Toilet seat lifting apparatus

Abstract

A toilet seat lifter ( 10 ) having a flexible seat bar ( 12 ) securely positioned under a toilet seat ( 18 A) and aligned by a pair of clips at each end. A shaft ( 14 ) is securely pivotally connected at a top distal end to a side of the seat bar ( 12 ). A foot pedal ( 16 ) is securely pivotally-connected at a bottom distal end of the shaft ( 14 ). The foot pedal ( 16 ) has a foot pedal rocker ( 16 A) positioned approximately in a bottom middle thereof. The lifter is especially suitable for application to portable lavatories due to its low intrusiveness and easy assembly and disassembly. When a user pushes downwardly on the foot pedal ( 16 ), the shaft ( 14 ) and seat bar ( 12 ) are raised to elevate the toilet seat ( 18 A).

1 . A toilet seat lifter for a lavatory having a generally circular seat, comprising: 
 a u-shaped seat bar having intrinsic flexibility which allows for temporarily varying distance between a first end and a second end of the seat bar, the seat bar having a middle section and a first and second sections extending generally perpendicular to the middle section and parallel to one another, each of the first and second sections having an end thereof, the middle section is configured to approximate the width of the toilet seat;    a left clip provided substantially at the end of the first section, the left clip including a horizontal section and a vertical section substantially perpendicular to the horizontal section;    a right clip provided substantially at the end of the second section, the right clip including a horizontal section and a vertical section substantially perpendicular to the horizontal section;    a shaft coupled at a first end thereof to the seat bar at a point along the first section of the seat bar; and    a foot pedal having a pedal section and a rocker section located substantially centrally along the pedal section, an end of the pedal section is coupled to a second end of the shaft, the rocker section configured to be attached to a floor adjacent the lavatory so as to at least vertically align the seat bar with the toilet seat.