Toilet seat reducer

Abstract

A toilet seat reducer includes a hub disposed on an underside of a lid of a conventional toilet seat, a toilet seat, and at least one pair of complementary magnets configured for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat to each other. The toilet seat includes an aperture smaller than an opening in the conventional toilet seat, and the toilet seat is configured for mating with at least a portion of the conventional toilet seat. Each magnet of the pair of magnets is disposed on opposing locations on the hub and the toilet seat. The toilet seat reducer includes a flexible urine guard configured to collapse into at least a portion of the aperture of the toilet seat when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat and return to an un-collapsed state when the lid and the toilet seat are separated.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A toilet seat reducer, comprising:
 a hub, comprising:
 opposing first and second sides; and 
 a perimetric wall disposed at a periphery of at least a portion of the first side; and 
   a toilet seat, comprising:
 opposing first and second sides; and 
 an aperture smaller than an opening in a conventional toilet seat, the aperture defined at least in part by a perimetric wall disposed at a periphery of at least a portion of the first side and configured for receiving at least a portion of the perimetric wall of the hub; 
   wherein,
 the second side of the hub is configured for coupling with an underside of a lid of the conventional toilet seat; 
 the second side of the toilet seat is configured for mating with at least a portion of the conventional toilet seat; and 
 the perimetric wall of the hub and the perimetric wall of the toilet seat are configured for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat to each other. 
   
     
     
         2 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 1 , wherein the hub and the toilet seat detachably couple to each other when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat. 
     
     
         3 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 2 , wherein the toilet seat is raised off the conventional toilet seat when the lid is raised. 
     
     
         4 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 3 , wherein the toilet seat detaches from the hub when the toilet seat is lowered while the lid is restrained by a user. 
     
     
         5 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 2 , wherein the toilet seat detaches from the hub when the lid is raised while the toilet seat is restrained by a user. 
     
     
         6 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 1 , wherein the toilet seat comprises an outwardly extending tab configured for at least one of raising the toilet seat, lowering the toilet seat, and restraining the toilet seat. 
     
     
         7 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 1 , comprising at least one pair of complimentary magnets disposed on opposing sides of the perimetric wall of the hub and the perimetric wall of the toilet seat for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat. 
     
     
         8 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 1 , comprising a flexible urine guard wherein, at least a portion of the urine guard collapses into at least a portion of the aperture when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat; and
 the urine guard returns to an un-collapsed state when the lid and the toilet seat are separated.   
     
     
         9 . A toilet seat reducer, comprising:
 a hub, comprising:
 opposing first and second sides; and 
 a perimetric wall disposed at a periphery of at least a portion of the first side; and 
   a toilet seat, comprising:
 opposing first and second sides; 
 an aperture smaller than an opening in a conventional toilet seat, the aperture defined at least in part by a perimetric wall disposed at a periphery of at least a portion of the first side and configured for receiving at least a portion of the perimetric wall of the hub; and 
 a urine guard; 
   wherein,
 the second side of the hub is configured for coupling with an underside of a lid of the conventional toilet seat; 
 the second side of the toilet seat is configured for mating with at least a portion of the conventional toilet seat; and 
 the perimetric wall of the hub and the perimetric wall of the toilet seat are configured for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat to each other. 
   
     
     
         10 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 9 , wherein the hub and the toilet seat detachably couple to each other and at least a portion of the urine guard collapses into at least a portion of the aperture when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat. 
     
     
         11 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 10 , wherein the toilet seat is raised off the conventional toilet seat when the lid is raised and wherein the hub detaches from the toilet seat and the urine guard returns to an un-collapsed state when the toilet seat is lowered while the lid is restrained by a user. 
     
     
         12 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 10 , wherein the hub detaches from the toilet seat and the urine guard returns to an un-collapsed state when the lid is raised while the toilet seat is restrained by a user. 
     
     
         13 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 9 , wherein the toilet seat comprises an outwardly extending tab configured for at least one of raising the toilet seat, lowering the toilet seat, and restraining the toilet seat. 
     
     
         14 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 9 , comprising at least one pair of complimentary magnets disposed on opposing sides of the perimetric wall of the hub and the perimetric wall of the toilet seat for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat to each other. 
     
     
         15 . A toilet seat reducer, comprising:
 a hub disposed on an underside of a lid of a conventional toilet seat;   a toilet seat comprising an aperture smaller than an opening in the conventional toilet seat, the toilet seat configured for mating with at least a portion of the conventional toilet seat; and   a pair of complementary magnets configured for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat to each other, wherein each magnet of the pair of magnets is disposed on opposing locations on the hub and the toilet seat.   
     
     
         16 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 15 , comprising a flexible urine guard wherein,
 at least a portion of the urine guard collapses into at least a portion of the aperture when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat; and   the urine guard returns to an un-collapsed state when the lid and the toilet seat are separated.   
     
     
         17 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 15 , wherein the toilet seat comprises an outwardly extending tab configured for at least one of raising the toilet seat, lowering the toilet seat, and restraining the toilet seat. 
     
     
         18 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 16 , wherein the hub and the toilet seat detachably couple to each other when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat and wherein the toilet seat is raised off the conventional toilet seat when the lid is raised. 
     
     
         19 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 18 , wherein the toilet seat and the hub detach from each other when the toilet seat is lowered while the lid is restrained by a user. 
     
     
         20 . The toilet seat reducer of  claim 18 , wherein the toilet seat and the hub detach from each other when the lid is raised while the toilet seat is restrained by a user.