Kohler Company

The Parker Pen Company

Thomas W Hillebrand

Herbert V Kohler, Jr

Thomas E Gaffney

Brian A Booker

Ronald N Grimstad

Clemens A Sonntag

Spout

Non-slip surface unit for bathtubs or the like

Combined drain handle and cover for a bathtub or the like

Plumbing fitting handle

A hinge assembly for mounting a toilet covering member to the rear of a toilet so as to permit rotation of the covering about a hinge axis between an up and a down position is disclosed. In one form, a pair of hinge posts are mounted to the rear of the toilet which extend along a hinge axis. Each of a pair of hinge receiving elements are mounted to the toilet covering and has a bore which is alignable with one of the hinge post elements along the hinge axis. The hinge post elements have lugs axially spaced apart from stops and the bores in the hinge receiving elements are key-hole shaped to permit a key and slot type connection between the hinge post elements and the hinge receiving elements. The toiet covering member is captured on the toilet by axially inserting the hinge post elements into the corresponding bores and rotating the hinge post elements relative to the hinge receiving elements about the hinge axis to lock the elements together. In one embodiment, the hinge post elements extend in the same direction and are fixed. In another embodiment, they extend in opposite directions and are axially slidable relative to one another.

Toilet covering hinge assembly

Fountain pen

Ball point writing instrument

Growing community of inventors

Janesville, WI, United States of America

Thomas W Hillebrand