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Automated toilet seat and seat cover lifting and lowering system

  • US 6,230,336 B1
  • Filed: 08/18/1998
  • Issued: 05/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automated toilet seat and seat cover lifting and lowering system comprising:

  • a toilet bowl having a top surface;

    a water tank connected to said toilet bowl;

    said water tank having an interior water chamber;

    a pressurized water source;

    a primary tubular member having a first end and a second end;

    said first end being connected to said pressurized water source;

    said second end being connected to said water chamber in said water tank;

    a toilet seat resting on said top surface of said toilet bowl;

    said toilet seat having a front end and a rear end;

    a lever actuator housing mounted on said top surface of said toilet bowl adjacent said rear end of said toilet seat;

    said lever actuator housing having a height less than the height of said toilet bowl;

    said lever actuator housing having a front end having at least one first lifting lever extending forwardly therefrom;

    said first lifting lever being connected to said rear end of said toilet seat;

    said rear end of said first lifting lever is connected to an upright oriented hinge disk having a horizontally oriented bore that receives a horizontally oriented shaft;

    a secondary tubular member having a first end and a second end;

    said first end being connected to said primary tubular member and providing a passageway for some of said pressurized water;

    said second end being connected to actuator assembly means inside said lever actuator housing for using said pressurized water to raise said first lifting lever from a horizontal position to a vertical position; and

    said actuator assembly means comprises at least one piston cylinder having a water inlet port adjacent its top end, a water outlet port adjacent its top end, and a piston having a top end and a bottom end positioned in said piston cylinder;

    said second end of said secondary tubular member being connected to said water inlet port to provide pressurized water flow against said top end of said piston.

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