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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7003814 | Bobbin assembly for a sleeve dispensing toilet seat A bobbin assembly is provided that is suitable for dispensing webbed material using a power driven coupling in a toilet seat assembly having a housing with wall portions. The bobbin assembly comprises an extruded thermoplastic hollow tube having a plurality of splin... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6907621 | Toilet seat lifter with flusher A mechanism for raising and lowering a toilet seat in response to actuation of foot pedals. An actuation cylinder with a contained piston is connected between the toilet bowl and the toilet seat. Water from the supply line for the toilet is routed to the actuator cy... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6862752 | Toilet seat cover mechanism In an inside of a cassette 11 which is stored integrally with a toilet seat lid 1, a plurality of toilet seat covers 12 are stored, and by opening and closing of the toilet seat lid 1 which stores the cassette 11, a part of the toi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6757917 | Low maintenance hygienic toilet seat The present invention provides a toilet seat assembly that can be assembled and disassembled without the use of tools by aligning various components of the assembly at a predetermined angle with respect to one another. Another aspect of the invention includes a syst... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6308346 | Hygienic toilet seat An improved electromechanical assembly advances a tubular protective covering around a toilet seat. The covering is stored on a reel, and pulled off from the reel as it is replaced, and the used covering is taken up on a second reel. An activation button ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6212693 | Sanitary toilet seat A sanitary toilet seat is provided which has an integral toilet seat covering material dispenser and disposal device. The device moves a predetermined length of sanitary seat covering material from a dispensing port to a disposal port each time a motor is... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6076198 | Tubular film dispensing apparatus An apparatus for dispensing measured lengths of toilet seat cover material onto a toilet seat and for collecting used cover materials includes an integrated system to improve performance. The apparatus includes sensors to determine the orientation of the ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5937448 | Hygienic toilet seat An improved electro-mechanical assembly is provided for advancing a tubular protective covering around a toilet seat. The covering is stored on a reel, and pulled off from the reel as it is replaced, and the used covering is taken up on a second reel. An ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5913609 | Apparatus and method for conveying a protective cover along a toilet seat Apparatus for conveying a protective covering along a toilet seat is provided. The apparatus includes a housing containing a supporting structure for the toilet seat, a feeder spool from which a roll of unused protective covering material is fed, a take-u... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5655233 | Toilet dome A decorative cover for a toilet comprises a fabric shaped by a plurality of ribs, the ribs pivotally mounted to the rear of the toilet seat. The ribs are of sequentially reduced configurations allowing for a fully nested relationship therebetween. The rib... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5590424 | Device for providing sanitary covers for toilet seats A device provides a sanitary cover for a toilet seat when a toilet seat cover makes contact with a toilet seat as happens when the toilet seat cover is closed. The device includes a toilet seat cover which holds a plurality of toilet seat sanitary covers,... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5438711 | Apparatus for automatically feeding seat covering paper toilet seat An electrically driven seat covering paper feeding mechanism feeds seat covering paper from a seat covering paper roll stored in a seat covering paper roll storage portion onto a toilet seat body through a seat covering paper feed path. A seat covering pa... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5203036 | Apparatus for delivering laying paper for closet seat An apparatus for delivering paper for a water closet seat has; a lid whose rear end is rotatably supported by a box secured to the upper rear of a closet bowl: the closet seat being under the lid with the rear end thereof being rotatably and vertically mo... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4926506 | Sanitary lavatory seat system A sanitary lavatory seat has a right and left portion which can each be covered with paper or plastic from a roll. The roller is positioned within a casing fixed at the rear of the lavatory seat. Various gears are provided whereby the rolls can be synchro... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4856694 | Paper shifting apparatus for toilet seats A paper shifting apparatus for toilet seats includes; a supply mechanism with a pair of rollers pivotally installed in a supply case which is adapted to be fixed at a proper place close to one side of a toilet bowl; a take-up mechanism with a pair of roll... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4257131 | Device to apply a paper sheet to a closet seat A device for applying a paper sheet to a toilet seat which includes a paper sheet container adapted to move from a substantially vertical position to a position over the toilet seat, and then back to a substantially vertical position by manually operating... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4203530 | Device to apply a paper sheet to a closet seat A device for applying a paper sheet to a water closet seat which includes a paper sheet container adapted to move from a substantially vertical position to a substantially horizontal position over the closet seat by manually operating a tilting mechanism.... | 05/20/1980 |
