Abstract: A toilet seat lifter includes a seat lifter, a foot pedal actuator, and an actuation cable. The seat lifter includes a lifter base and at least one lifter arm. The lifter base is retained between a toilet a toilet seat assembly on one end thereof. The at least one lifter arm is rotatably retained by the lifter base on the other end thereof. The at least one lifter arm is placed under the toilet seat. The foot pedal actuator includes a base, a foot pedal, and a spring loaded disc. The spring loaded disc is rotatably retained by the base. One end of the foot pedal is pivotally attached to the base and other end rotates the spring loaded disc. One end of the cable is attached to the spring loaded disc and the other end is attached to the at least one lifter arm. When a user pushes the foot pedal down the cable rotates the at least one lifter arm to raise the toilet seat.

Abstract: A grasping handle for a toilet seat includes a base unit having an inner lip and a slidable handle unit having an outer lip. The handle unit telescopes into the base unit. In a preferred embodiment, the handle unit includes a pair of toothed prongs which engage matching teeth on the interior of the base unit. The lips grasp the inner and outer perimeters of the toilet seat between them and the spacing is held by the engagement of the teeth. A release mechanism includes plungers which bias the prongs away from the interior walls, disengaging the teeth. In an alternative embodiment, the prongs include a cross member which carries a torsion spring with arms that engage the base unit interior walls. The torsion spring biases the handle into a fully telescoped condition and thereby exerts a spring force to keep a toilet seat grasped between the inner and outer lips.

Abstract: A mechanism lifts a toilet seat from a condition covering the toilet bowl to a condition in which the seat is upright with respect to a top rim of the toilet bowl. The mechanism includes a foot pedal in front of the toilet bowl. The foot pedal is connected to the toilet seat by a mechanism that includes a third class lever.

Abstract: A toilet seat lifting device that allows a user to lift or lower a toilet seat without have to touch the seat with his or her hands. The device has a rope assembly: and a wall mounted plate assembly. The rope assembly extends from the toilet seat to the plate assembly, and controls positioning of the seat. The rope assembly includes an elongated piece of rope having two ends, a loop between the ends, and a pair of clamps se curable to the toilet seat. Each rope end is attached to one of the clamps. The plate assembly has an elongated base, a top hook, a bottom hook, and U-shaped guides. In order to lower the toilet seat, the rope loop is extended upward towards the top hook, under the guides. To lift the seat, the loop is pulled downward over the top surface of the guide toward the bottom hook. To maintain the seat in the lifted position, the loop is secured around the bottom hook.

Abstract: A positioning assembly structured to orient a toilet seat in either a raised or lowered position including a drive assembly comprising an electrically powered, reversible drive motor rotationally connected to a drive shaft. The drive shaft rotationally drives a hinge assembly pivotally mounting the toilet seat to a toilet bowl. A control assembly includes a manually operable switch assembly, which may be in the form of a foot pedal or other activatible control facility. The drive assembly, while having sufficient output capacity to move the seat may be of a size which facilitates its mounting on the toilet bowl, adjacent the seat and in direct driving relation to the hinge assembly. The drive assembly may be a integrated component of the toilet seat assembly when purchased or otherwise be structurally adapted for use with existing, previously installed toilet seats.

Abstract: Apparatus to displace a raised toilet seat or cover member, comprising, in combination a carrier to be supported on a toilet water tank, structure pivotally supported on that carrier, a pusher associated with said structure positioned to displace said member as the structure pivots, and an actuator associated with said structure and positioned to pivot said structure in response to lowering of the surface level of water in the tank.

Abstract: A toilet lifting apparatus in which a spring mechanism causes a toilet seat to rise after flushing of the toilet. The spring mechanism is controlled by a bolting device which is connected to the spring mechanism at one end and to a cable at another end so that upon flushing the cable moves the bolting mechanism thereby releasing the spring mechanism. The spring mechanism can vary its resiliency which in turn varies the speed by which the toilet seat rises from its seated position upon flushing. A urine guard is also provided.

Abstract: An automatically raised toilet seat apparatus is provided. The toilet seat apparatus includes a toilet seat portion and a pair of box portions. The body of each box portion forms a closed space which contains a liquid and defines a plurality of tank compartments. Baffles separate at least some of the tank compartments. The liquid's adaptive distribution between tank compartments facilitates the toilet seat portion's gradual displacement between lowered raised positions, biasing the toilet seat portion to one of those positions. In certain cases, a pair of shallow holes and a pair of deep holes are formed into the toilet seat portion, for adjustably receiving the box portions, depending on the size of the given toilet's water tank.

Abstract: A foot operated device for lifting a toilet seat that includes a base, a foot pedal, a pair of arms, and a pedal lock. The base includes a pair of fulcrums. The foot pedal includes a pair of levers that are pivotally mounted to the pair of fulcrums, respectively, and a pedal that connects the pair of levers. The pair of arms are pivotally mounted to the levers, respectively, extend upwardly therefrom, and engage the toilet seat so as to allow the toilet seat to be raised when the pedal is depressed by a foot by virtue of the pair of levers being pivoted upwardly causing the pair of arms to rise and raise the toilet seat along therewith. The pedal lock is movably mounted to the base and maintains the toilet seat in its up position, and when released, allows the toilet seat to return to its down position.

Abstract: An improved toilet having the conventional features of a standard toilet and with the toilet seat defining a hollow first opening extending around the toilet. The seat further defines a plurality of second openings extending from the exterior surface of the seat into the first opening. A vacuum device draws air from the bowl area through the openings and through an odor removing filtration device. The toilet further has an automatic seat raising and lowering system comprising a motor and a belt assembly system connecting the motor to the rear protruding portion of the seat. Finally, the toilet has a receptacle placed thereon for holding water.

Abstract: A closure apparatus and a method of installing the same are provided. The closure apparatus is adapted to mount to a toilet having a cover, a bowl ledge and a flush mechanism. The closure apparatus includes a mounting bolt having an opening extending therethrough and a rod disposed within the opening of the bolt. The apparatus also includes a spring that is adapted to be deformed by the rod to thereby bias the rod and a lever movable with respect to the mounting bolt. A latch release mechanism coupled to the lever is also included. Upon flushing the toilet when the cover is open, and when the closure apparatus is mounted on the bowl ledge, the latch release mechanism causes the latch point of the lever to move with respect to the mounting bolt and allows the spring to move the rod, which pushes the cover, to thereby close the cover.

Abstract: A device for lifting and lowering a toilet seat and cover in a sanitary manner is disclosed herein. The device easily affixes to the underside of a toilet seat and is equipped with a handle so as to eliminate the need for any direct hand contact by the user with the seat, cover or bowl of a toilet.

Abstract: An automatic raising closestool seat, comprising a closestool seat and two boxes, wherein the body of said box forming a closed space which used baffles divided into several tanks and filled liquid into said tanks, said tanks filling liquid into so that said closestool seat raising by slowly; two relatively shallow holes and two relatively deep holes being installed both side of closestool seat, said two boxes do not one-shot design with closestool seat, hollow body of said box, wherein said two box being installed said shallow holes or deep holes by the width of the water tank of closestool.

Abstract: It is difficult for the elderly or an individual with a bad back to raise and lower the toilet seat and lid of a Western style toilet. Depression of a pedal with the foot causes an operating arm to rotate and an actuator arm to push upward, whereupon the toilet seat is pushed upward by the pushing motion; and release of the pedal causes the operating arm to rotate in the return direction and the actuator arm to descend, whereupon the toilet seat is drawn downward. The operating arm is rotatably supported by a support member with the linking end thereof rotatably attachable to the bottom of the actuator arm, so that depression of the pedal with the foot causes the operating arm to rotate and the actuator arm to push upward, whereupon the toilet seat is pushed upward by the pushing motion; and release of the pedal causes the operating arm to rotate in the return direction and the actuator arm to descend, whereupon the toilet seat is drawn downward by this descent. The actuator arm is extendable and retractable.

Abstract: A toilet seat lifting assembly for providing a more sanitary and easier way of raising and lifting a toilet seat. The toilet seat lifting assembly includes a lift member being adapted to be securely attached upon a toilet stool and being securely attached to a toilet seat; and also includes a lift activation assembly being connected to the lift member for energizing the lift member to lift the toilet seat.

Abstract: A toilet seat closing system for automatically lowering a seat over the bowl portion of a toilet after use. The toilet seat closing system includes a toilet with a bowl portion, a seat assembly pivotally coupled to the bowl assembly, and a seat lowering assembly coupled to the bowl assembly and coupled to the seat assembly by a pair of pistons.

Abstract: A automated toilet seat lowering device for lowering a raised toilet seat after a predetermined amount of time. The automated toilet seat lowering device includes a motor for rotating a spindle securely attached to a toilet seat. The motor is mechanically coupled to the spindle. The spindle is generally coaxial with hinges hingedly coupling the toilet seat to the toilet. The motor rotates the spindle to lower the toilet seat downward from a raised position. A housing is mountable to a wall. The housing has a front side facing outwardly away from the wall. Control circuitry adapted for actuating the motor, tracking elapsed time and receiving an electrical signal from a sensor is positioned in the housing and electrically coupled to the motor. A sensor for detecting motion is positioned on the front side of the housing is electrically coupled to the control circuitry. The sensor sends electrical signals to the control circuitry when the sensor detects movement.

Abstract: In one of its' aspects, the invention provides a chair for covering a bathroom toilet with a tank, a hinged seat, a bowl, and a flushing handle. The chair has a tank cover for covering the tank of the toilet, and a bowl cover connected to the tank cover for covering the hinged seat and the bowl of the toilet. The bowl cover has a hinged seat cover and a front portion. The front portion has a protrusion for receiving the front part of the bowl of the toilet to allow the front part of the bowl to extend outwardly beyond a remainder of the front portion. The chair also has a pair of arm rests coupled with the tank cover, each arm rest having a front portion and a back portion. The arm rests are undercut to create a space between the bowl cover and the front portion of the arm rests to admit a user's thighs. The claim further has first and second pedal assemblies operably connected to the hinged seat cover and the hinged seat cover and hinged seat from the closed to the opened positions.

Abstract: Users of the Personal Interlocking Toilet Seat Handle with Related Improved Sanitary Toilet Seat enjoy a personal, private solution to health concerns arising from exposure to common restroom contaminants such as urine, fecal matter, germs, bacteria and other harmful microorganisms. Businesses can replace existing toilet seats with the device, affording the restroom user a convenient means of avoiding contaminated seat surfaces. Consumer's who use the handle are afforded a convenient, economical manner to manipulate any toilet which is equipped with the Seat. The handle is unobtrusive, lightweight, affordable, and personal to the user. The user can easily clean, disinfect, or sterilize the handle between uses to reduce disease borne from contaminants.

Abstract: The toilet seat lifting system includes a lifting bracket secured to a seat of a toilet, a vertical member, a stabilizer bar locks between the toilet seat bolts and engage the upper portion of the vertical member, a spring attached to the stabilizer bar and the rear of the toilet seat, a lever arm pivotally attached to a lower portion of the vertical member, a pair of support arms attached to an upper portion of the vertical member extending at an angle from thereof, an air cylinder attached between the vertical member and the lever arm, two pulleys rotatably attached to an upper portion of the vertical member, and a length of cord attached to the lever arm extending about the pulleys and attached to the lifting bracket for allowing elevating and lowering of the seat, outer covers attached to vertical member and the support arms concealing inner components and providing a decorative exterior.

Abstract: A toilet seat lifting device is provided for the manually lifting and lowering of a toilet seat without requiring the user to actually touch the toilet seat or actually touching any part attached to the toilet seat. This toilet seat lifting device is also provided for raising and lowering said toilet seat for persons with physical disabilities who have difficulty in bending to raise or lower a toilet seat. It is also provided as a sanitary way of raising and lowering a toilet seat for those without sight. It is a two piece device, one piece being a lifting knob that is permanently attached to one side of the underside of a toilet seat. The other part of the device is in the form of a wand having a manually graspable portion at one end and a hook at the opposite end that is used to cradle the neck part of the lifting knob, granting the user complete control of the toilet seat when lifting or lowering said toilet seat.

Abstract: The toilet flushing handle accessory of the present invention includes a decorative figure attached to an existing toilet flushing handle to customize and decorate a toilet. The toilet flushing handle accessory can include an electronic sound module to provide for recording and playback of audio messages, and a pressurized scented spray canister for providing a scented spray upon each activation of the toilet flushing handle.

Abstract: A toilet seat and cover lifter includes a seat lifting assembly and a cover lifting assembly. Each lifting assembly includes a lifting plate, a pair of arms, a pair of counterweights, a vertical handle, and a vertical handle retainer. The seat lifting assembly is installed in the following manner. The lifting plate is mounted to a bottom of the toilet seat. Each arm extends from an end of the lifting plate. Each arm has a slot formed in a length thereof. At least one counterweight is slidably attached to each arm. The counterweights are adjusted by sliding thereof in the slot to reduce the amount force required to move the toilet seat to an upright position. The vertical handle is pivotally attached to an end of either arm. The vertical handle is radially retained inside a vertical handle retainer which is mounted to a side of the toilet tank. The cover lifting assembly is installed in a similar manner to the seat lifting assembly. Two foot pedals with cords may be substituted for the seat vertical handle.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically raising a toilet seat when the toilet is flushed includes a toilet tank pivotally mounted on the bowl and a spring connected between the toilet tank and seat. A weight is attached to the spring. When the toilet seat is manually lowered, the spring flips to the upward position and holds the seat down. When the toilet is flushed, the decreasing water level in the tank changes the center of gravity of the tank and causes it to pivot, thereby flexing the spring in the opposite direction, with the aid of an attached counterweight, and raising the seat.

Abstract: A toilet flushing and seat lifting system for lifting a toilet seat and flushing the toilet seat without having to touch the toilet seat or handle. The toilet flushing and seat lifting system includes a lifting means for lifting the seat and lid of a toilet. The lifting means has a foot pedal. The foot pedal is elongate and has a first and second end. The foot pedal is generally positioned adjacent to the bottom side of the toilet. A pivoting means pivots the foot pedal with respect to floor. An elongate member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the elongate member is hingedly coupled to the second end of the foot pedal. A rod has a first end coupled to the second end of the elongate member and a second end extending toward the toilet. A securing means hingedly secures the second end of the rod to a bottom side of the seat. A toilet flushing means for flushing the toilet comprises an elongate flexible member having a first end and a second end.

Abstract: A one-piece toilet seat hinge composed of an elastomeric material throughout, and having the characteristics of rubber, and including a flat flange member and a coplanar support shank, the flange member being designed to be connected to the toilet seat and the support shank being generally cylindrical in shape and externally threaded to facilitate mounting thereof within a cavity normally found on the toilet stool for connection of the seat thereto. The flange member has lower peripheral portions having sufficient memory to cause the toilet seat to swing from a horizontal orientation, upon release, to a vertically extending orientation, thereby obviating the likelihood of the seat being soiled by a subsequent male urinator.

Abstract: An automatic toilet cover and seat lifting and lowering device including a motor secured to the cental flange of the toilet. The motor includes a central gear positioned forwardly thereof. A lifting apparatus is coupled with the motor and the toilet seat and toilet cover. The lifting apparatus includes a gear positioned forwardly of and engaged to the central gear of the motor. The gear has a shaft extending laterally therethrough. The shaft has opposed free ends. The opposed free ends each have an elongated arm extending forwardly therefrom. The elongated arms extend within the toilet seat and the toilet cover. An activation switch is disposed adjacent to the toilet. The activation switch is in communication with the motor. The activation switch has a first position for operating the motor in a raising orientation and a second position for operating the motor in a lowering orientation.

Abstract: A toilet seat lifting apparatus for lifting a toilet seat with a user's foot. The toilet seat lifting apparatus includes a toilet and a lifting assembly. The toilet has a bowl. A toilet seat is hingedly coupled to the top edge of the top section of the bowl. A lifting assembly for lifting the toilet seat has a base portion. The base portion has a top surface and a bottom surface for mounting on a floor surface adjacent to the toilet. A platform is hingedly connecting the platform to the base portion. A first rod is elongate, having a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The middle portion is coupled to the platform. A second rod is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the second rod is hingedly coupled to the second end of the first rod. The second end of the second rod is coupled to the toilet seat.

Abstract: A toilet seat accessory mounted to the toilet seat cover and having a blocking device extending beyond a perimeter of the cover to block access to a flush handle of the toilet when the cover is in the raised position. A latching device on the accessory removably latches to the seat such that as the cover is moved between the raised and lowered positions, the seat is held by the opposite end of the toilet seat accessory and moves with the cover between the raised and lowered positions. The latching device has a tab connected with the latching device, whereby upon the cover and seat being in the raised position, pushing on the tab removes the latching device from the seat, thereby releasing the seat from being latched with the cover.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically pivoting a first member relative to a second member comprises a housing connectable to the second member; a shaft connectable to the first member and juxtaposed to rotate about its axis within the housing between a rest position and an open position, the shaft having first and second rates of rotation in a closing direction from the open to the rest position; a torsion spring assembly connected between the housing and the shaft; a dampening assembly connected between the housing and the shaft for exerting a dampening torque upon the shaft during at least one direction of rotation of the shaft relative to the housing; a time delay assembly connected between the housing and the shaft for variably exerting a braking torque on the shaft; a shift assembly connected between the housing and the shaft and operable to enable and disable the time delay assembly; and, a clutch assembly for engaging the shaft with the dampening assembly and the time delay assembly when torque is applied to