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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Donald Lewis Meike, Kaycee, WY (US);
David Yakos, Bozeman, MT (US);
Stephen Sanford, Bozeman, MT (US);
Bryan Walthall, Bozeman, MT (US);
Donald Lewis Meike, Kaycee, WY (US);
David Yakos, Bozeman, MT (US);
Stephen Sanford, Bozeman, MT (US);
Bryan Walthall, Bozeman, MT (US);
Other;
Abstract
An automatically flushing toilet in which an extension arm is attached to a horizontal bar to which the toilet seat is attached. When the toilet seat is raised, one end of the extension arm moves downward, causing a rod on the end of the inner tube of a telescoping member located primarily inside the tank compartment of the toilet to move so that it is positioned atop a pivoting member located inside a cut-out on the same end of the extension arm. When the toilet seat is then closed, the one end of the extension arm moves upward, pushing the pivoting member against the rod and causing the rod to force the inner tube of the telescoping member upward. The inner tube is pivotally connected to a trip lever, which causes the toilet to flush.