COVER FOR TOILET BOWLS

COUVERCLE DE SIEGE DE W.-C.

English Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE


A cover for toilets is disclosed which is characterized
in that the actual cover itself pivots on two parallel tabs loc-
ated at a distance from one another on the resting seat, and in
that on the tabs of said seat there are mounted two opposed
spring pins which can be moved in the manner of door bolts with
a view to engaging the heads thereof in two corresponding holes
made in the toilet fixture and constituting the pivot for mov-
ing the seat and the cover.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR
PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A cover for toilets characterized in that the actual cover
itself pivots on two parallel tabs located at a distance from one
another on the resting seat and in that on the tabs of said seat there
are mounted two opposed spring pins which can be moved in the manner
of door bolts with a view to engaging the heads thereof in two
corresponding holes made in the toilet fixture and constituting the
pivot for moving the seat and the cover, the tabs on the seat having
two blind housings in them, directed and open towards one another, in
which, in each of the said housings, there is housed and guided a pin
acted upon by a thrust spring suitable for keeping it pushed to the
outside of the said housing, and in which each pin is provided with
a gripping lug guided in and projecting from an oblong slot cut
radially with respect to the said housing, with said lug determining
the limits of axial movement of the said pin, said cover bearing the
seat and being directly pivoted on the toilet fixture without any
intervening means applied to the fixture.
2. A cover for toilet fixtures in accordance with Claim 1,
characterized in that the cover is pivoted on at least one element

provided for that purpose on the toilet fixture.

Description

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IMPROVF,~ENTS IN COVEP~ F R TOILET BOWLS
This invention relates generally to covers for
toiletbowls and more particularly to covers which can b~ easily
and rapidly mounted and taken off
It is generally known that the cover toget~er with
the seat for tciletbowls are fastened to the body of the
bowl by means of a pai~ ~f bracket supports which must, on
.the one hand, be fixed to the toilet bowl by means of bolts
and, on the other hand, constitute a pivoting pin for moving.
Ithe cover and the seat.
I Equally well known are the difficulties both of
'centering and ~ounting the ccver on the bracket supports
... . iand of dismounting ~r disassembling the co~er and seat as a
anit when necessary, partly due to the fact that the operations
must normally be carried out under relatively inconvenient
conditions and the fastening bolts have a tendency to
become rusty and consequently hinder eas~ and rapid
operation.
In contradistinction to this, the object of this
iinvention is to provide a cover with corresponding seat
ithat can easily be fastened to a toilet bowl ky means of
movable pins with springs similar to door bolts or latches
iwhich fit into corresponding holes made in the bowl, so
that they themselves constitute pivoting means for mcving
the seat.
Further details of the invention will become more
obvious by the following description made in reference
to the attached drawing, drawn up solely by way of
illustration, in which;


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Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views illustrating
a complete toilet with seat and cover of this invention
lowered and raised, respectively;
Figure 3 is a top plan view illustrating the
cover and seat assembly of this invention mounted on the
toilet;
I Figure 4 is a top plan view illsutrating the cover
¦andseat assembly of this invention separate from the toilet
~bowl;
Figure 5 is a fragmentary, transverse elevational
view partially in section and partially broken away
illustrating the m~urting of the seat and cover assembly
of this invention; and
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Figure 6 is a fragmentary, sectional elevational
view taken in the direction of arrows A-A in Figure 3.
Indicated by 1 in the drawings is the cover for a
toilet 2 which has on its rear two prcjections 3 (Figs. 3,
4 and 5) t~rhich pivot, by means of pins 4 (Fig. 6) ,
on two corresponding tabs 5 on the seat 6 in such a way
that the cover 1 and the seat 6 can be moved angularly
with respect to one another and independently.
Located in the tabs 5 of the seat 6 are two bl~nd
holes 7, one on each side, which are open toward one another
and in each of which there is housed a pin 8 that is
acted upon by a thrust or compression spring ~ designed
to hold it pushed toward the outside of the corresponding
hole 7. The pin 8 is also provided with a grip lug 10
which is guided in and projects from an elongated slot 11

located radially with respect to the hole 7, the lug 10
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constituting means for limiting, in particular, the axial
displacement of the pin 8 toward the outside of the
aforementioned hole 7.
The seat 6 complete with the cover 1 is installed
on the toilet 2 which has two holes 12 located on the
opposite sides of a central portion 13 defined by two
depressions,14 made in the top of the toilet 2, in which
holes 12/are housed after the insertion of an antifriction
'cap element 15, the heads of the pins 8 so as to con-
stitute in totoboth the means of fastening the seat
to the toilet bowl and the pivoting means.
- Prom what has been described above it is obvious
that installing and removing the assembly comprising the
toilet seat 6 and cover 1, is both easy and rapid, inasmuch
as it suffices to actuate the grip lugs 10 with a ~iew
to moving the pins 8 with springs 9 in the manner of door
bolts in order to engage them and disengage them from
the holes 12 in the toilet and accordingly the fastening
and, respecitvely dismounting of the toilet assembly.
In the above description there are provided means
for mounting of the cover and seat on toilets designed
for this purpose, but this does not alter the notion
of rapid installation, for example, on an additional member
fastened to traditional type toilets