Expandable toilet seat

Abstract

The present invention relates to an expandable toilet seat. One embodiment of the toilet seat includes a seat platform that is movably coupled to a support member via two seat guides. The support member is coupled to a basin in a manner to allow traditional rotation of the seat platform with respect to the basin. The movable coupling between the seat platform and the support member allows the seat platform to expand in response to weight being displaced onto the top of the seat platform. This expansion of the seat platform automatically spreads the left and right buttocks of a user and comfortably accommodates the dimensions of a user's buttocks.

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         57 . A method of using a toilet seat comprising the acts of: 
 providing an expandable toilet seat including a seat platform that is expandable;    lowering the buttocks onto the seat platform, thereby distributing weight onto the seat platform; and    expanding the seat platform automatically in response to the weight, wherein the expansion of the seat platform simultaneously causes the right and left buttocks to expand away from one another.    
     
     
         58 . The method of  claim 57 , wherein the seat platform includes a left side and a right side and wherein the left and right buttocks are lowered onto the corresponding left and right sides of the seat platform, and wherein the left and right sides of the seat platform are configured to expand in a manner that includes expansion away from one another.  
     
     
         59 . The method of  claim 58 , wherein the expansion of the left and right sides of the seat platform include rotation away from one another about a pivot point.  
     
     
         60 . The method of  claim 59 , wherein the pivot point is located substantially adjacent to a front portion of the toilet seat.  
     
     
         61 . The method of  claim 59 , wherein the pivot point is located substantially adjacent to a rear portion of the toilet seat.  
     
     
         62 . The method of  claim 57 , wherein the expansion of the seat platform causes the right and left buttocks to expand away from one another due to the friction between the buttocks and the seat platform.  
     
     
         63 . The method of  claim 57 , wherein the expansion of the seat platform further causes the seat platform to comfortably accommodate the dimensions of the buttocks.