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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Akira Sorimachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
According to the invention, in order to make opening/closing devices for seats and lids of Western-styled lavatory tools readily detachable from the stool, a holder for such opening/closing devices is composed of a cylindrical case open at both ends, structured so as to allow insertion and engagement of a pair of opening/closing devices, of which one works on the seat and the other on the lid, with one inserted from one of the two ends of the case and the other from the other end in a detachable manner; a pair of legs hanging from this case each having at its lower end an engaging piece given elasticity; and holder receptacles structured to be to be fitted into fitting holes provided in the lavatory stool to allow detachable insertion and engagement of the pair of legs as well in a freely detachable manner. In this configuration, said holder receptacles are composed in a bottomless cylindrical form having engaging projects at their lower end so that they can be contained and fixed in penetrating holes bored into the stool itself.