WO2012092930A3 - Toilet hinge arrangement - Google Patents

Abstract

Toilet hinge arrangement (1) for releasable fastening of a toilet cover assembly, including a toilet seat and/or a toilet cover, to a toilet bowl, so that the toilet cover assembly can pivot about a substantially horizontal rotation axis, where dampening means are acti- vated for dampening the downward movement of said toilet seat and/or cover, said toilet hinge arrangement includes a base member with a lower side adapted to abut the surface of the toilet bowl, where said base member has a shaft member projecting up" wards from the base member, said shaft being suitable to releasably engage a hinge part characterised in that the hinge part comprises: - a dampener (40), said dampener having a first end (42) rotatable relative to the dampener body (41), where the rotation of the first end is dampened relative to the body - an engagement part (10) where said engagement part has means (42) for engaging a first end of said dampener; a first ring-shaped connection eye (20) of the toilet seat or cover, having an opening such that the ring-shaped connection eye is arranged about the dampener; a second ring-shaped connection eye (30) of the toilet seat or cover, having means for engaging the free end of the dampener body in a non-rotatable manner where said dampener is provided with first fastening means adjacent the free end of the dampener body, where said second ring shaped connection eye is provided with means for accommodating and firmly engaging said dampener1 s first fastening means; and where said engagement part is provided with second fastening means which second fastening means will firmly engage the first end of the dampener where both first and second fastening means will maintain the dampener in fixed relationship axially along the rotation axis.