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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1989
Timothy J Otte, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Bemis Manufacturing Company, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a hinge assembly comprising a housing adapted to engage a toilet bowl and comprising an internal cavity including a bottom opening, and a cylindrical bearing surface having a horizontally extending axis, a hinge member supported by the bearing surface for rotation about the axis and including a hinge pin extending co-axially with the cylindrical portion and outwardly of the housing and adapted to be fixedly engaged with a toilet seat to effect toilet set rotation in common with rotation of the hinge member about the axis, an elongated actuating link extending into cavity in the housing through the bottom opening and including an upper end a lower stud portion having a lower threaded part, and an upper end connected to the hinge member for effecting rotation of the hinge member in response to link movement in the direction of link elongation, a nut adjustably threaded on the threaded lower part of the stud portion, and a helical spring located in encircling relation to the stud portion and between the toilet bowl and the nut and operative to bias the link downwardly and to retaining the housing in tight engagement on the toilet bowl.