US3579663A

US3579663A - Toilet seat cover

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Publication number: US3579663A
Application number: US776318A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert Paul Leiter; Thomas G Ware
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1968-11-18
Filing date: 1968-11-18
Publication date: 1971-05-25
Anticipated expiration: 1988-05-25

Abstract

A TOILET SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING A PIVOTALLY SECURED TO THE SEAT MEMBER WHEREIN THERE IS PROVIDE A FLAT FORAMINOUS BOTTOM MEMBER WHICH HAS A COMMON PIVOT WITH THE COVER, AND COOPERATING MEMBERS ON THE COVER AND FLAT BOTTOM SUCH THAT THEY MAY BE SNAPPED TOGETHER OR PULLED APART. A CENTRAL ISLAND HAVING A PAIR OF DIVERGING WALLS EXTENDING THEREFROM IS LOCATED ON THE INSIDE FACE OF THE COVER TO DEFINE AN OPEN AREA FOR RECEIVING DEODORANT MATERIAL WHICH IS HELD IN PLACE BY THE FLAT BOTTOM MEMBER WHEN INTERLOCKED WITH THE COVER.

Description

May 25, 1971 p, n'E EI'AL 3,579,663

TOILET SEAT COVER Filed Nov. 18. 1968 INVENTORS Past-0r 15/750 7904445 6. MP5 BY 1M3, /WWM ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,579,663 TOILET SEAT COVER Robert Paul Leiter, 1219 Poplar Grove Drive, and Thomas G. Ware, 1029 N. Virginia Ave., both of Atlanta, Ga. 30306 Continuation-impart of application Ser. No. 755,137, Aug. 26, 1968. This application Nov. 18, 1968, Ser. No. 776,318

Int. Cl. E03d 9/00 U.S. Cl. 4-230 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A toilet seat assembly having a cover pivotally secured to the seat member wherein there is provided a flat foraminous bottom member which has a common pivot with the cover, and cooperating members on the cover and fiat bottom such that they may be snapped together or pulled apart. A central island having a pair of diverging walls extending therefrom is located on the inside face of the cover to define an open area for receiving deodorant material which is held in place by the fiat bottom member when interlocked with the cover.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 755,137, filed Aug. 26, 1968, for Toilet Seat Assembly, by the same inventors.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to toilet seats and more particularly to a toilet seat cover assembly which provides for disinfecting and deodorizing the assembly.

In the past, deodorizing and disinfecting of toilets and toilet seat assemblies has been accomplished by either providing a device separate from the toilet seat assembly or by providing a deodorant housing which has generally proven to be difiicult to install and refill, unattractive, cumbersome, relatively expensive, and not completely effective.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved toilet seat cover assembly which is inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and fill, attractive in appearance, durable in structure, and efficient in operation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved cover assembly which can effectively deodorize and disinfect without detracting from the overall appearance of the assembly.

A further object of the instant invention i to provide a cover assembly for a toilet seat which etficiently disinfects or deodorizes the seat in a continuous manner.

Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of this invention, the foregoing and other objects are attained by providing a cover assembly having a cover plate with a generally planar inner surface and an integrally formed downwardly extending edge about a major portion of the periphery thereof, projections integral with and extending from the inner surface of the cover plate for providing side walls of a chamber, a generally planar foraminous member conforming in shape to the cover plate and having a peripheral extent generally coinciding with the downwardly extending edge for enclosing the chamber and providing a generally planar surface for the cover assembly, and releasable interlocking members for securing the foraminous member in engagement with the side walls for retaining vapor releasing material within the chamber.

3,579,663 Fatented May 25, 1971 Many other advantages and objects of the present invention will become readily apparent as the following detailed description of the invention unfolds when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toilet seat assembly constructed in accordance with the present invention, the deodorant chamber being closed;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1 and showing the deodorant chamber in the open position;

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 1, on an enlarged scale, of the securing device, utilized for retaining the deodorant chamber in the closed position as shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a detail of the assembly shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, with parts broken away.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several figures and more particularly to FIG. 1, whereon numeral 10 denotes the seat of the toilet assembly being conventional in construction and preferably formed from plastic by injection molding. The toilet seat 10 includes an upper annular surface 11 and an in- Wardly and downwardly inclined inner surface 12, integrally joined together, wherein the inner periphery 13 of the surface is oval or elliptical to define a central open ing 14 therein. At the rear of the outer edge, seat 10 is bifurcated to provide a pair of spaced, parallel rear- Wardly extending arms 15 which pivotally receive and journal a transverse shaft or rod 16, seen in FIG. 4. As is conventional, a pair of opposed brackets 17, seen in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, support the rod 16 in a transverse or horizontal position, the brackets 17 being secured on the top of a conventional commode so as to provide support and permit the pivoting of the toilet seat assembly thereabout.

The cover 18, pivotally connected to the seat 10, has a pair of rearwardly extending arms 20 which are journalled on rod 16 and pivotally received between the arms 15.

As best seen in FIG. 1, the cover 18 includes a relatively flat wide annular outer plate, the central portion of which is integrally connected to a downwardly projecting oval shaped cup, denoted generally by numeral 24. The cup 24 has a continuous wall 26 perpendicular to the plate, the upper edge portion of cup 24 being integrally connected to the inner surface of the fiat upper plate. The wall 26 depends from the plate and is integrally joined along its lower edge by a bottom plate 28.

A flat chamber enclosing member 30 is illustrated as having a central rearwardly extending arm 32 pivotally journalled on rod 16 between the arms or legs 20. The fiat plate 30 has a configuration substantially the same as cover 18 so as to engage the rim or edge of cover 18 when in the closed position shown in FIG. 1. Extending forwardly of cup 24 are a pair of diverging projections 36 integrally formed on the plate and having a depth substantially equal to the depth of the rim to define the side walls of a chamber 38 for housing a vapor releasing chemical block of deodorant or disinfectant. When in the closed position, as shown in FIG. 1, the plate 30 encloses chamber 38 to retain the deodorant or disinfectant therein. The plate 30 is rendered foraminous by virtue of a plurality of apertures 40 on the forward edge thereof such that the vapor released from chamber 38 may permeate the toilet and toilet seat through the apertures 40. A hand hole 42 is provided on the forward portion of plate 30 to enable the plate 30 to be readily opened and closed.