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Toilet seat hinge assembly

CA 1323960 C · Owner: Bemis Manufacturing Co. · Inventors: Otte, Timothy J.

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Disclosed herein is a hinge assembly comprising a housing adapted to engage a toilet bowl and comprising an internal cavity including a bottom opening, and a cylindrical bearing surface having a horizontally extending axis, a hinge member supported by the bearing surface for rotation abut the axis and including a hinge pin extending co-axially with the cylindrical portion and outwardly of the housing and adapted to be fixedly engaged with a toilet seat to effect toilet set rotation in common with rotation of the hinge member about the axis, an elongated actuating link extending into cavity in the housing through the bottom opening and including an upper end a lower stud portion having a …

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  • Granted November 9, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 9, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1989
GrantedNovember 9, 1993
Term endedNovember 9, 2010
Patent numberCA 1323960 C
Classification (IPC)A47K13/10 +2 more

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedSep 25, 1989Patent grantedNov 9, 1993Term endedNov 9, 2010

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