US2053566A - Infant's toilet seat - Google Patents

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4 Sept Sy 3936 W. J. KREIL 2,053,566'

R INFANTS TOILET SEAT Filed Feb. 7, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l 2165@ a Q Q INVENT 2 ATTORNE s Sept. 8, 1936. w. J. KRHL 2,053,566

INFANTS TOILET SEAT Filed Feb. '7, 1935 2 sheets-sheet 2 v ATT RN Patented Sept. 8, 1936 PArsfNr Fries t 2,053,566 l INFANTfs TOILET SEAT Walter J. KreiL' Milmtuliee, Wis.,

one-third yto Eugene H.' Simpson,

Wis.

assignorv of West Allis,y 'A

I Application. February 7, 19351, serial No. 5,381

.l 7..Clams. (Clad- 239) AThis invention relates to toilet seats, and more particularly to-an infants auxiliary toiletv seat which ts onl-a regular adult toilet seat.

Infants auxiliary toilet seats have/heretofore been-madev of hard material with metal clamps which scratch and mar the regular seat. Also the clamps on the seats now in use are'diflicult to adjust onthe adult seat and when adjusted are insecure and frequently come loose under the constant movement of the child causing'him to fall to thefloor. f Oneobject of the present invention is toprovide ar seat which will not scratch or mar theadult seat upon which it is fastened. Y I' J Another object is to produce anfinfantsfauxiliarytoilet seat and holdingV member therefor from a single piece of material.

A further object is to improve the fastening means by which the infants seat is secured to the adult seat.

Other objects are to provide a more comfortable seat, to decrease the cost of manufacture, and to make a seat that is readily secured to and removed from the regular seat.

The accompanying drawings show two forms of an infants auxiliaiy toilet seat which accomplish the above objects. The drawings are fully described in the following specification, and that portion which is claimed as new recited in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal cross-section in elevation through the center of the seat.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the lines 2'2, 2-2" and 2" -2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section similar to Fig. 1 of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the lines 4--4" of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section showing the method of securing the infants seat on an adult seat.

Referring to the drawings in which like-nu merals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the seat is shown as composed of a soft resilient material such as rubber, which will not scratch paint, and comprises a base I0 with a seat aperture II therethrough to permit the passage of waste material from the body to the toilet bowl, a back rest I2 at the rear of the aperture II, and. extending around the sides of the aperture, and a pair of flanges I3 and I4 at the front and rear respectively of the base, which clamp under the lower side of the adult seat.

The base I0 has a weakened section I5 which lar to that shown in permits the seat to beflexed as shown in Fig. 5 tosecurethe flanges I3 and I4 under the adult seat.

The-'anges-I' andv I4 extend past the endsof the base I0 to permit them to be slipped under the adultse'at. The flanges have the upper faces I6-and I1 sloping toward the base, so as to firmly grip the regular seat.

Figs.- l and 2 show a form of the seat in which thematerial' such as sponge rubber is too flexible to normally support a child. Reer-iforcingV plates I8 and I9 are inserted in the base` I0 tol gi-ve it the required stiffness, vthe plates being spaced apart inthe center of the seat as shown at 20--2 I- to provide a weakened sectionV 22. If this sectionis still too rigid it can be cut away as shown at- I5 so as toV reduce'the cross-sectional area at that point.

The back rest I2 extends across the back of the seat, and forward along the sides, and terminates in back of the edge 2| so as to allow the base to flex between the edges and 2l. As shown, a stiffener 23 may be imbedded in the back and either fastened toy the stiffener I9 in the base Ill or be independent of that member.

The flanges I3 and I4 may also be provided with spring reenforcers 24 and 25 respectively which increase the natural resiliency of the material I3 and I4 and cause the flange to firmly grip the under side of the adult seat.

All the reenforcing plates or stiffeners may be provided with spaced holes or apertures 26 therethrough which permit the material and reenforcements to be molded into a monolithic struc.- ture.

Figs. 3 and 4 show an infants toilet seat simi- Figs. 1 and 2, without reenforcing, and particularly adapted for use by a boy.

A urine conductor 30 is molded directly into the front of the seat and prevents undue wetting of the regular seat.

The boys style of seat may also be made reenforced in a manner similar to Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 shows the seat being applied to a regular seat. To secure the seat, it is tipped backward, and the flange I4 engaged under the regular seat 3|. The seat is then bent at the weakened section, and the front flange I3 engaged under the front of the seat 3|. The infants seat may then be flattened down on the seat 3|, and in that position it is firmly secured in place. To remove the seat it is gripped in the middle at the section I5, and pulled upward, disengaging the flanges I3 and I4.

Having thus' described the invention it be seen that it is subject to various changes and modifications, of both shape and material, and it is not, therefore, desired to limit the invention to the precise form herein shown and described, but only by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An infants auxiliary toilet seat of the character described comprising, a base having a seat aperture therethrough, and a pair of flanges formed integrally with said base and engageable under both the front and back of an adults toilet seat to hold the infants seat securely in place.

2. An infants auxiliary toilet seat comprising, a base including a portion terial having a seat aperture therethrough, said base having a section of reduced area extending transversely thereacross to permit the seat to flex, and a pair of flanges on said base engageable under an adults toilet seat by flexing the seat at said reduced section to hold the infants seat securely in place on the adults seat.

3. An infants auxiliary toilet seat of the character described comprising, a base of resilient moldable material having a seat aperture therethrough, a pair of flanges formed integrally with said base and adapted to grip the lower side of an adults toilet seat, and reenforcing members of resilient material extending from said base into said flanges to increase the gripping power of the flanges.

I 4. An infant's auxiliary toilet seat as defined in claim 3 including a reenforcing member imbedded in the rear portion of said base, and a reenforcing member imbedded in the front portion of said base and separated from said first Will of soft flexible manamed reenforci'ng" member to provide a Weakened section which permits the seat to be flexed.

5. An infants auxiliary toilet seat comprising, a base of soft flexible material having a seat aperture therethrough, a reinforcing member imbedded in said base surrounding and spaced from said aperture, said base including a section of minimum strength extending transversely thereacross to permit the seat to flex, and a pair of flanges on' said base engageable under an adults toilet seat by flexing the seat at said section of minimum strength to hold the infants Yseat securely in place on the adults seat.

6. An infants auxiliary toilet seat of the character described comprising, a base of resilient moldable material having a seat aperture therethrough and a weakened section thereacross to permit flexing, a pair of flanges on said base adapted to engage under the lower side of an adults toilet seat upon flexing said infants seat, and reinforcing members Vof resilient material extending from said base into said flanges to increase the grippingpower of the flanges.

7. An infants auxiliary toilet seat of the character described comprising, a base of resilient moldable material having a seat aperture therethrough, a reinforcing member at the rear of said seat and extending around said aperture toward the front thereof, a Vreinforcing member in front of said aperture extending toward said first named reinforcing member and spaced therefrom to provide a section of minimum strength which permits flexing of the seat, and flanges engageable under an adults toilet seat by flexing the infants seat, to secure the infants seat on the adults seat.

WAL'I'ER J. KREIL.

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