Abstract: A toilet seat lift, for use with a toilet seat and a toilet, for assisting a handicapped person in sitting down on and in rising up from a toilet seat. The toilet seat lift has a plurality of jacks connected to the toilet seat via hinges and to a motor. A handicapped person uses a control panel to engage the motor and jacks, thereby raising the toilet seat from a level position over the toilet to an upright position and to lower the toilet seat from the upright position to the level position. The present invention also comprises a frame structure with handrails that improve the stability and strength of the toilet seat lift. The frame structure is fixed to the floor surrounding the toilet and to the back wall. The handrails and jacks are attached to the frame structure and each handrail contains an embedded control panel. In an alterative embodiment, a person can use a foot control pad to control the raising and lowering of the toilet seat.

Abstract: A circuit interrupter characterized by a manually operated fast acting switch and an overload relay for tripping of switch in response to current overload. The switch comprises means for moving electric contacts between open and closed and tripped positions which means includes a releasable arm which is movable between latched and unlatched positions. The switch also comprises a pair of pushbuttons for manually opening and closing the switch which pushbuttons are effective to move a lever which in turn actuates an overcenter toggle mechanism for opening and closing the switch.