Velcro latching device for a toilet seat

Patent 4763362 Issued on August 16, 1988. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 4, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Eure, Lee B.

Application

No. 07/021698 filed on 03/04/1987

US Classes:

4/234, SEAT AND LID4/253CLOSET-BOWL CLOSURES

Examiners

Primary: Recla, Henry J.
Assistant: Sholl, Linda J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Matthews; Richard P.

International Classes

A47K 13/00 (20060101)
A47K 13/24 (20060101)

Abstract

A Velcro latching device for a torroidal toilet seat and a toilet seat cover. In a first embodiment an elongated attaching strap has one end adhesively secured to an upper surface to a toilet seat cover and a Velcro attaching device at its free end. A Velcro patch member is adhesively secured to the lower surface of the toilet seat cover to receive the Velcro attaching device on its exposed surface. The elongated attaching strap is sufficiently long to be looped over the toilet seat so as to engage the Velcro patch member and thereby secure the toilet seat to the cover member when each are in a raised position. In the second embodiment, the elongated strap is adhesively secured to the under surface of the toilet seat cover and the Velcro patch member is adhesively secured to the upper surface of the toilet seat cover. The elongated attaching strap is sufficiently long to be looped through the opening in the torroidal toilet seat member and then over the top of the toilet seat cover member to engage the Velcro patch member thereby securing the toilet seat member to the cover member when both members are in a raised position.