Removable toilet-seat lifter and method

Abstract

A removable toilet-seat lifter is disclosed herein. The removable toilet-seat lifter includes a seat-mount, a handle, and a handle-couple. The seat mount may be able to attach to a toilet seat. The handle may be able to lift the toilet seat and may have a coupling end and a user end distal to each other. An extension member may connect the coupling end to the user end and may have two or more telescoping members nested within each other. The telescoping members may be able to slide within each other to adjust the length of the extension member. The handle-couple may be able to couple the handle to the seat mount, in such a way that they may also be released from each other. The handle-couple may be affixed to the seat-mount and may include a handle-receiver which may accept and retain the coupling end of the handle.

What is claimed is new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims: 
     
         1 . A device for lifting a toilet-seat, the device comprising:
 a seat-mount, the seat mount configured to attach to the toilet seat;   a handle, the handle configured to lift and lower the toilet seat, the handle having a coupling end and a user end, and including an extension member extending between the coupling end and the user end, the extension member having at least two nested telescoping-members, the at least two nested telescoping-members being slidably adjustable, allowing a total length of the at least two nested telescoping-members to change; and   a handle-couple, the handle-couple configured to releasably couple the handle to the seat-mount, the handle-couple affixed to the seat-mount and including a handle-receiver configured to releasably couple with the coupling end of the handle.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the handle-receiver of the handle-couple is integrated with the seat-mount. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the handle-receiver of the handle-couple includes an interior cavity conformed to the coupling end of the handle, such that the coupling end of the handle may be nested within the handle-receiver of the handle-couple. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the coupling end of the handle has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the interior cavity of the handle-receiver of the handle-couple forms a substantially cylindrical cavity conformed to the coupling end of the handle. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the substantially cylindrical member and the interior cavity are each have a cylinder height of approximately one inch, respectively. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the seat-mount includes a seat-clamp including a first-clamp member, a second-clamp member, and a joining-member coupling the first-clamp member to the second-clamp member, the first-clamp member and the second-clamp member being configured to engage the toilet-seat. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein the joining-member is interspersed between the first-clamp member from the second-clamp member so as to define a separation-distance, the separation-distance being no larger than a thickness of the toilet-seat, and such that the first-clamp member and the second-clamp member exert a clamping force on the toilet-seat when engaging the toilet-seat. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein the first-clamp member is coupled perpendicularly to the joining-member, and the second-clamp member is coupled perpendicularly to the joining-member, and parallel to the first-clamp member. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the seat-mount includes an adhesive-mount with a contact-face that is able to abut with the toilet-seat, the contact-face having a flat surface structured to mate with the toilet-seat, and an adhesive-interface affixed to the contact-face containing an adhesive-compound configured to couple with the toilet-seat. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the seat-mount is substantially cylindrical. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the handle is substantially tubular. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the handle measures, from the coupling end to the user end between six inches eight inches. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the handle-couple further includes an articulating joint configured to allow the handle to be selectively angled relative to the handle-couple. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the toilet seat is characterized as being planar and substantially circumscribing a toilet seat axis that is normal to a plane of the toilet seat; and
 wherein the handle-couple is further configured to releasably couple the handle to the seat-mount such that the handle extends in a direction that radiates away from the toilet seat axis.   
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the handle further includes a ninety-degree elbow. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the seat-mount and the handle are made of plastic. 
     
     
         17 . device for lifting a toilet-seat, the device comprising:
 a seat-mount, the seat mount configured to attach to the toilet seat;   a handle, the handle configured to lift and lower the toilet seat, the handle having a coupling end and a user end, and including an extension member extending between the coupling end and the user end, the extension member having at least two nested telescoping-members, the at least two nested telescoping-members being slidably adjustable, allowing a total length of the at least two nested telescoping-members to change; and   a handle-couple, the handle-couple configured to releasably couple the handle to the seat-mount, the handle-couple affixed to the seat-mount and including a handle-receiver configured to releasably couple with the coupling end of the handle; and   wherein the handle-receiver of the handle-couple is integrated with the seat-mount;   wherein the handle-receiver of the handle-couple includes an interior cavity conformed to the coupling end of the handle, such that the coupling end of the handle may be nested within the handle-receiver of the handle-couple;   wherein the coupling end of the handle has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the interior cavity of the handle-receiver of the handle-couple forms a substantially cylindrical cavity conformed to the coupling end of the handle;   wherein the substantially cylindrical member and the interior cavity are each have a cylinder height of approximately one inch, respectively;   wherein the seat-mount includes an adhesive-mount with a contact-face that is able to abut with the toilet-seat, the contact-face having a flat surface structured to mate with the toilet-seat, and an adhesive-interface affixed to the contact-face containing an adhesive-compound configured to couple with the toilet-seat;   wherein the handle measures, from the coupling end to the user end between six inches eight inches; and   wherein the seat-mount and the handle are made of plastic.   
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 17 , further comprising set of instructions; and
 wherein the handle is arranged as a kit.   
     
     
         19 . A method for lifting a toilet seat, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a device for lifting a toilet-seat, the device including a seat-mount, the seat mount configured to attach to the toilet seat,
 a handle, the handle configured to lift and lower the toilet seat, the handle having a coupling end and a user end, and including an extension member extending between the coupling end and the user end, the extension member having at least two nested telescoping-members, the at least two nested telescoping-members being slidably adjustable, allowing a total length of the at least two nested telescoping-members to change, and 
 a handle-couple, the handle-couple configured to releasably couple the handle to the seat-mount, the handle-couple affixed to the seat-mount and including a handle-receiver configured to releasably couple with the coupling end of the handle; 
   affixing the seat-mount to the toilet seat;   inserting the coupling end of the handle into the handle-receiver of the handle-couple;   lifting the toilet-seat via the handle;   lowering the toilet-seat via the handle; and   removing the coupling end of the handle from the handle-receiver of the handle-couple.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising the step of disposing of the handle.