Hygienic Toilet Seat and Lid Assembly

Abstract

A toilet seat and toilet lid assembly is provided which prevents bodily waste from undesirably exiting flushing toilets and contaminating surrounding areas and surfaces. More particularly, the assembly comprises an annular toilet seat and a lid, hingedly attached to the seat. An underside of the lid is configured to closely mate with the opening formed in the seat. Prior to flushing a toilet, a user may pivotally close the assembly, which may be secured over a toilet bowl. When closed, a male protrusion in the lid may be closely mated with the opening in the seat to prevent contaminants within the toilet bowl from exiting such bowl when activating the toilet's flushing capability agitates water and waste contained therein.

1 . A hygienic toilet seat and lid assembly for preventing contaminants from exiting a flushing toilet bowl, comprising:
 an annular toilet seat defined by a supportive upper surface and a lower surface, the supportive upper surface and lower surface spaced apart by an inner side and an outer side, the inner side defining an opening for receiving biological waste therethrough; and   a lid hingedly attachable to the annular toilet seat, the lid having an underside configured to matedly seal the opening in the toilet seat and minimize the amount of toilet bowl content expelled from the bowl into the surrounding area and onto surrounding surfaces when biological waste within the toilet bowl is flushed, and wherein the underside of the lid comprises a male protrusion defined by a lower surface and a side portion, the male protrusion sized to mate with the opening of the annular toilet seat;   wherein the assembly is pivotally mountable to a top surface of a toilet bowl rim.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the underside of the lid comprises a channel defined by an outer edge, said channel sized to receive the supportive upper surface of the annular toilet seat. 
     
     
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         4 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein a ridge is formed along at least a portion of the lower surface of the male protrusion. 
     
     
         5 . A toilet seat and lid assembly pivotally mountable to a rim portion of a toilet bowl, comprising:
 an annular toilet seat defined by a supportive upper surface and a lower surface, the supportive upper surface and lower surface spaced apart by an inner side and an outer side, the inner side defining an opening for receiving biological waste therethrough; and   a lid hingedly attachable to the annular toilet seat, the lid having an underside defined by an outer edge and a central male protrusion integrated in the underside of the lid, the protrusion defined by a lower surface and side portion, the side portion extending downwardly to closely mate with the opening in the annular toilet seat to block toilet contents from exiting the opening defined by the annular toilet seat.   
     
     
         6 . The assembly of  claim 5 , further comprising a ridge disposed along at least a portion of an edge of the lower surface of the male protrusion.