Abstract: A height adjustment unit 10 for raising the height of a chair or bed. The unit 10 comprises a ground engaging support member 12 with an internal thread 18. A height adjustment member 14 is engageable with the thread 18 to be rotatable to a required height. A sheet 56 of a resiliently deformable material extends across the top of the member 14 and has a pattern of openings therethrough to receive and grip the leg of a bed or chair.

Abstract: A height adjustment unit 10 for raising the height of a chair or bed. The unit 10 comprises a ground engaging support member 12 with an internal thread 18. A height adjustment member 14 is engageable with the thread 18 to be rotatable to a required height. A sheet 56 of a resiliently deformable material extends across the top of the member 14 and has a pattern of openings therethrough to receive and grip the leg of a bed or chair.

Abstract: A toilet seat assembly includes a toilet seat (40) and a seat holding bar assembly (30,130) for removably holding the seat on a toilet bowl (10,110), the seat having a rearwardly directed extension (72,74,172) including two spaced upwardly directed surfaces (80,190) each of which has one or more recesses (79,179), the seat holding bar assembly (30,130) being rigidly attachable to the toilet bowl (10,110) and having an outwardly directed projection (39,139) at each end which extends beyond the edges of the rear of the toilet bowl so that the seat (40) can be fitted to the bowl with the upwardly directed surfaces below the bar projections (39,139) with the projections located in said recesses (79,179).

Abstract: A raised toilet seat is formed from plastic material as a single member by injection molding and includes a seat surface from which inner and outer flanges depend. The flanges form an open bottomed channel in which are located integral strengthening webs. The lower surface of the webs engage the toilet bowl, and three-point clamps integrally-formed with one of the flanges form a downward extension. A pair of rear clamping members is mounted in threaded passages in extensions from the outer flange.

Abstract: A container comprises a receptacle defining an open top with a rim extending around the open top. A lid is provided to cover the open top, The lid is moveable between a closed position in which the lid engages the rim to cover the open top, and an open position. The container Further includes a handle For carrying the container. The handle is moveable between a carrying position in which the handle prevents the lid from being removed from the receptacle when the lid in the closed position and a non carrying position in which the lid can be moved to the open position.