(19)
(11) EP 2 014 209 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.11.2013 Bulletin 2013/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.01.2009 Bulletin 2009/03

(21) Application number: 08160188.2

(22) Date of filing: 11.07.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A47K 13/24(2006.01)
A47K 13/26(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 12.07.2007 US 827836
06.05.2008 US 151315

(71) Applicant: Bel-Art Products, Inc.
Pequannock, New Jersey 07440 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Landsberger, David
    Caldwell, NJ 07006 (US)
  • Thom, Paul
    Butler, NJ 07405 (US)
  • Gomes, Francis
    Lincoln Park, NJ 07036 (US)

(74) Representative: Dossmann, Gérard 
Casalonga & Partners Bayerstrasse 71-73
80335 München
80335 München (DE)

   


(54) Toilet seat elevator assembly


(57) A toilet seat elevator assembly includes a seat elevator and a bracket for removably connecting the seat elevator to a toilet bowl. The seat elevator has a support portion for resting on the toilet bowl and a mounting portion that extends rearwardly of the support portion. The mounting portion has at least one mounting projection that extends inwardly. The bracket includes a bottom wall that is adapted for securement to the toilet bowl and spaced bracket side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall. Each bracket side wall has forward and rear edges that extend upwardly from the bottom wall and an elongate slot that extends within each bracket side wall between the forward and rear edges. Each elongate slot is adapted for slidably receiving the at least one mounting projection of the mounting portion to adjust the seat elevator between a retracted position and an extended position to accommodate various configurations of respective toilet bowls.







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