Abstract: The invention relates to a cover element for a hinge, which comprises at least one hinge area to be clad, in which blind hole-like recesses are formed, wherein the cover element comprises a plane base body for the outer cladding of the hinge area. The invention further relates to a hinge, in particular for a door, comprising at least one hinge axis element, a first hinge part and a second hinge part, which are connected to one another in a hinge-like manner via the at least one hinge axis element and at least one cover element with a plane base body for the outer cladding of a respective hinge area, wherein blind hole-like recesses are firmed in the hinge area of the respective hinge part to be clad.

Abstract: Provided is a toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit. A cushion block is formed of a single band-like body that has a band-like shape extending with a predetermined width along an entire circumference of a toilet seat in a circumferential direction. The band-like body has an elongated cross-sectional shape cut along with a plane orthogonal to the extension direction and includes: a flat upper surface; a flat lower surface; and inclined surfaces provided on both sides in the width direction. The band-like body has the upper surface that is attached to a lower surface of a body plate portion with an adhesive and inclined surfaces that form an obtuse angle with respect to the lower surface of the body plate portion.

Abstract: A damper has a shell with a cavity. A rotating shaft is rotatably inserted into the cavity of the shell, the portion of the rotating shaft located in the cavity is provided with external thread; a guiding sleeve with internal thread can move along axially reciprocatingly to attach to the shell cavity, and the internal thread and the male thread of the rotating shaft are screwed together; A guiding structure is provided in the shell cavity. The guiding sleeve is engaged or disengaged with the guiding structure by axial movement, and when the two are disengaged, the guiding sleeve can rotate with the rotating shaft. The guiding sleeve is provided with a one-way valve passage. The one-way valve passage opens when the guiding sleeve is axially disengaged with the guiding structure. When the guiding sleeve moves axially in the reverse direction, the one-way valve passage is closed.

Abstract: A toilet closure apparatus mounts on a toilet having a base assembly defining a bowl and a bowl ledge, a tank assembly, a toilet lid and a toilet seat. A tank mounting bolt has a tank mounting bolt bore extending axially therethrough. A cable housing is sealedly affixed within the tank mounting bore and disposed to allow a cable to move axially through the tank mounting bore. A hinge assembly includes a frame defining a downwardly extending cable run and an internal cavity including a cylindrical bearing surface having a horizontally extending axis. A hinge member is supported by the bearing surface for rotation about the axis. A hinge pin extends outwardly of the frame, and is fixedly engaged with the toilet seat to effect toilet seat rotation in common with rotation of the hinge member about the axis, the hinge member having at least one camming surface.

Abstract: A bumper assembly comprising a first member configured to engage a portion of the toilet or bidet attachment; and a resilient second member coupled to the first member; wherein the first member is more rigid than the second member and includes at least one catch configured to selectively engage a recess of the toilet or bidet attachment to detachably couple the first member to the toilet or bidet attachment.

Abstract: An automatic toilet seat or lid moving apparatus includes a common toilet seat or lid having a torsion spring or other counterbalance means to counterbalance the weight of a toilet seat or lid, and a motor for raising and/or lowering the toilet seat or lid when desired. A control is utilized for signaling the motor to raise and/or lower the toilet seat or lid. Methods of using the same are further provided.

Abstract: A damping shaft mechanism has a spiral shaft, spiral guide bush, a shell and blade. An external spiral structure is arranged at one end of the spiral shaft, and its core has a cone segment. An internal spiral structure is arranged in the spiral guide bush, which cooperates rotationally with the external spiral structure so that it can move along the axis relative to the spiral shaft when the spiral shaft is rotating. The two cavities change size by moving the spiral guide bush driven by the spiral shaft in the shell, and the taper on the spiral shaft makes the fit clearance between the spiral shaft and the spiral guide bush changed from maximum to minimum gradually in the damping process, so that the oil-flowing section between the two cavities changes from big to small.

Abstract: An identical engagement hole 12b is formed in each of first and second brackets 1, 2. A first engagement portion 31c is formed in a damper body 31 of a rotary damper 3. A distal end portion of a rotor 32 of the rotary damper 3 is non-rotatably inserted in an adapter 4. A third engagement portion 46 is formed in an outer circumference of the adapter 4. The first engagement portion 31c is non-rotatably inserted in the engagement hole 12b of the first bracket 1. The third engagement portion 46 is non-rotatably inserted in the engagement hole 12b of the second bracket 2.

Abstract: A toilet seat stabilizer assembly includes a bumper fabricated from a thermoplastic polymer, which is softenable in response to heat and moldable while in a malleable condition to a desired configuration; and attachment means for attaching the bumper to a toilet seat. Also provided herein is a method for stabilizing a toilet seat using said assembly and a kit for containing the assembly.

Abstract: A mounting mechanism for toilet seats is provided which includes an easy accessible pull handle, connected to a mechanism associated with the seat that holds the seat in a vertical rest position. The handle is the only part that needs to be maneuvered by the toilet user when the user desires that the seat be in horizontal position. After using the seat in such horizontal position, the provided mechanism automatically moves the seat back up into the vertical rest position. This mechanism eliminates handling of potentially unsanitary toilet seats with hands. Thus, the handle is the only part which the person using the toilet is touching. Since the handle is positioned away from the seat and outside of the area where typically splashing occurs, an utmost sanitary and hygienic state is accomplished by the current invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil damper for preventing a seat and a cover from rapidly rotating. The oil damper includes a shaft unit, a cam, a valve, an elastic member, a housing and a fastening member. The shaft unit has a coupling part which is coupled to the seat and the cover. The cam is rotatably coupled to a rotating shaft of the shaft unit. The valve opens or closes a coupling hole depending on movement of the cam to allow fluid to flow through the coupling hole or prevent the fluid from flowing. The elastic member is provided in the housing and is compressed by the cam. A flow rate control groove is formed in the housing and controls the flow rate of fluid in response to movement of the cam. The fastening member is fitted over the shaft unit and fastened to the housing.

Abstract: An assembly for pivotally lowering a raised toilet seat including a chamber having an interior foam compression wall; a compression plate received within the chamber, the compression plate being movable between a foam compressing position and an expanded foam position; a piece of viscoelastic polyurethane foam received within the chamber, the piece of viscoelastic polyurethane foam being positioned between the compression plate and the foam compression wall; and a linking hinge axle assembly interconnecting the toilet seat and the compression plate, the hinge axle assembly being adapted for positioning the compression plate at the foam compressing position while the toilet's seat is pivotally raised, and for delayed lowering of the seat upon foam expansion impelled movement of the compression plate to its expanded foam position.

Abstract: A novel attachment on a toilet system for a male user to raise a toilet seat (100), by depressing a pedal (30) with a foot and then releasing it, while standing well balanced on his second foot, so that he can urinate comfortably with both feet on the floor; and then to lower same seat (100) by depressing same pedal (30) and releasing it; with all these actions done with no startling noise against the water tank (104) or the toilet bowl rim. The dual operation of the same pedal (30) can provide a timely flushing of the toilet automatically when seat (100) is lowered, without hand touching any part of the toilet system. The attachment can add, with a secondary pedal (140), a hands-free flushing system that can be operated without moving toilet seat (100) when it is already in the lowered position. All manual toilet-system operations are preserved.

Abstract: A self-closing toilet seat assembly includes a longitudinal hinge tube mounted in a cavity on the underside of a toilet lid in coaxial alignment with the hinge flanges thereof. The hinge tube is secured in hinged engagement with both the toilet lid and seat by means of a pair of slow-close hinge dampeners. A self-closing mechanism, in association with a mounting base attached to the bowl of a conventional toilet and to the underside of the hinge tube, is responsive to manual lifting of either the toilet lid itself or of both the toilet lid and the toilet seat to the open or vertical position for initiating closing rotation of the toilet lid and the toilet seat, if also upright, to the vertical tipping point, past which they continue to gravitationally rotate to the closed position, at a rate limited by the slow-close hinge dampeners.

Abstract: A water resistant scale damper has a damper sleeve with an interior passage, an open top, and an open bottom. A piston is received in and axially slidable along the interior passage and has a top surface, an underside, and a piston rod extending from the underside toward the open bottom. A top cap is fitted over the open top of the sleeve and an air chamber is created between the top cap and the top surface of the piston. An air passage is formed through the top cap to permit air to enter and exit the air chamber. A portion of the top cap can create an elongate, non-linear air channel between the air passage and a port remote from the air passage and formed through the top cap. A bottom cap can also be fitted over the open bottom of the sleeve. The bottom cap has an annular flange that extends radially inward from a skirt of the bottom cap. The flange is funnel-shaped so as to direct liquid from beneath the underside of the piston toward a central opening in the flange.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a slow closure mechanism (A) for toilet covers wherein it comprises two-hinge bodies (1), two pins (2), two dampers (3) and a body cover (4). Slow closing and easy opening process of toilet covers are achieved by tightly recessing the pins (2) and dampers (3) in the hinge body (1), connecting toilet covers and body cover (4) to pin shaft (23) and damper shaft (31) in slow closure mechanism (A).

Abstract: A touch free, automatic seat and lid actuating system for toilets includes at least one of an advantageous drive mechanism for raising and lowering the seat and lid, a clutch mechanism enabling manual operation of the seat and the lid, and an attachment system for removably attaching the seat and the lid. The drive mechanism includes a first drive for operating the seat and a second drive for operating the lid. The clutch mechanism includes a pin interfitting into a notch, and biased into the notch with a spring. The attachment mechanism allows the seat and/or lid to be locked on the toilet in a lowered position, and readily removable from the toilet in a raised position.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively moving a toilet seat between a first and second position comprising: a base, a first pedal having a first end for receiving a downward force thereon pivotally connected to the base, a first means connected between the toilet seat and an end of the first pedal opposite the first end for moving the toilet seat from a first position to a second position, a second pedal having a first end for receiving a downward force thereon and pivotally connected at an edge opposite the first end to the first pedal, a second means connected between the second pedal and an upper end of the first moving means for moving at least one of the toilet seat from the second position to the first position and the second pedal away from the first pedal.

Abstract: A lifting and lowering device (31) for a toilet seat or a toilet cover has a swing shaft (17) provided on a swing center line (C) of a toilet seat (3) or a toilet cover (4) that swings around base end portions (3l, 4l), respectively, and rises. The device includes a lifting and lowering control unit (5) indirectly fixed to a toilet bowl main body (30); an output shaft (12) that is provided on the swing center line (C), one end portion of which shaft being removably connected to the swing shaft (17) of the lifting and lowering control unit (5) and the other end portion being detacheably connected to the base end portion (3l) of the toilet seat (3); and a toilet seat transmission unit (9) containing a tortion spring (13) that urges the output shaft (12) in a lifting direction of the toilet seat (3). The lifting and lowering device (31) for the toilet seat of toilet cover is relatively small in size and able to stabely hold the toilet seat or toilet cover in a raised position.

Abstract: A toilet seat lifter means is described, using a minimally simple lever and cam means with a counterweight balanced action arm. The device is adaptable to all standard toilets available today, an improved version of these inventor's prior invention. The new lifter offers a minimum number of moving parts and no springs or pulleys, is easier to manufacture and assemble, and possesses improvements to support the needs of disabled individuals.

Abstract: An apparatus for closing a member against a substantially horizontal surface of an object, wherein the member comprises a first end and a second end thereby defining a longitudinal axis of the member, and wherein the first end of the member is hingably attached by a first hinge and a second hinge to the substantially horizontal surface and the second end of the member is separated from the substantially horizontal surface with the longitudinal axis at a non-perpendicular angle to the substantially horizontal surface.

Abstract: A mechanism for raising a toilet seat includes two geared shafts that are cooperatively engaged while mounted on a toilet. A foot-operated lever attached to a first of the geared shafts provides torque thereto, causing a rotation of the first geared shaft upon depressing the lever. This, in turn, causes a rotation of the second of the geared shafts. The second geared shaft includes a metal flange or other connector that secures a toilet seat thereto over the bowl of the toilet. As the two geared shafts rotate, the toilet seat raises and lowers with the movement of the metal flange on the second geared shaft.

Abstract: A toilet seat lifter means is described, using a minimally simple lever and gear means with a counterweight balanced action arm. The device is adaptable to all standard toilets available today and offers a minimum number of moving parts and no springs or pulleys.

Abstract: A closing device for a toilet unit includes a slave member connected to a toilet cover, a motor, and a switching mechanism that mechanically connects or disconnects the motor from the slave member during closing of the cover. When the motor rotates to move the toilet cover from an open position to a partially closed position, the switching mechanism allows the slave member to move in response to rotation of the motor. After the toilet cover reaches the partially closed position, the mechanical link between the slave member and the motor provided by the switching mechanism is released such that the toilet cover falls freely under its own weight to the closed position independent of the motor. Preferably, the device includes a driving member coupled between the motor and the switching mechanism and operable to move the slave member.

Abstract: Damping apparatus for a toilet seat and toilet cover generally includes a hinged frame and a pair of mirror image dampers disposed in the frame for coupling with the toilet seat and toilet cover and providing independent damped closure thereof. Each damper includes a housing having a chamber with a rotor therein for supporting vanes disposed in slots and pivotable therein for enabling inward and outward movement of the vanes for controlling flow of fluid therepast in order to provide damping movement.

Abstract: A cam member 5 is disposed within a first chamber R1 such that the cam member 5 is rotatable but non-movable in the axial direction. The cam member 5 is non-rotatably connected to a rotor 3 through a connection shaft portion 52 piercing into a piston 4. A second cam mechanism 10 is disposed between the cam member 5 and the piston 4. When the cam mechanism 7 causes the piston 4 to move from the second chamber R2 side to the first chamber R1 side in accordance with rotation of the rotor 3 in one direction, the second cam mechanism 10 allows the piston 4 to move from the second chamber R2 side to the first chamber R1 side by the same amount of movement. When the second cam mechanism 10 causes the piston 4 to move from the first chamber R1 side to the second chamber R2 side in accordance with rotation of the rotor 3 in the other direction, the cam mechanism 7 allows the piston 4 to move from the first chamber R1 side to the second chamber R2 side by the same amount of movement.

Abstract: An articulation for a toilet seat for securing a seat assembly to a ceramic body, wherein the lowering movement of the seat assembly may be braked with the aid of a damping means. The damping means is connected via an adapter member with the fastening means of the seat assembly, wherein adapter member and damping means form the rotation axis for the seat assembly.

Abstract: A device is described for automatically lowering a toilet seat. The device includes a fluid chamber with a sidewall; a replaceable insert with an arcuate inner face and parallel seat-raised and seat-lowered edges against the sidewall. A vane with a seat-attached shaft, pivotal around a horizontal axis on the opposite side of the chamber, includes a shaft-attached paddle with a flexible distal end in brushing engagement with the insert. The distance between the insert wall and the horizontal axis decreases from the seat-raised edge to the seat-lowered edge increasing the resistance to pivoting of the vane, and thereby to lowering of the toilet seat as the seat descends. Different inserts can be used for different weight seats. The device can also include an adjustable seat stop to compensate for non-level toilets.

Abstract: A cam member 5 is disposed within a first chamber R1 such that the cam member 5 is rotatable but non-movable in the axial direction. The cam member 5 is non-rotatably connected to a rotor 3 through a connection shaft portion 52 piercing into a piston 4. A second cam mechanism 10 is disposed between the cam member 5 and the piston 4. When the cam mechanism 7 causes the piston 4 to move from the second chamber R2 side to the first chamber R1 side in accordance with rotation of the rotor 3 in one direction, the second cam mechanism 10 allows the piston 4 to move from the second chamber R2 side to the first chamber R1 side by the same amount of movement. When the second cam mechanism 10 causes the piston 4 to move from the first chamber R1 side to the second chamber R2 side in accordance with rotation of the rotor 3 in the other direction, the cam mechanism 7 allows the piston 4 to move from the first chamber R1 side to the second chamber R2 side by the same amount of movement.

Abstract: A damping device for damping the relative rotation of a rotating member. The damping device includes a casing, a rotor disposed in an interior space of the casing, and a damping mechanism including a viscous liquid disposed in an annular chamber formed between the casing and the rotor. The viscous liquid exerts frictional forces to damp the relative rotation between the rotor and the casing in a first rotation direction but not in the opposite rotation direction, the damping force increasing when the rotor and the casing rotate relative to each other from a first relative angular position to a second relative angular position in the first rotation direction. The casing and the rotor are structure to provide a damping force by impeding the flow of the viscous liquid within the chamber, and to provide another damping force by the contacting of the rotor and the casing. A valve is further provided within the chamber to restrict the flow of the viscous liquid.

Abstract: A hinge device for use to support a seat and seat lid of a toilet bowl openably and closably is provided which can also be implemented even without any rubber ring and provide a delicately controlled feeling with the sea and seat lid when being opened or closed.

Abstract: A transportable and foldable toilet seat attachment device for use with a conventional toilet, the toilet including a bowl with an upwardly facing rim onto which is pivotably engaged a conventional toilet seat cover. The attachment device includes a first generally arcuate shaped portion having an established length, width and thickness and a second likewise arcuate shaped portion being a substantially a mirror image of the first portion and being pivotally attached to the first portion at first and second respective and opposing ends established along a common axis. The first and second arcuate shaped portions each have an outer extending edge, a spaced and inner extending edge defining the width of the arcuate portion, an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface, the first and second arcuate portions further defining therebetween a central opening of a selected dimension.

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 hinge device for use to support a seat and seat lid of a toilet bowl openably and closably is provided which can also be implemented even without any rubber ring and provide a delicately controlled feeling with the sea and seat lid when being opened or closed.

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

Abstract: A transportable and foldable toilet seat attachment device for use with a conventional toilet, the toilet including a bowl with an upwardly facing rim onto which is pivotably engaged a conventional toilet seat cover. The attachment device includes a first generally arcuate shaped portion having an established length, width and thickness and a second likewise arcuate shaped portion being a substantially a mirror image of the first portion and being pivotally attached to the first portion at first and second respective and opposing ends established along a common axis. The first and second arcuate shaped portions each have an outer extending edge, a spaced and inner extending edge defining the width of the arcuate portion, an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface, the first and second arcuate portions further defining therebetween a central opening of a selected dimension.

Abstract: A toilet seat lowering system, for use with a toilet seat having a seat bottom and a seat rear which is mounted upon a toilet bowl, comprising a top plate and a bottom plate. The top plate and bottom plate are mounted between the toilet seat and toilet bowl near the bowl rear, wherein the top plate is pivotally connected to the seat bottom, and the bottom plate is pivotally connected to the bowl. The top plate is hingeably mounted to the bottom plate near the seat rear. Bellows, having an internal cavity, is located between the top plate and bottom plate. An intake valve and a slow release valve are in communication with the internal cavity of the bellows. When the toilet seat is manually lifted from its initial lowered position to a raised position, air is drawn into the internal cavity through the intake valve, pressurizing the internal cavity and thus maintaining the toilet seat in the raised position.

Abstract: An improved foot actuated, anti-slamming, toilet seat raising and lowering device providing smooth operation during both phases. A foot-receiving lever is pivotally attached to a fulcrum which is floor mounted on preferred side of toilet. A lift lever and a hydraulic device are pivotally attached to the foot lever. A smooth rod extends upward out the top of hydraulic device, is bent at a right angle, bisects top of lift lever and pivotally attaches to a bracket mounted to bottom of toilet seat. As foot pressure is applied to the foot lever the lift lever is pushed upward raising the toilet seat and toilet cover, if down, toilet cover will assume its vertical resting position. The hydraulic device, having an internal stop, will arrest toilet seat lift at a point previous to perpendicular, preventing slamming. When foot pressure is removed from foot lever gravity affects toilet seat to descend. The hydraulic device dampens the descent providing reseating without slamming.

Abstract: A semi-automatic toilet bowl seat and seat lid operator, comprising a hinge case to be installed to a toilet bowl body; a rotating shaft to support a seat and seat lid of the toilet bowl openably and closably; an output gear mounted on the rotating shaft; a fluid damper having a damper gear in mesh with the output gear; a reduction gear coupled to the output gear by means of a torque limiter; a motor coupled to the reduction gear; and a drive circuit to drive the motor in a range from an opened angle, to a predetermined closed angle, of the seat and seat lid. The drive circuit is provided with a sensor to detect an operation made to open the seat and seat lid, and a timer which is turned on by the sensor to turn on the drive circuit in a predetermined time after the sensor is turned on. The seat and seat lid of the toilet bowl can be opened and closed by hand, and the opened seat and seat lid can be automatically closed slowly with the semi-automatic operator.

Abstract: An operating hinge for a seat and seat lid of a toilet bowl, simply constructed and capable of controlling the angular moment of the seat and lid to softly stop them in place at their respective predetermined ends of pivoting stroke, provided.

Abstract: A toilet cover assembly comprises a seat (1) and a cover (2) each being pivotally connected with a bracket (3) adapted to be fastened to a toilet bowl by means of two interspaced hinges (6,7). The seat (1) and the cover (2) are pivotally interconnected by means of two interspaced hinges of the pin-b earing type, each comprising a hinge member (6) fixedly secured to the seat (1) and a hinge member (7) fixedly secured with the cover (2). One of the hinge members (6) is provided with a protruding pin (9), whereas the other hinge member (7) is provided with a bearing (12) for receiving said pin (9). The hinge members (6) fixedly secured to the seat (1) and the cover (2) respectively are arranged such that the hinge pins (9) can be brought into and out of engagement with the hinge bearings by axial displacement of the seat (1) relative to the cover (2) when the seat (1) and the cover (2) are detached from the bracket (3).

Abstract: An opening-closing device for a Western style toilet seat and seat cover is disclosed, in which a pair of hinge cases are mounted at a predetermined spacing at the rear upper end of a Western style toilet bowl; in either of the pair of hinge cases a rotating shaft for the seat and a rotating shaft for the seat cover are rotatably mounted; on the rotating shaft for the seat in either hinge case, the seat mounting section is rotatably mounted, and on the rotating shaft for the seat cover in the hinge case, the seat cover mounting section is rotatably mounted; and a rotation control mechanism is mounted on the rotating shaft for the seat and the rotating shaft for the seat cover, to thereby prevent sudden drop of the seat and seat cover, At this time, the rotation control mechanism may be a cam mechanism using a compression spring, a torsion spring, a rotation camper, or a friction mechanism.

Abstract: A compound torque hinge comprising a first rotating shaft to be mounted on the toilet bowl is rotatably mounted in the case body; the first rotation control mechanism comprising a cam mechanism with a compression spring on one side portion housed in the case body of the first rotating shaft is provided; a second rotation control mechanism comprising a rotation damper is juxtaposed in two stages within the case body in the upper or lower section of the first rotation control mechanism; a driving power transmitting means is mounted between the second rotation control mechanism and the first rotation control mechanism; and on the rotating shaft one of mounting sections of the toilet seat or seat cover is rotatably supported on a bearing, while the other is fixed so as to rotate together with the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A compound torque hinge comprising a first rotating shaft rotatably mounted through a partition wall within a hinge case having the partition wall; a first rotation control working on the first rotating shaft and mounted on one side of the partition wall of the hinge case; and a second rotation control mean coaxially mounted on the other side of the partition wall of the hinge case. The first rotating shaft is connected to the second rotating shaft of the second rotation control. The first rotating is a cam mechanism provided with spring and the second rotation control is a fluid damper.

Abstract: A Western style toilet seat and seat cover opening-closing device is disclosed, in which a rotating shaft is rotatably mounted in the axial direction of a case body designed to be mounted on the toilet bowl, and a first rotation control of the rotating shaft is provided in a part housed in the case body. In the case body above or below the first rotation control a second rotation control of the rotating shaft are vertically juxtaposed. Between the second rotation controls and the first rotation control mechanism, a driving power transmitting mechanism is disposed. On the rotating shaft, one of the seat or seat cover mounting sections is rotatably mounted through a bearing, while the other is so fixed as to rotate together with the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A device for automatically closing an open toilet seat after an adjustable low-speed phase to permit the user to finish using the toilet. The seat then closes at a speed which is adjustable by the user separately from the initial low speed. A biasing member is used to urge the open seat toward the closed position. A pneumatic or hydraulic dampener is mechanically linked to the seat and slows the seat's descent. As the seat rotates toward the closed position it causes a reciprocating member to move inside the dampener. As the reciprocating member moves it forces a dampening fluid to flow from the main chamber of the dampener, through one or both of two openings, to a low pressure area within the dampener. During the low-speed phase, the reciprocating member blocks and prevents the flow of the dampening fluid through one of the openings. This heavily restricted flow allows the seat to move very slowly at first.

Abstract: A toilet seat 40 and a toilet lid 50 are pivotably attached to an attachment base 20 of a western-style toilet bowl 10 with a hinge mechanism 30. The hinge mechanism 30 includes first and second rotational resistance mechanisms 60R and 60L which are respectively mounted on opposing sides of the attachment base 20. First right and left hinge parts 42R and 42L are respectively integrally formed at opposite ends of the toilet seat 40. Second right and left hinge parts 52R and 52L are respectively integrally formed at opposite end part of the toilet lid 50, the first and second support pins 36R and 36L and the caps 38R and 38L. The first rotational resistance mechanism 60R applies rotational resistant force in the lowering of the toilet seat 40 via the first support pin 36R. The second rotational resistance mechanism 60L applies rotational resistant force in the lowering of the toilet lid 50 via the second support pin 36L.

Abstract: An operating hinge for a seat and seat lid of a toilet bowl, simply constructed and capable of controlling the angular moment of the seat and lid to softly stop them in place at their respective predetermined ends of pivoting stroke, provided.

Abstract: The slide support base 62 protrudes from the supporting wall 56 of the support recess 52 in the casing main body 14 and the tube-shaped support part 122 on the side of the toilet lid 100 is supported by and capable of sliding over its cylindrical surface 65a. The rotational pin 70 of the viscous resistance mechanism 80 protrudes from slide support base 62 and the rotational pin 70 fits in the fitting recess 132 on the side of the toilet lid 100. That is, the toilet lid 100 is pivotably supported to the casing main body 14 by two support structures. To remove the toilet lid 100 from the casing main body 14, the toilet lid is raised to the upright position and then applied with upward force to be pulled out. Since the opening 124 and the opening 136 are formed in the tube-shaped support part 122 and the fitting recess 132, the toilet lid 100 is removed from the casing main body through them.

Abstract: A Rising Seat that can be fixed permanently to a seat or toilet and which can also be readily adapted as a portable seat. It comprises a top rising section on which the user sits, pivoted to a bottom section. There is at least one torsion spring located on a torsion bar that may also act as a hinge. When the legs of any selected number of springs are placed in spaces/openings incorporated in the seat, those springs become inoperable having been moved away from firm surfaces on the rising seat against which they give resilience to the top section. This enables adjustment to be made to suit the weight of the user, and when the legs of all the springs are placed in the spaces/openings the top section can be folded down without resilience for carriage and storage and to give the appearance of a standard seat cushion when not in use.