Patent · US Expired

Lavatory seat controller

US4862525A · kind A · utility

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4References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1988
Grant dateSep 5, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 9, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47K13/10
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lavatory seat controller which makes use of a lever by pressing on a pedal coupled to a lavatory seat lifting pedal rod to drive a straight push rod to rotate through a predetermined angle to lift the lavatory seat. The seat is lowered by pressing on the lavatory seat drawback pedal rod to drive a stop block connected thereto and thereby to push a Y-shaped guide rod and to further push the lavatory seat lifting pedal rod upward and to cause the straight push rod to move downward so as to rotate the L-shaped operating lever backward through the predetermined angle to draw back the lavatory seat.

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