IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0993720
(1997-12-18)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
11 인용 특허 :
3 |
초록
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A bathroom flipper comprising: a support frame; which has a left arm and a right arm, each arm comprising front and back legs which extend downwardly towards a floor surface, the arms each further have a hinge housing extending upward from a top surface of the arms at a front portion thereof, a peda
A bathroom flipper comprising: a support frame; which has a left arm and a right arm, each arm comprising front and back legs which extend downwardly towards a floor surface, the arms each further have a hinge housing extending upward from a top surface of the arms at a front portion thereof, a pedal bar is hingedly attached to the support frame at inwardly facing walls of each hinge housing, the pedal bar generally parallel to the support frame, the pedal bar comprises a left arm, a right arm, and a front panel, each pedal bar arm comprises a plurality of adjustment apertures along the horizontal axis thereof, the front panel comprises a lifting pedal which extends outwardly from the pedal bar toward a user, the pedal bar left arm has a return pedal extending inwardly; a lid lifting assembly is hingedly attached to the pedal bar left arm at a back distal edge thereof, and comprises a support shaft extending upwardly from the pedal bar, and a lifting rod extending inwardly, the support shaft has apertures along the vertical axis thereof to allow for height adjustment, the lifting rod is removably connected to a bottom surface of a toilet seat, the device functioning to allow a user to depress the lifting pedal downwardly, raising a back distal edge of the pedal bar, raising the support shaft, raising the lifting rod, which in turn raises the toilet seat, the device further functioning to allow a user to depress the return pedal, lowering the support shaft, lowering the lifting rod, which in turn lowers the toilet seat.
대표청구항
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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A bathroom flipper device (10) comprising:A) support frame (12); which comprises a support frame left arm (12L), and a support frame right arm (12R), the support frame left arm (12L) further comprises a left front leg (12LF) which extends downwardly towards a floor surfac
[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A bathroom flipper device (10) comprising:A) support frame (12); which comprises a support frame left arm (12L), and a support frame right arm (12R), the support frame left arm (12L) further comprises a left front leg (12LF) which extends downwardly towards a floor surface from a bottom surface of the support frame left arm (12L) at a front portion thereof, and a left back leg (12LB) which extends downwardly towards a floor surface from a bottom surface of the support frame left arm (12L) at a back portion thereof, the support frame right arm (12R) further comprises a right front leg (12RF) which extends downwardly towards a floor surface from a bottom surface of the support frame right arm (12R) at a front portion thereof, and a right back leg (12RB) which extends downwardly towards a floor surface from a bottom surface of the support frame right arm (12R) at a back portion thereof, the left arm (12L) further has a left hinge housing (12LA) extending vertically upward from a top surface of the left arm (12L) at a front portion thereof, the right arm (12R) further has a right hinge housing (12RA) extending vertically upward from a top surface of the right arm (12R) at a front portion thereof;B) a pedal bar (14) hingedly attached to the support frame (12) at an inwardly facing wall of the left hinge housing (12LA) and an inwardly facing wall of the right hinge housing (12RA), the pedal bar (14) being generally parallel to the support frame (12) along a horizontal plane, the pedal bar (14) comprises a pedal bar left arm (14L), a pedal bar right arm (14R), and a pedal bar front panel (14F), the pedal bar left arm (14L) comprises a plurality of left arm adjustment apertures (14LB) spaced equidistantly along the horizontal axis thereof, the pedal bar right arm (14R) comprises a plurality of right arm adjustment apertures (14RB) spaced equidistantly along the horizontal axis thereof, the pedal bar front panel (14F) comprises a lifting pedal (14FA) which extends outwardly from the pedal bar front panel (14F) toward a user, the lifting pedal (14FA) located in the center line of the pedal bar front panel (14F) applying equal distribution of load on the left hinge housing (12LA) and right hinge housing (12RA), the pedal bar left arm (14L) further comprises a return pedal (14LA) which extends inwardly toward the pedal bar right arm (14R); andC) a lid lifting assembly (16) hingedly attached to the pedal bar left arm (14L) at the back distal edge of the pedal bar left arm (14L) at a surface of the pedal bar left arm (14L) facing inwardly, the lid lifting assembly (16) comprises a support shaft (16A) extending generally vertically upward from the pedal bar (14), and a lifting rod (16B) extending generally horizontally inward toward a right side of the pedal bar (14) from a top distal edge of the support shaft (16A), the support shaft (16A) further comprises a plurality of support shaft apertures (16AB) spaced equidistantly along the vertical axis thereof, the support shaft apertures (16AB) functioning to allow for height adjustment of the device (10), the lifting rod (16B) is removably connected to a bottom surface of a toilet seat (18) at a distal edge of the lifting rod (16B) by a lifting rod securement means (18A), the device (10) functioning to allow a user to depress the lifting pedal (14FA) downwardly toward the support frame (12), raising a back distal edge of the pedal bar (14) vertically upward, raising the support shaft (16A) vertically upward, raising the lifting rod (16B) vertically upward, which in turn raises the toilet seat (18) vertically upward, the device (10) further functioning to allow a user to depress the return pedal (14LA) downwardly toward the support frame (12), lowering the support shaft (16A) vertically downward, lowering the lifting rod (16B) vertically downward, which in turn lowers the toilet seat (18) vertically downward.
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