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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2022
As America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Nitin S. Kolekar, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Christophe Bucher, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Ki Bok Song, Plainview, NY (US);
Ronald D. Barndt, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Behnam Heydari, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Douglas Fornell Leavitt, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Zachary Robert Sweitzer, Green Pond, NJ (US);
AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A toilet seat assembly includes a toilet seat and a lid hinged to the toilet seat; wherein the lid comprises an inner liner that comprises a shaped surface portion and a core portion, the shaped surface portion is shaped to correspond to the contoured upper seat surface of the toilet seat, and the core portion is joined to the shaped surface portion, and in the closed lid position the shaped surface portion of the lid covers the upper seat surface of the toilet seat, and the core portion of the lid covers the central opening of the toilet seat; a plurality of UV-C lamps positioned in one or more recessed portions of the shaped surface portion of the inner liner of the lid and configured to direct UV-C light towards the seat surface when the lid is in the closed lid position.