US1713062A - Protective sheet for closet seats - Google Patents

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May 14, 1929. J. H. A. VAN LING PROTECTIVE SHEET FOR CLOSET SEATS Filed May 4, 1928 Patented Maf 14 19ml Ulti E. STTES ftelENT OFFICE.

Application filed lk'fay a, i928, Serial No. Wtd, and in the Netherlands May 11, 1927.

rllhis invention relates to protective sheets for closet seats which are placed on the seat in order to avoid direct contact of the body with the seat.

linnular protective sheets are already known, which are secured to the cover and held between two annular ledges. rlhe sheets are secured close to the hinges of the cover under a clamping ledge and perforated along the said clamping le( Aje These protective sheets have however the drawback that they are held fast only by the clamping ledge, whilst for the rest they are lying loose on the closet seat, so th at they are easily inoved, and therefore fail to fulfil their object. ltrtore over, they can be used only in closets with covers.

Protective sheets are further known. the lateral edges of which are placed round the opened seat, and when the cover is closed? are clamped between the latter and the pan. llhe use of such sheets is however complicated and dificulta.

'lllhe protective sheetforniing the subject of the present invention. overcomes these drawbacks. lt provided with lugs which are turned over or folded at the lateral edges and can be secured again to the front edge of the sheet. llhese lugs constitute then saclolilre pockets which, for use, can be placed round the seat, and do not shift. A cover is not required for the securing.

Another feature of the 'invention is that the sheet is curved or inswept in front at both. sides of the axis of symmetry so that at the front side it practically fits the shape of the seat or slightly projects beyond it. The curvature or insweeping can be such that when the lateral lugs are folded and the sheet is secured, there will be no projecting points.

A construction according to the invention is illustrated by way of enample in the acconipanying drawing in whichk ,Figure l shows the protective sheet in plan,

Figure 2 in folded state and Figure 3 is a plan of a closet seat with the protective sheet secured to it.

The sheet l is made of paper or other mate* rial and has an opening Q which is preferably slightly sinaller than the opening of the seat. rlhe sheet is provided at the sides with lugs 3 and Ll. The central portion of the sheet has small lugs 5, and at the opposite side lugs 6 which are connected to the protective sheet by a perforated edge. The lugs 3 are folded or turned over and glued to the lugs 5. The lateral edges are at the sanie time also folded along the dotted lilies 7. The folded lateral edges are then turned bach or 'folded about the dotted lines El. Figure Q shows the sheet folded.

The folded sheets can be connected together by the lugs 6 so as to form a packet which if required can be suspended to a holder by ineans of the lugs G. For use, the sheet is seized at the lugs 4l; and torn away from the lugs t?. The sheet is then opened by moving apart the lugs l and then, placed on the seat so that it surrounds the latter like a bag.

rlhe shape of the sheet in Figure 1 is given merely by way of example. A whole number of other shapes could be used. For instance the sheet could also be rectangular. The protective sheets can be inade of various sizes and of various dimensions to suit the size of the closet seats.

1. A protective sheet for closet seats conipri sing a central portion having an aperture therein, a lateral extension at each side of said central portion, and a pair of forwardly projecting tabs on said central portion, said sheet being folded along parallel lines dis posed on opposite sides of the aperture and said extensions being secured to said tabs to foi-1n pockets at each side of the sheet.

2. A protective sheet as claimed in claim l, said extension and tabs each having an edge disposed an gularly to the edge of the fold and being secured to each other adjacent said angularly disposed edges.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

JOHANNES HENDRIK ANTONIUS van LING.

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