US 12,121,189 B2
Toilet
Chanseol Chung, Milwaukee, WI (US); Karger D. Kohler, Kohler, WI (US); Daniel N. Halloran, Fredonia, WI (US); Jeffrey T. Laundre, Sheboygan, WI (US); Keith E. Muellenbach, Sheboygan, WI (US); Jennifer Tarplee, Sheboygan, WI (US); and Craig Loest, Kohler, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,588.
Application 18/233,588 is a continuation of application No. 17/985,461, filed on Nov. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,759,065.
Application 17/985,461 is a continuation of application No. 17/322,335, filed on May 17, 2021, granted, now 11,529,030, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 17/322,335 is a continuation of application No. 17/046,506, granted, now 11,039,719, issued on Jun. 22, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2019/026727, filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/655,904, filed on Apr. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380643 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47K 13/24 (2006.01); A47K 13/10 (2006.01); A47K 13/12 (2006.01); A47K 13/28 (2006.01); A61G 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 13/247 (2013.01) [A47K 13/10 (2013.01); A47K 13/12 (2013.01); A47K 13/28 (2013.01); A47K 13/242 (2013.01); A47K 13/245 (2013.01); A61G 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet seat assembly comprising:
a seat configured to be rotatably coupled to a toilet, wherein the seat is configured to rotate between a lowered position and a stowed position;
a cover, wherein the cover is configured to rotate between a lowered position and a stowed position while the seat is in the lowered position; and
a lumbar support integrated with the cover, wherein the lumbar support is aligned with a back of a user when the seat is in the lowered position and the cover is in the stowed position.