US1951621A - Child's folding toilet seat - Google Patents

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March 20, 1934. MAYETTE 1,951,621

CHILDS FOLDING TOILET SEAT Filed Oct. 25, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 l UNI/fu ln- .INVENTOR maafyeiic March 20, 1934. E. MA YETTE 1,951,621

CHILDS FOLDING TOILET SEAT Filed Oct. 25, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 MI I INVENTOR %i ATTORNEY March 20, 1934. v MAYETTE 1,951,621

CHILDS FOLDING TOILET SEAT Filed 001;. 25, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR 4&5 ATTORNEY 20 vention;

Patented Mar. 20, 1934 CHILDS FOLDING TOILET SEAT Edgar Mayette, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Kennedy-McCandless Corporation, Rochester,

N. Y., a corporation of New York Application October 25,

8 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a childs folding toilet seat, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a seat of this kind which is comfortable, simple and inexpensive to make, strong, and which can be readily folded to be stored in the minimum of space.

Another object of the invention is to provide a seat of this kind which is sanitary and which can be readily attached to an ordinary toilet seat.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a childs folding toilet seat attached to a toilet seat and constructed according to one possible embodiment of the in- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the folding seat detached and folded;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, the toilet seat being shown in section;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the seat;

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the same, and

Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view of the same. Referring particularly to the drawings in which like reference numerals refer to the same part in all the views, 1 is a toilet seat of ordinary or preferred construction having the usual opening 2 therein. The improved childs seat comprises a seat member or part 3 having an opening 4 therein, and adapted to be arranged on the seat 1 with its opening in registry with the opening 2. The

seat 3 and its opening are or may be substantially smaller in all their dimensions than the seat 1 and its opening 2, as indicated in the drawings. The seat 3 is substantially rectangular in form and has a deflector 5 secured to its under surface to project downwardly from the front of the opening 4 therein and arranged adjacent thereto. When the seat 3 is arranged on the seat 1, it projects through the opening 2 in the seat 1 and engages the front edge of said opening and serves to properly position the seat 3 on the seat 1 and also to protect the latter. As shown, the seat 3 may top of the seat 1 to support the seat 3 out of contact therewith to prevent scratches or other injuries thereto.

' Means engageable with the seat 1 are also provided for positioning the rear of the seat 3 there- 56 on, saidmeans comprisinga clip 7- bent toform-a 1930, Serial No. 491,165

loop 8 substantially midway between its ends whereby it is secured to the under side of the seat by any suitable means, such as the strap 9. The arms 10 and 11 extend laterally and rearwardly from the strap 9 past the rear edge of the seat 3, then downwardly to form substantially vertical portions 12 of a length to extend through the opening 2, and at their lower ends are provided with laterally and rearwardly projecting fingers 13. In placing the seat 3 on the seat 1, the fingers 13 are projected'through the opening 2 and engaged with the lower surface of the seat 1. The member 7 is preferably constructed of resilient material so that the seat 1 is resiliently engaged between the fingers 13 and the resilient buttons 6, and is sufiiciently yielding to permit the guard 5 to be projected into the front of the opening 2 and retains it resiliently engaged therewith. If desired, the ends of the clip 7 may be encased in resilient material, such asrubber tubing, as shown, to protect the surface of the seat 1 from injury thereby.

It is desirable to secure the seat 3 against accidental displacement from the seat 1 when so arranged thereon. This may be done in a number of different ways. In the present embodiment, resilient clamping devices adapted to project through the opening 2 and engage the under side of the seat 1 are provided. Two such clamps 14 are provided, which are preferably constructed of rods of resilient material so arranged as to be moved automatically into engagement with the seat 1 when the back and arms of the seat are raised from their folded position. The clamps 14 are pivotally mounted on the under side of the seat 3 by means of clips 15, and when in the normal operative position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings extend vertically downwardly therefrom through the opening 2 and are then bent forwardly and upwardly into engagement with the under side of the seat 1. If desired, the engaging portions of the clamps may be encased in resilient material such as rubber tubing, as shown, to protect the seat 1 from injury thereby. The other ends of the clamps 14 extend laterally from the clips 15 and are then bent upwardly past the side edges of the seat and then outwardly and upwardly to the side arms 16 in which their ends are pivoted. Normally when the seat is folded, as shown in Fig. 2, the clamps 14 occupy the position shown therein inclined rearwardly and downwardly from the seat 3, in which position they may be freely inserted through the opening in the seat 1 when the seat 3 is arranged thereon. When; however, the arms 16 are raised or unfolded from the seat 3 and moved to the Fig. 3 position, the clamps 14 swing on their pivots into gripping engagement with the seat 1. The parts are so proportioned and arranged that the clamps engage the seat slightly in advance of the end of the movement of the arms so that the seat 1 is clamped between them and the seat 3, due to the resiliency of the material of which they are constructed.

The back 17 and arms 16 are pivotally connected to each other and with the seat 3 in such a manner that when the back is raised from a position folded over and on the seat 3, as shown in Fig. 2, the arms 16 are raised from said position to the operative position shown in Fig. 3. To this end, a pair of links or arms 18 are pivoted to the sides of the seat 3 adjacent its rear end, and at their other ends are secured to the opposite ends of a bracket or strap 19 extending across the rear wall of the back 1'7 at a point adjacent its upper end and to which it is secured by screws or other suitable means. A second strap 20 is similarly secured to the rear wall of the back at a point adjacent its lower end and extends across the back and at its ends is bent forwardly and connected to the arms 18. By this construction, the back is pivotally mounted on the seat 3 to swing thereon from the Fig. 2 to the Fig. 3 position.

Means are provided for locking the back in the extended or raised position shown in Fig. 3 to prevent it from falling forwardly to the Fig. 2 position. To this end, a latch in the form of a bent rod 21 is pivoted in bearings 22 provided therefor in the straps 19 and 20. Above and ad- J'acent the strap 20 the rod 21 is bent upon itself to form a U-shaped portion 23 which engages the upper edge of the strap 20 and prevents downward movement of the rod in its bearings. At its lower end, the rod is bent at substantially right angles to itself to form a projection or latch portion 24 which engages the lower edge of the strap20 and prevents upward movement of the rod 21 in its bearings and is adapted to engage a keeper 25 projecting from the rear edge of the seat 3.

The latch portion 24 is arranged in a plane at substantially right angles to the plane of the U-shaped portion 23 which is engaged by the free end of a spring 26 secured to the back. The spring 26 is operative to retain the U-shaped portion resiliently in contact with the back and the latch portion 24 projecting outwardly therefrom. When the back is raised from the Fig. 2 position, the projecting portion 24 of the latch engages a downwardly and laterally inclined edge of the keeper which swings the latch against the tension of its spring 26 until it reaches the opening in the keeper when the reaction of the spring snaps it into engagement therewith, as seen in Figs. 3 and 5, and retains the back in its operative elevated position. When it is desired to return the back to the folded position shown in Fig. 2, the latch is turned in its bearings by means of the finger piece 27 provided therefor against the tension of the spring 26 to swing it out of engagement with its keeper.

The arms 16 are pivoted at or adjacent their rear ends to the arms or links 18 so that when the back is raised from the Fig. 2 position, the arms are raised with it to the Fig. 3 position automatically and the members 14 are projected beneath and moved into clamping engagement with the seat 1. It will be noted that the clamps 14 by engagement with the seat 1 cooperate with the latch 21 to limit the rearward movement of the back 17 and the arms 16 movable therewith. The upper arms of the clamps serve to move the free ends of the arms from the seat and assume a nearly vertical position between them and the seat so that their free ends are supported thereon. By this arrangement, the back and arms are held practically rigid when the childs seat is clamped on a seat such as the seat 1, as shown in Fig. 3.

Although only one embodiment of the invention is shown and described herein, it will be understood that this application is intended to cover such changes or modifications as come within the spirit of the invention or scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A foldable childs toilet seat comprising a seat portion having an opening therein and adapted to be arranged on a toilet seat, arms movable from a folded position adjacent the seat to an operative position separated therefrom, a back movable from a folded position to an operative position extended from the seat, a latch automatically operative when the back is moved to operative position for retaining it in such position, means operatively connecting said arms with said back to be moved thereby to and from operative position, and resilient clamping means operatively connected with said arms and movable thereby into engagement with a toilet seat, said back being movable against the resiliency of said clamping means to operate the latch.

2. The combination with a toilet seat, of a childs seat having an opening therein, means for positioning the childs seat on the toilet seat, a back pivotally mounted on the childs seat for movement from a position folded thereon to an operative position extended therefrom, a pair of arms pivotally connected with said back and movable thereby from a position adjacent the seat to a position separated therefrom, and a clamp for clamping the childs seat to the toilet seat pivotally connected with one of said arms and movable thereby into clamping engagement with the toilet seat when the back is moved to move the arms from the seat.

3. The combination with a toilet seat, of a childs seat having an opening therein, means for positioning the childs seat on the toilet seat, a back pivotally mounted on the childs seat for movement from a position folded thereon to an operative position extended therefrom, a pair of arms pivotally connected with said back and movable thereby from a position adjacent the seat to a position separated therefrom, and a pair of clamps for clamping the childs seat to the toilet seat pivotally mounted on the seat and pivotally connected with the free ends of said arms to be moved thereby from a folded to an upright position into clamping engagement with the toilet seat and to support the free ends of the arms separated from the toilet seat.

4. A foldable childs toilet seat comprising a seat member having an opening therein and adapted to be arranged on a toilet seat, resilient means on said seat member engageable with toilet seats of different thicknesses for positioning the childs seat thereon, a back movable from a folded position on the seat to an operative position, and clamping members operatively connected with said back and movable thereby into clamping engagement with the toilet seat, said clamping members being resilient for cooperation with toilet seats of different thicknesses and cooperating with said first mentioned resilient clamping member for securing the childs seat to the toilet seat.

5. The combination with a toilet seat, of a childs seat having an opening therein, means for positioning the childs seat on the toilet seat so that its opening registers with the opening in the latter, a back pivotally mounted on the childs seat for movement from a position folded thereon to an operative position extended therefrom, clamping means separate from the positioning means, and a member pivotally connected with said back and operatively connected with said clamping means for moving the latter into clamping engagement with the toilet seat to clamp the childs seat thereon.

6. The combination with a toilet seat, of a childs seat having an opening therein, a deflector secured to said seat and projecting downwardly therefrom adjacent the front of said opening and arranged to project into the opening in the toilet seat, and resilient means cooperating with said deflector for positioning said childs seat on and over the opening in the toilet seat and tending to'resiliently engage the deflector with the front of the opening in the seat.

7. The combination with a toilet seat, of a childs seat having an opening therein, a deflector at the front of said opening arranged to project into and through the opening in the toilet seat at the front thereof, resilient means cooperating with said deflector and also engageable with the opening in the toilet seat for positioning the childs seat thereover and resiliently engaging the deflector with the opening in the seat, clamping means on the childs seat arranged to project through the opening in the toilet seat, and means for moving said clamping means into engagement with the toilet seat to clamp the childs seat thereon.

8. The combination with a toilet seat, of a childs seat having an opening therein, means for positioning the childs seat on the toilet seat, a back pivotally mounted on the childs seat for movement from a position folded thereon to an operative position extended therefrom, a resiliently controlled latch for retaining the back in its extended position, and a clamp movably mounted on the childs seat and operatively connected with said back to be moved thereby into engagement with the toilet seat and cooperating with said latch to limit backward movement of the back.

EDGAR MAYE'ITE.

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