US 11,910,967 B2
Toilet seat lifting and lowering apparatus
Damien Petersen, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Damien Petersen, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,432.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/093,488, filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117448 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A47K 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 13/10 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet seat lifting and lowering apparatus comprising:
a base component comprising a plurality of mounting holes configured to accept a plurality of fasteners to mechanically attach the base component to a floor;
a foot lever pivotally attached to the base component;
a lifting lever pivotally attached to and extending upwardly from one end of the foot lever; and
a toilet seat attachment component pivotally attached to and extending perpendicularly from a distal end of the lifting lever; and
wherein the toilet seat attachment component comprises a lifting lever connector comprising a bracket movably engaging the lifting lever and an arm comprising a plurality of holes extending laterally from the bracket toward a toilet seat; and
wherein the toilet seat attachment component further comprises a toilet seat bracket attachable to the lifting lever connector and comprising a seat engaging member and a lifting lever connector attachment portion comprising a plurality of holes configured to mate with the plurality of holes of the arm of the lifting lever connector and secure the lifting lever attachment portion to the arm; and
wherein the seat engaging member is configured to completely surround and encapsulate an adjacent portion of the toilet seat.