US2736905A

US2736905A - Auxiliary toilet seat

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Publication number: US2736905A
Application number: US346656A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clarence W Lang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1953-04-03
Filing date: 1953-04-03
Publication date: 1956-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1973-03-06

Description

March 6, 1956 c. LANG AUXILIARY TOILET SEAT Filed April 3, 1953 win INVENTOR. ines/ve W L N mozq'flwm 49m R/VE'YG United States. Patent AUXILIARYTOILET SEAT Clarence W. Lang, Custer, 15;:D2k.

Application April 3; 1953 Serial No. 346,656

2 Claims. (Cl. 4239) This invention relates to auxiliary toilet seats and more particularly to a toilet seat having a supporting structure secured thereto for supporting the seat on and above the top of a toilet bowl.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide an improved auxiliary toilet seat assembly including a toilet seat and a supporting structure attached to the seat and adapted to rest on the top of a toilet bowl to support the seat above the top of the associated bowl; which supports the toilet seat substantially at the level of the seat of a wheelchair, so that an invalid can move or be moved from a Wheelchair to the auxiliary toilet seat Without inconvenience; which provides an open space between the auxiliary toilet seat and the top of the associated toilet bowl to facilitate the use of enema syringes and similar devices; which can be applied to a toilet bowl without interference with the seat and cover attached to the bowl and rests firmly upon the bowl against accidental displacement; and which is simple and durable in construction, economical to manufacture, and easy and convenient to use.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following description and the appended claims in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toilet bowl assembly with an auxiliary seat illustrative of the invention mounted thereon;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the auxiliary toilet seat;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the auxiliary toilet seat; and

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 3.

With continued reference to the drawing, the numeral designates a toilet bowl of known construction, and the numeral 11 designates a flush tank mounted adjacent the bowl and connected to the bowl by a suitable water conduit structure 12. A toilet seat 13 and a seat cover 14 are hinged to the bowl by a seat and cover hinge 15 secured to the bowl at the side thereof adjacent the tank 11 and to the seat and cover at the edges thereof.

An auxiliary toilet seat assembly, generally indicated at 16, is shown mounted on the top of the bowl 10 and comprises an annular toilet seat 18 of known construction having a transversely rounded top surface 19 and a flat bottom surface 20. A supporting structure of suitable heavy wire or metal rod is secured to the bottom surface of the seat 18 and comprises four legs, as indicated at 21 to 24 inclusive, secured each at one end to the seat 18, one at each corner of a quadrilateral figure, and projecting from the bottom surface of the seat in divergent relationship to each other. Each leg has at its end adjacent the seat a laterally offset and apertured eye formation, as indicated at 25 for the leg 21, and screws, as indicated at 26, extend one through each of these eye formations and secure the corresponding legs firmly to the associated toilet seat.

Braces, as ,indicatedat- 281031 inclusive, extendrbetween adjacent legs of "the supporting structure, the braces 28 and 30' being'disposed-atthe respectively opposite-side's of the seat 18, and the

braces

29 and 31 being disposed one at the front and on'e at the; back of the seat.

The braces. are ,securedat their opposite ends to the corresponding legs near the ends of thelegs remote frorn the-seat 18 by suitable means, such as welding the braces to the legs, and the

braces

28 and 30 at the opposite sides of the seat are longitudinally bent, so that these braces are in contact with the under surface of the seat at their midlength locations. The

braces

28 and 30 are provided at their mid-length locations with apertured eye formations, as indicated at 34 and 35 respectively, and screws, as indicated at 36 for the eye 34, extend through these eye formations and into the seat to secure these side braces to the seat at the mid-length locations of the braces.

The ends of the legs 21 to 24 inclusive remote from the seat are spaced apart, so that these ends of the legs extend over the outer side of the top flange of a toilet bowl and the front and

rear braces

29 and 31 rest upon the top of the bowl and firmly support the auxiliary seat on the bowl while the outer ends of the leg secure the auxiliary seat assembly against accidental displacement from the bowl.

The auxiliary seat 16 is supported by the associated legs and braces at a distance above the top of the toilet bowl suificient to permit the convenient use of enema equipment and for other necessary services by an attendant for paralyzed or partly paralyzed patients, and a shield or deflector 40 may be detachably secured at its upper end to the under side of the auxiliary seat 18 at the front of the auxiliary seat by suitable means, such as the spaced apart

spring clips

41, 42 and 43, and may rest near its lower end against the front brace 29.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and, range of equivalency of the claims are, therefore, in-- tended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed is:

1. In an auxiliary seat assembly for a toilet bowl top, an annular seat having a rounded upper side and a lower side, four legs depending from said bottom side and being substantially equidistantly spaced from each other around the seat and divergent with respect to each other, said legs having lower ends arranged to engage the outer edge of a toilet bowl top with the seat superimposed over the toilet bowl top and spaced above the toilet bowl top, braces extending between and secured to opposed pairs of the legs at points spaced above the lower ends of the legs and spaced downwardly from the lower side of the seat, said braces being arranged to rest upon different points of the upper side of the toilet bowl top so as to support the seat on and spaced above a toilet bowl top, the said lower ends of the legs then serving to preclude shifting of the assembly crosswise of the toilet bowl top, the legs being insufficiently long to reach substantially below the toilet bowl top with the assembly in place thereon, and a curved deflector secured to and depending from the seat in the region of and inwardly of one of said braces.

2. In combination, a toilet bowl having a top having an upper surface and an outer peripheral edge, an auxiliary seat assembly comprising an annular seat having upper and lower sides, four legs secured to and depending from the lower side of the seat and spaced from each other substantially equidistantly around the seat, said legs having lower ends engaging portions of the outer peripheral Patehted'Mar. 6; 19561- edge of the toilet bowl top, said legs being insufliciently long to depend substantially below the toilet bowl top, braces extending between and secured to pairs of said legs at opposite sides of the seat, said braces being spaced from the lower ends of the legs and from the seat and resting upon the upper surface of the toilet bowl top and spacing the seat on and above the toilet bowl top.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 152,383 Waaranan Jan. 11, 1949 592,857 Zietz Nov. 2, 1897