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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7097047 | Cable management flip tray assembly A system and method for providing a cable management flip tray assembly includes a flip tray mounting bracket and a flip tray. The flip tray is moveable between a first, generally vertical, position and a second, generally horizontal, position that facilitates acces... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966076 | Low maintenance hygienic toilet seat A toilet seat assembly for mounting to the toilet bowl can be assembled and disassembled by aligning vanous components of the assembly at predetermined angles with respect to one another. The toilet seat assembly includes a housing defining a cavity for receiving a ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6848123 | Sheet winding machine for a toilet stool Disclosed herein is a sheet winding machine for a toilet stool, the machine comprising a sheet supplier and a sheet collector mounted on opposite ends of an under plate, said under plate being installed at a rear end of a toilet seat mounted on a toilet bowl, wherei... | 02/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5685024 | Mechanism for automatically changing closestool seat sanitary cover Disclosed is a mechanism for automatically changing closestool seat sanitary cover mainly includes a roll-up mechanism and a specially designed closestool seat. The roll-up mechanism includes a supply reel on which continuous sleeve-like sanitary cover is... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5437906 | Sanitary toilet seat covers A toilet seat cover adapted to substantially enclose a toilet seat is disclosed which allows a user to quickly and easily expose a sanitary surface. The toilet seat cover comprises a base slip cover to conform to the shape and size of a toilet seat thereb... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5253372 | Apparatus for dispensing measured lengths of tubular films onto an armature An apparatus for dispensing measured lengths of a sleeve material upon an armature, especially adapted for dispensing a plastic cover upon a toilet seat, includes a source of sleeve material fed onto the armature and collected upon a take-up reel. The cov... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4935967 | Automated toilet seat cover apparatus An automated toilet seat cover is provided wherein a plurality of spaced parallel rolls are rotatably mounted within the housing positioned between rearwardmost ends of a toilet seat. The rolls are provided with rearwardly extending axles with gears secur... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4910809 | Toilet seat covering Apparatus for supplying a toilet seat with fresh and sanitary cover material and taking up the used material. The cover material is folded lengthwise and is dispensed from a supply reel to one terminus of the seat. The material encircles the body of the s... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4847922 | Combined toilet seat and reelable seat cover A combined toilet seat and reelable seat covering device includes a U-shaped seat plate and a flexible lay-flat tube cover adapted to be sleeved on the seat plate. One end of the seat is mounted on a mounting plate and rollers are provided for clamping an... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4766618 | Toilet seat covering Apparatus for supplying a toilet seat with fresh and sanitary cover material and taking up the used material. The cover material is folded lengthwise and is dispensed from a supply reel to one terminus of the seat. The material encircles the body of the s... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4760613 | Hygienic toilet seat assembly A hygienic toilet seat assembly where the toilet seat has the shape of a key ring with the overlapping placed at the rear region of the seat. A flat tubular protection cover is moved over the seat to protect it from being soiled and to protect the toilet ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4662009 | Actuating apparatus in a lavatory seat covering system In order to test the operatability of the section which dispenses a hose-shaped foil from a foil storage, which hose-shaped foil is advancable by one seat length after each use of the lavatory by means of a drive and a spent foil take-up means a check is ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4566648 | Device for applying and conveying a protective cover for a toilet seat With a device for applying and conveying a hose-shaped protective covering for a toilet seat, the unwinding spool is supported by a switch tube which passes through it and which transmits the movement of a push button, protruding from the housing, to a sw... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4213212 | Arrangement for fitting and changing a tubular cover made of plastic film on a toilet seat, and method for forming a tube A tubular toilet seat cover is stored on a reel and pulled off from this reel as it is replaced, and the used cover is taken up on another reel. By actuating a drive mechanism, the cover is moved through a predetermined distance in such manner that when i... | 07/22/1980 |