33 is carried at each side of the back rest adjacent to its bottom end and projects outwardly into a hole in the adjacent wall 24. Each pivot pin ex tends through the side wall 35 of the back rest and through a. rib 36 spaced therefrom. The pin is anchored in place by a sleeve or bushing 31 tion shown in Fig. 2. The back rest is pivotally movable to the folded position illustrated in Fig. 4.

The unit 16 illustrated is adapted for use as an auxiliary to a standard toilet seat 42 and to this end is provided with means for supporting it in position thereon. Four rubber button bumpers 43 are mounted in openings in the bottom face of the seat in position to contact the top face of the standard seat, the skirt 3!! being adapted to extend downwardly through the opening in the standard seat. Anchoring means for the seat is provided by a wire 44 formed to the shape shown in Fig. 3 and having rubber tubes 46 disposed over the two rearwardly projecting ends of the wire. The wire is formed into two eyes M at the junction of its intermediate portion with the two end portions. Studs 48 threaded into metal bushings 50, anchored within downwardly extending bosses formed on the seat, engage the eyes and serve to secure the wire to the seat. The rearwardly extending ends are adapted to engage beneath the standard seat and support the auxiliary seat thereon as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The seat may also be equipped with a foot rest 52 supported on the forward ends of two rods 54 anchored within the arm rests 22 of the seat 10. Each rod extends rearwardly through the front wall of an arm rest and through a hole in an internal rib 55 integral therewith, the wall and rib providing spaced bearings for the rod. The rods are anchored by bushings 56 slidably mounted on the rods and secured thereto by set screws 58. The forward ends of the rods are threaded into metal bushings 60 anchored within the foot rest. It will be apparent that the rods can be adjusted to locate the foot rest the desired distance from the seat.

A modified form of rod adjusting mechanism which is more convenient to operate is illustrated in Figs. 11-13. In this construction each rod extends through two metal plates 52 having their inner ends disposed in notches 63 in a web 64 of the seat. A compression spring 65 on the rod between the plates normally forces the plates apart to the position shown in Fig. 12 in which the plates bite into rods at the rod openings, which are slightly larger than the rods, and thereby anchor the rods against longitudinal movement. The rods can be freed for adjustment longitudinally merely by squeezing the free ends of the plates together.

It will now be apparent that I have produced a new and superior toilet seat of the nature and character described. The one piece molded construction of the seat body is economical to make and permits of contours that are form fitting, most efficient and ornamental. The seat is also of light weight and substantially unbreakable. -The contour of the forward wall portion of the seat in conjunction with the anti-splash closure 2! provides a particularly efficient arrangement for receiving and disposing of urine discharge and doing so with maximum sanitary and operating efficiency. The base portion l0, back rest 34 and foot rest 52 are each preferably made from a sheet of synthetic plastic composi- .and covering said opening,

tion of approximately A inch thickness. When not in use the seat can be folded to the small space shown in Fig. 4 and the rib 40 on the back rest together with the rear end of the base I0 provide abutments for supporting the folded seat in the upright position illustrated.

Having thus disclosed my invention and described in detail certain illustrative embodiments thereof, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A toilet seat comprising a unit sheet of plastic composition molded to substantially uniform thickness throughout and forming a centrally disposed opening annularly curved at the rear and sides and V-shaped at the front, the top face of the seat about the opening being dished concavely at the rear and sides and extending upwardly to a higher elevation at the frontand forming a relatively high and substantially vertical wall bordering the front \l-portion of the opening, the side marginal portions of the sheet being molded to form two upwardly extending arm rests disposed respectively at opposite sides of the seat, each arm rest being of inverted U- shape in cross section with its inner and outer side walls forming respectively an inner wall merging into said concavely dished top face and. an outer side Wall of the seat, plus a back rest disposed between and pivoted to the inner walls of the U-shaped arm rests rearwardly of said opening and comprising a unit sheet of synthetic plastic composition molded to trough-like shape and including a back wall with forwardly ex: tending side walls at its side margins, the back rest being pivotally movable to and from an open position forming a back rest for the seat and a folded position disposed between the arm rests and stop means for limiting backward movement of the back rest in the open position.

2. The toilet seat defined in claim 1 in which the rear ends of the seat and back rest are disposed at opposite sides of a planeypassing beneath the pivot axis of the back rest and over said top face when the back rest is in folded position and provide aligned abutments for supporting the folded seat in vertical position on its rear end.

3. A toilet seat having a body portion molde of plastic composition and including a pair of side arms of inverted U-shaped cross section merging into smooth outer end walls, a rib enclosed Within each arm, a rod projecting forwardly from each arm and adjustably supported at spaced points by said end wall and rib, a foot rest carried by said rods, and means enclosed within the arms for retaining the rods in different adjusted positions.

EDWIN L. BECKWITH.

REFEEENQES {DITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Brown Dec. 3, 1935