Toilet seat keeper

Abstract

The present invention concerns that of a new and improved apparatus for keeping a toilet seat hygienic and sanitary by causing the toilet seat of a toilet to automatically be raised to an upright position when the toilet would not be in use. The present invention works by having a return spring incorporated in the hinges of the toilet seat. The present invention would serve to always keep the toilet seat in an upright position when the toilet would not be in use. When a user would need to use the present invention, a small amount of constant downward pressure would be enough to keep the toilet seat in a down position. The present invention would create a more healthy and hygienic toilet by not having urine smears or spills being left on a toilet seat which would have been left in a downward position when being used by a previous male user.

What I claim as my invention is:  
     
         1 . An apparatus for use with toilets comprising 
 (a) a toilet bowl,    (b) a toilet seat pivotally attached to the toilet bowl,    (c) a toilet seat cover attached to the toilet bowl, the toilet seat cover resting on top of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is in a horizontal position, and    (d) means for raising and maintaining the toilet seat and toilet seat cover in an upward position when no downward pressure is being applied upon the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover.    
     
     
         2 . An apparatus for use with toilets according to    claim 1    wherein the toilet seat cover is attached to the toilet bowl by a pair of outer hinges, a first outer hinge and a second outer hinge, each hinge being pivotally attached to the toilet bowl.  
     
     
         3 . An apparatus for use with toilets according to    claim 2    wherein the means for raising and maintaining the toilet seat and toilet seat cover in an upward position further comprises 
 (a) a pair of inner hinges, a first inner hinge and a second inner hinge,  
 (b) a pair of springs, a first spring and a second spring, the first spring having two ends, a first end and a second end, the second spring having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the first spring attached to the first inner hinge, the second end of the first spring attached to the first outer hinge, the first end of the second spring attached to the second inner hinge, the second end of the second spring attached to the second outer hinge,  
 (c) wherein the first spring exerts an upward rotational force upon the first outer hinge, and further wherein the second spring exerts an upward rotational force upon the second outer hinge, causing the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover to rotate to and be maintained in a vertical position if no downward pressure is applied to the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover.