Abstract: A linkage for moving a hinged member from a first position to a second position. The hinged member may be a toilet seat, the lid of a toilet seat, or any other hinged member. The linkage is provided with first and second pedals where the first pedal moves the seat from the first (or lowered) position to a second (or raised) position. The second pedal moves the seat from the second position to the first position. The linkage is preferably provided with a biasing member to assist the seat in moving from the first position to the second position and acts as a dampening mechanism when the seat is moved from the second position to the first position.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively moving a toilet seat between a first and second position comprising: a base, a first pedal having a first end for receiving a downward force thereon pivotally connected to the base, a first means connected between the toilet seat and an end of the first pedal opposite the first end for moving the toilet seat from a first position to a second position, a second pedal having a first end for receiving a downward force thereon and pivotally connected at an edge opposite the first end to the first pedal, a second means connected between the second pedal and an upper end of the first moving means for moving at least one of the toilet seat from the second position to the first position and the second pedal away from the first pedal.

Abstract: The objective of this invention is to provide a solution that enable real, delayed or relayed time trade and delivery of time-tagged electronic information items from/among same or different regions' information content providers (190a, 190b) and/or their subscribers (201, 202, 211, 212, 221, 222), or via their corresponding region's information content network operators and their subscribers (201, 202, 211, 212, 221, 222). In order to realize the objective, this invention provide a system to select wanted information items and package the unselected or for-not-use information items in specified time frame by mapping and grouping via a grid/matrics to packaging, labeling and pricing the items into for-trade-items or dealpacks and register them into trading database (200); a system for dealpack listing, online searching and purchasing; and dealpack's secret key submitting, verifying, encrypting transmission and decrypting delivery.