Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.

Beatrice Foods Co.

Other

David E Harrison

George N Sanderson

Toilet seat

Combined toilet seat and cover

A toilet seat hinge has elongated male connector portions provided with saw-toothed shaped upper and lower surfaces which are inserted in female openings in the rear surface of a soft toilet seat and a soft toilet seat cover. The male connector portions lockingly engage with lock lugs provided in a rigid molded bed plate in the seat and cover to prevent retention so that the hinge is permanently connected to the seat and cover following insertion of the male connector member. Another aspect of the invention resides in a novel molding method in which two movable mold components provide openings extending both vertically and horizontally in a molded item.

Method of molding a plastic toilet seat hinge connectable bed plate

Soft toilet seat and hinge connector

A toilet has first and second hinges equidistantly spaced on opposite sides of a medial plane of the toilet with each hinge including a vertical hinge post having a horizontal pivot hole receiving a tubular pivot sleeve extending unitarily from a cover hinge body member with a pivot shaft of a seat hinge extending into the pivot sleeve for pivotal movement. The seat hinge and cover hinge each have outwardly extending spikes inserted in mounting bores in the seat and cover with the spikes having protrusions for retention in the mounting bores and being oriented at an acute angle to and flaring outwardly in reverse manner with respect to the medial plane with the post and hinge components being formed of fiberglass reinforced polypropylene.

Toilet hinge arrangement

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Columbus, MS, United States of America

David E Harrison