US 12,264,540 B2
Toilet training step ladder
Michael Cocilova, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Michael Cocilova, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/487,556.
Application 18/487,556 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/024839, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,795, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041274 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. E06C 1/20 (2006.01); A47K 17/02 (2006.01); E06C 1/387 (2006.01); E06C 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC E06C 1/20 (2013.01) [A47K 17/02 (2013.01); E06C 1/387 (2013.01); E06C 7/182 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet training step ladder adapted to be positioned around a toilet having a toilet bowl, the ladder comprising:
a) a U-shaped frame member having first and second legs with respective free ends for placing on a floor and an upper horizontally extending frame segment extending between the first and second legs opposite the free ends thereof;
b) first and second elongated frame members pivotally attached to the first and second legs, respectively, of the U-shaped frame member at a location between the upper horizontally extending frame segment and the free ends of the first and second legs; and
c) one or more steps each having opposite front and rear edges and opposite first and second side edges, each of said one or more steps pivotally attached at the opposite side edges thereof, at a location adjacent the front edge of a respective step, and extending between the first and second elongated frame members, respectively, said front edge of said one or more steps each facing a vertical plane defined by said upper horizontally extending frame segment, said first leg and said second leg, said upper horizontally extending frame segment configured to be positioned directly above the toilet bowl to provide a handle for manual grasping by a user located on a selected one of said one or more steps; and
d) first and second elongated pivot arms each having opposite first and second ends with each pivot arm first end pivotally attached to one of the first and second elongated frame members, and each pivot arm second end pivotally attached to a respective one of the first and second opposite side edges of the respective step adjacent the rear edge of the respective step.