One-button toilet seat lid locking mechanism

Abstract

The invention provide an one-button locking mechanism for toilet seat lid, which cooperates with a toilet stand and is used to secure the toilet seat lid on the toilet bowl. The toilet seat lid has a rotary mechanism mounted in two ends thereof to freely pivot the toilet seat lid relative to the toilet bowl. The locking mechanism comprises a sleeve, a left sliding seat, a right sliding seat, and a button and a return spring that drive the left and right sliding seats to move along the left direction and right direction of the toilet seat lid.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A one-button toilet seat lid locking mechanism, which cooperates with a toilet stand and is used to secure the toilet seat lid on the toilet bowl, the toilet seat lid having rotary mechanism mounted in two ends thereof to freely pivot the toilet seat lid relative to the toilet bowl, the locking mechanism comprising:
 a sleeve;   a left sliding seat and a right sliding seat; and   a button and a return spring;   wherein the button and the return spring drive the left and right sliding seats to move along a left direction and a right direction of the toilet seat lid; the left sliding seat and the right sliding seat are slidably mounted in the sleeve, separately disposed at a left side and a right side of the button; the left and right sliding seats have front ends coupled with the button, and rear ends having latch bolts formed integrally thereon to loosen or tighten with the toilet stand; the return spring has two ends respectively abutting against the button and the sleeve.   
     
     
         2 . The one-button toilet seat lid locking mechanism as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the left and right sliding seats have front ends defining a pivot seat, respectively; the pivot seats having pivot holes, and two pins mounted through the pivot holes of the pivot seats respectively to pivotally couple the left and right sliding seats with the button; correspondingly, the button has two arms protruding from an inner surface thereof, each arm defining a bevel groove that is for receiving the pin and is from inside to outside gradually narrowing its width. 
     
     
         3 . The one-button toilet seat lid locking mechanism as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the latch bolts of the left and right sliding seats have slots accommodating with the toilet stand. 
     
     
         4 . The one-button toilet seat lid locking mechanism as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is a hollow structure, the sleeve has two ends mounted around the rotary mechanism disposed on the left and right ends of the toilet seat lid, and the sleeve has a wall defining a button opening for mounting the button and a mounting hole corresponding to the toilet stand.