US2692992A - Combined toilet seat and infant's seat - Google Patents

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Nov. 2, 1954 G. E. THIMMES ETAL 2,692,992

I COMBINED TOILET SEAT AND INFANTS SEAT Filed July 7, 1952 2 Sheets-Shet 1 s I J/ INVENTORS S 62 GEORGE E. 'rmmass /0 momma u. RADL ATTORNEK.

Nov. 2, 1954 G. E. THIMMES ETAL COMBINED TOILET saw AND mums SEAT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 7, 1952 INVENTORS GEORGE E. n-mmes J RICHARD M. RADL Uit tatcs Patent CGMEENED T011. T SEAT AND INFANTS SEAT George E. Thimines, Mechanicsville, and Richard M. Radl, Lisbon, Iowa Application duly 7, 1952, F-erial No. 297,448

2 Claims. (Ci. 4-4235) This invention appertains to toilet seat covers and seats and more particuiarly to auxiliary seats for infants use that are connected to a seat and cover of conventional size.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a toilet seat cover, which carries an auxiliary seat, adapted to be used by children, and which is normally nested within the cover in a manner whereby it does not interfere with the normal function of the cover and is connected to the cover in a manner so that it can be moved to an operative position for coaction with the regular toilet seat.

A further object is to provide an auxiliary seat that is adapted to rest flat on a regular cover without defacing it and is carried by the cover in a manner to be flush with the surface of the cover when not in use.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toilet seat cover, which is constructed to house an auxiliary toilet seat, deflector and guard rail, which nest in planar relation within the cover and which can be moved to an assembled position, seated on the regular toilet seat, in a convenient and speedy manner.

A further object of this invention is to provide a cornpact auxiliary seat for infants use, which is adapted to nest in recesses in the seat cover in a manner so that the components of the auxiliary seat will lie flush with the surface of the cover and in a manner so that it is prevented from becoming accidentally dislodged from the cover.

These and ancillary objects and structural features of merit are attained by this invention, the preferred embodiment of which is set forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the seat, cover and auxiliary seat of the instant invention, showing the auxiliary seat in a nested position within the cover;

Figure 2 is a similar perspective view, illustrating the auxiliary seat in a position for use, resting on the regular seat and supported by its carrier components;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the deflector plate;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on lines 6-6 of Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a detailed cross-sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Figure 2; and,

Figaire 8 is a plan view of the inside of the deflector plate.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, numerals 1t) and 12 respectively designate a conventional toilet bowl and flush tank. A transversely extending supporting bar 14 is secured to the bowl and pivotally supports a toilet seat 16 of an adult size. The toilet seat 16 is channel shaped in cross-section, as illustrated in Figure 3, and is a comparatively thin section of plastic material, wood or suitable metals. The toilet seat 16 is rigidifled by ribs 18 which are spaced circumferentially on the underside of the seat and extend from the inner flange to the outer flange. The ribs 18 grouped at the front end of the seat are provided with depending bosses 20, on which rubber bumpers or feet 22 are fixed. The feet space the ribs and seat slightly above the bowl, as seen in Figures 3 and 6, and serve as protectors for the seat, when it is in a seated position on the bowl.

2,692,992 Patented Nov. 2, 1954 The seat is formed at its straight rear end 24 with a pair of spaced, projecting straps that are bent to form knuckles or loops 26, which are rotatably mounted on the supporting bar or pintle 14.

A cover 23, which may be made of a plastic material, wood or suitable metals, is formed with knuckles or hinge straps which are operatively engaged with the supporting bar 14. The opposite end portions of the bar 14 are threaded for the reception of nuts 32, which 10- cate the hinge straps and knuckles on the bar and prevent lateral movement of the seat cover. The cover is provided on the underside of its sides and arcuate front end with ribs 34 that space the cover slightly above the seat 16, when the cover is in a closed position, thus insuring adequate air circulation between the cover and seat.

The cover is formed on its underside or inner face with a substantially oval shaped recess or depression 36, which is provided to receive and house an auxiliary or supplemental seat 38. The supplemental seat 33 is substantially oval shaped and has an opening or cut-out portion formed at its front end. A strap 42 extends rearwardly from the inner closed end of the seat 38 and terminates in a hinge knuckle 44 that is disposed on the center of the bar 14. A groove 46 is formed in the cover to provide a pocket for housing strap 42, the groove communicating with the recess or depression 36.

A raised substantially oval shaped center portion 43 is defined on the inner face or underside of the cover 28 by the recess 36 and is adapted to fit within the opening 50 in the seat 38, when the seat is nested in the recess 36.

A LE-shaped guard rail 52 is provided and slots 54 and 56 are formed in the underside of the cover 28 tangentially to the recess 36 to house the inner ends of the sides of the guard rail.

As seen in Figure 7, the inner ends of the guard rails are pivotally mounted on pintles 58, which extend transversely across the slots 54 and 5 6 and have their ends anchored in the cover 28 on opposite sides of the slots.

A deflector plate 60 is provided and is formed with substantially rectangular upper and lower ends 62 and 64 and an enlarged center section 66. The ends 62 and 64 of the deflector plate 60 are provided with pintles 68 which project beyond the sides of the ends and are suitably secured to the closed end of the guard rail 52 and the front end of the auxiliary seat 38, whereby the seat and guard rail rotate together as a unit from a collapsed position in the cover 28 to an open position, resting on the seat 16. The closed, forward end of the guard rail 52 is formed on its inner periphery with a rectangular opening 7% to receive the upper end 62 of the center section 66, with the ends of the pintles 63 carried by the end 62 of the plate 613, being mounted in openings formed in the bounding end walls of the openings 70. The cut-out 4%! in the seat 38 converges inwardly and is defined by straight, parallel walls 72, between which the lower end 64 of the plate 60 is mounted. It will be noted that the end 64 of the plate 60, when in a vertical position, as seen in Figure 2, extends downwardly approximately midway between the upper and lower faces of the seat 16.

A rectangular cut-out 74 is formed in one end of the center portion 48 to receive the lower end 64 of the deflector plate, as illustrated in Figure 1. It will be noted, with respect to Figure 1, that the seat 38, deflector plate 60 and guard rail 52 are of a height equal to the depth of the depression or recess 36, so that these components are housed within the recess 36, slots 54 and 56 and groove 46 in a manner so that they are flush with the underside or inner face of the cover 28. Therefore, the deflector 69*, seat 38 and guard rail 52 do not project beyond the surface of the underside of the cover 28 and consequently offer no obstruction to the use of the cover 28 as a back rest or to the normal use of the cover 28 as a closure member.

A. spring clip 76 is secured by a pin 78 to the underside of the cover 28 and overlies the closed end of the guard rail and a portion of the upper end 62 of the deflector 60. The clip locks the auxiliary seat 38, deflector 60 and guard rail 52 in a nested position within the recess 36 and the associated opening 46 and slots 54 and 56. Thus, the clip holds the auxiliary seat and its components in a nested=positionwithin-the cover 28, so that the auxiliary seat" cannot become accidentally dislodged; when the seat 16 is being used.

The pintles 68 for the deflector 60 are preferably molded'asinserts in'the ends ofthe deflector. They are then assembled as pressed fits into sockets (not shown) in the seat-33 at the walls 72 and in-the guard rail 52 of the wall 70. A heat-pressure crimp can be used to close the sockets securely over the shafts.

As illustrated in Figure 8,- the deflector 60 has its inner face 82 formed with a marginal-flange or curb 84. The I flange or curb 84 extends along the sides of the plate 60 and along the top thereof. The flange or curb 84- serves as a guard wall for the sides and top of the deflector plate.

Theauxiliary seat 38 and its components, the guardrail 52 and deflector 60, are normally nested-within the recess 36 in; the cover 28' and held inplace-by the latch clip 76. The cover can thenfunction in a normal manner, the nested parts oifering no obstruction to such use;

When it is desired to place an infant on the seat 38, theclip 76 is moved to permit the auxiliary seat 38 to pivot downwardly about the bar 14, as its knuckle 44 rotates around on the bar. Simultaneously, the free ends of the guard rail 52 will pivot about their pintles 58 and the deflector 60 will pivot at its upper and lower ends into a position perpendicular to the horizontally disposed seat 38 and guard rail 52'. The seat, supported by the adult seat 16, will maintain the guard rail in a horizontal position through the vertical deflector 60. A child can be lifted through the guardrail with his legs underlying the rail and resting on. the seat 38. The guard rail-52 will prevent the child from crawling off the seat 38.

It will be noted that the center portion 43 fits snugly within the opening in the auxiliary seat 38 when the seat is disposed in the recessv 36 and that the guard rail takes up the space between the cover and bounding walls of the recess with the deflector 60v lying snugly in the recess and the strap 42 lying snugly in the pocket 46. Thus, all of the parts are held tightly together against lateral movement, and most important, there are no openings in the underside of the cover when the seat 38 and its adjuncts are in the recess 36, such openings causing accidents to persons using the seat 16 or offering the possibility of accidentally breaking the exposed side edges of the seat 38. or its adjuncts.

Although we have disclosed herein the best forms of the invention known to us at this time, we reserve the rightto all such modifications and changes as may come within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A toilet seat unit for a toilet bowl having an adult seat comprising an auxiliary childs seat adapted to be pivotally supported by the bowl, a cover adapted to be pivotally supported by the bowl and having a recess in its underside in which the auxiliary seat is received, a U- shaped guard rail pivoted at its free ends to the cover and adapted to nest in the recess surrounding the auxiliary seat, a deflector pivotally connected to the closed end of the guard rail and to, the front end of the auxiliary seat and adapted to nest in the recess in coplanar relation with'the auxiliary seat and guard rail when said auxiliary seat and guard rail are received by said recess and v to. extend perpendicularly between the guard rail and auxiliary seat when the auxiliary seat is supported by the adult seat, means locking the auxiliary seat, guard rail and deflector in the recess in the cover, said cover having slots formed on its underside tangential to the recess and receiving the free ends of-the guard rail, and means pivotally mounting said ends therein.

2. A toilet seat unit for a toilet bowl having an adult seat comprising. an auxiliary child's seat adapted to be pivotally supported by the bowl and having a cut away portion in the forward end thereof, a cover adapted to\ be pivotally supported by the bowl and having a recess in. its underside in which the auxiliary seat is received, a U-shaped guard rail pivoted at its free ends to the cover and adapted to nest in the recess surrounding the auxiliary seat, av deflector pivotally connected to the closed end; of: the guard rail and to the front end of the auxiliary seat and, adapted to nest in the recess in coplanar relation. with the auxiliary seat and guard rail and to have a major portion thereof received by the cut away portion of said auxiliary seat when said auxiliary seat and guard rail are received by said recess and to extend perpendicularly between the guard rail and. auxiliary seat when the auxiliary seat is supported by the adult seat and. means locking the auxiliary seat, guard rail and deflector in the recess in the cover, said recess formed inwardly, of the periphery of the cover and being substantially oval and a raised center section on the cover defined by the recess and lying flush with the outer portions of the underside and adapted to be received within the center opening in the auxiliary seat, said center section having a. cut-out at one end to seat the lower end of the deflector.

References tIJited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number; Name Date 11,595,629, Smith Aug. 10, 1926 1,652,304 Fischer Dec. 13, 1927 2,133,416 Bentz Oct. 18, 1938 2,219,643 Zaio Oct. 29, 194.0 2,494,813 Hughes Jan. 17, 1950 2,539,660 Dunn et al Jan. 30, 1951 2,584,141- Liebling Feb. 5, 1952

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