Patent · US Expired

Self-locking toilet seat cover

US5669081A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
82References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 1996
Grant dateSep 23, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47K13/242
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lock for use with an associated toilet having a rim portion and a generally outwardly oriented, depending surface, and having a seat cover thereon includes a releasably engageable receiving member and locking member. The receiving member has a housing and a pivotably connected mounting member. The mounting member is mountable to the rim portion of the bowl on the depending surface thereof. The housing includes at least one lock receiving element therein. The releasably engageable locking member has an elongated cover retaining element and at least one biased locking element. The locking element includes a releasing member thereon for releasing the locking member from the lock receiving element.

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