Toilet seat cover

Abstract

There is disclosed a toilet seat transparent elastic cover for preventing a user from a direct contact with a toilet seat. The cover includes mark lines to be aligned ensuring a proper placement of the cover. The cover may include an aperture with two lateral edges and a flap located in front of the aperture. The flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting it to corresponding parts of the cover before the user starts using the cover. The perforated lines are extensions of the two lateral edges, such that when the user places the cover on the toilet seat, tears the perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward/upward, the aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user. An objective of the cover is to improve its adjustment to the user's body dimensions correspondingly to typical sizes of the seat.

Claims

1. A toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, the toilet seat having an external edge and an internal edge, the internal edge defining an opening of the toilet seat, and the internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion, the toilet seat cover comprising: an essentially transparent elastic material; the toilet seat cover additionally comprising: at least one mark line predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user, at least one of at least one such mark lines being a mark line (M1) that outwardly encircles the rear portion of the internal edge of the toilet seat; at least one other mark line predetermindly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user, at least one of at least one such mark lines being a mark line (M2) that outwardly encircles the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover wherein said elongated aperture is capable of being located within the opening of said toilet seat; and wherein said elongated aperture further includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and said toilet seat cover further comprises a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture; and wherein: the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture, such that when the user places the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moves the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, said elongated aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user.

2. A toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, the toilet seat having an external edge and an internal edge, the internal edge defining an opening of the toilet seat, and the internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion, the toilet seat cover comprising: an essentially transparent elastic material; said toilet seat cover additionally comprising: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M1) outwardly encircles the rear portion of said internal edge with a rear gap; a mark line (M2) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M2) is located inwardly to the front portion of said internal edge; a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M3) outwardly encircles the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover; wherein said elongated aperture: is capable of being located within the opening of said toilet seat because of providing said rear gap and said front gap; said elongated aperture further including two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and said toilet seat cover further comprising a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture: and wherein: the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture, such that when the user places the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moves the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, said elongated aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user.

3. A method for using a toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, wherein: said toilet seat includes: an external edge, an internal edge defining an opening of said toilet seat; and said internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion; said toilet seat cover is an essentially transparent elastic material; said toilet seat cover includes: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on said toilet seat cover; a mark line (M2) predeterminedly drawn on said toilet seat cover; a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on said toilet seat cover; an elongated aperture in a central region of the toilet seat cover, the elongated aperture including two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture; and wherein the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; and said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture; said method comprising the steps of: placing by the user of the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat; aligning by the user of mark line (M1) outwardly to the rear portion of said internal edge with a rear gap; aligning by the user of said mark line (M2) inwardly to the front portion of said internal edge; aligning by the user of said mark line (M3) outwardly to the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; placing by the user of said elongated aperture within the opening of said toilet seat; tearing by the user of the two lateral perforated lines; whereby the flop is used by user to adjust length of the toilet seat cover gap opening to the toilet bowl and moving by the user of the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moving by the user of the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, thereby extending said elongated aperture, and providing an additional convenience to the user.

4. The toilet seat cover of claim 1 wherein the elongated aperture is elongated and narrow.

5. The toilet seat cover of claim 1, wherein the toilet seat cover has at least three mark lines, at least two of the mark lines are dotted lines and at least one of the mark lines is a solid line; the mark lines help the user align the cover with the opening of the toilet seat.

6. A toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, the toilet seat having an external edge and an internal edge, the internal edge defining an opening of the toilet seat, and the internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion, the toilet seat cover comprising: an essentially transparent elastic material; said toilet seat cover additionally comprising: at least one mark line predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user, at least one of at least one such mark lines being a mark line (M1) that outwardly encircles the rear portion of said internal edge with a rear gap; at least one mark line predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user, at least one of at least one such mark lines being a mark line (M3) that outwardly encircles the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover wherein said elongated aperture is capable of being located within the opening of said toilet seat because of providing said rear gap and said front gap; and wherein said elongated aperture further includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and said toilet seat cover further comprises a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture; and wherein: the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture, such that when the user places the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moves the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, said elongated aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user; the elongated aperture is elongated and narrow.

7. A toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, the toilet seat having an external edge and an internal edge, the internal edge defining an opening of the toilet seat, and the internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion, the toilet seat cover comprising: an essentially transparent elastic material; said toilet seat cover additionally comprising: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M1) outwardly encircles the rear portion of said internal edge with a rear gap; a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M3) outwardly encircles the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover wherein said elongated aperture is capable of being located within the opening of said toilet seat because of providing said rear gap and said front gap; and wherein said elongated aperture further includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and said toilet seat cover further comprises a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture; and wherein: the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture, such that when the user places the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moves the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, said elongated aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user; and wherein at least one of mark line (M1) and mark line (M2) is a dotted line, at least one of mark line (M1) and mark line (M2) is a solid line, and further comprising at least one more mark line (M3) which is a dotted line, the mark lines help the user align the cover with the opening of the toilet seat.

8. A toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, the toilet seat having an external edge and an internal edge, the internal edge defining an opening of the toilet seat, and the internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion, the toilet seat cover comprising: an essentially transparent elastic material; said toilet seat cover additionally comprising: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M1) outwardly encircles the rear portion of said internal edge with a rear gap; a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M3) outwardly encircles the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover wherein said elongated aperture is capable of being located within the opening of said toilet seat because of providing said rear gap and said front gap; and wherein said elongated aperture further includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and said toilet seat cover further comprises a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture; and wherein: the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture, such that when the user places the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moves the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, said elongated aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user; the elongated aperture is elongated and narrow; and wherein at least one of mark line (M1) and mark line (M3) is a dotted line, at least one of mark line (M1) and mark line (M3) is a solid line, and further comprising at least one more mark line (M2) which is a dotted line, the mark lines help the user align the cover with the opening of the toilet seat.

9. A toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, the toilet seat having an external edge and an internal edge, the internal edge defining an opening of the toilet seat, and the internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion, the toilet seat cover comprising: an essentially transparent elastic material; said toilet seat cover additionally comprising: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M1) outwardly encircles the rear portion of the internal edge of the said toilet seat; a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M3) outwardly encircles the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover wherein said elongated aperture is capable of being located within the opening of said toilet seat; and wherein said elongated aperture further includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and said toilet seat cover further comprises a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture; and wherein: the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture, such that when the user places the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moves the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, said elongated aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user.

10. A toilet seat cover for preventing a user from direct contact with a toilet seat, the toilet seat having an external edge and an internal edge, the internal edge defining an opening of the toilet seat, and the internal edge having a rear portion and a front portion, the toilet seat cover comprising: an essentially transparent elastic material; said toilet seat cover comprising: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M1) outwardly encircles the rear portion of the said internal edge of the said toilet seat; a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the said toilet seat cover and capable of being aligned by the user such that said mark line (M3) outwardly encircles the front portion of said internal edge with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover wherein said elongated aperture is capable of being located within the opening of said toilet seat; and wherein said elongated aperture further includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion; and said toilet seat cover further comprises a flap located in front of the frontal portion of said elongated aperture; and wherein: the flap is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting said flap to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover before the user starts using the toilet seat cover; said two lateral perforated lines are extensions of said two lateral edges of the elongated aperture, such that when the user places the toilet seat cover on said toilet seat, tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap forward at a desirable length and downward, or moves the flap forward at a desirable length and upward, said elongated aperture is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user.

11. The toilet seat cover of claim 1, wherein when the rear straight line markings of the toilet seat cover and the front dotted line markings of the toilet seat cover are in line with the corresponding inner portion of the toilet seat, the toilet seat cover opening is in the proper place centered in the open ambient, and wherein said front dotted line markings are at least two dotted lines each for fitting and lining up to a different size toilet bowl seat.

12. The toilet seat cover of claim 1, wherein the length of the flap is adjustable to adjust the length of the elongated aperture in the toilet seat cover as is convenient, based on the size of the user and/or the toilet seat.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a toilet with a toilet seat and a toilet seat cover, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 illustrates a plan view of the toilet seat cover, according to the embodiment of the present invention shown on FIG. 1.

(3) FIG. 3 illustrates a plan view of a toilet seat cover, according to another embodiment of the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of a roll of a plurality of toilet seat covers, according to the embodiment of the present invention shown on FIG. 1.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

(5) While the invention may be susceptible to embodiment in different forms, there is shown in the drawings, and will be described in detail herein, specific embodiments of the present invention, with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered an exemplification of the principles of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to that as illustrated and described herein.

(6) A first preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated on FIG. 3, and a second preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated on FIGS. 1 and 2.

(7) According to a first embodiment of the present invention (FIG. 3), there is provided a toilet seat cover (2) for preventing a user from a direct contact with a toilet seat (3) mounted on a toilet (shown in FIG. 1). The toilet seat (3) includes: an external edge (3E), and an internal edge (3I) defining an opening of said toilet seat (3); the internal edge (3I) defines a rear portion and a front portion thereof. The toilet seat cover (2) is manufactured of an essentially transparent elastic material. The user can place the toilet seat cover (2) on the toilet seat (3).

(8) The toilet seat cover (2) comprises: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2) and capable of being aligned by the user such that the mark line (M1) outwardly encircles the rear portion of the internal edge (3I) with a rear gap; a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2) and capable of being aligned by the user such that the mark line (M3) outwardly encircles the front portion of the internal edge (3I) with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture (4) provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover (2). The elongated aperture (4) is located within the opening of the toilet seat (3) as a result of providing the rear gap and the front gap.

(9) According to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention (FIGS. 1-2), there is provided a toilet seat cover (2) for preventing a user from a direct contact with a toilet seat (3) mounted on a toilet (1). The toilet seat (3) includes: an external edge (3E), and an internal edge (3I) defining an opening of the toilet seat (3); said internal edge (3I) defines a rear portion and a front portion thereof. The toilet seat cover (2) is manufactured of an essentially transparent elastic material. The user can place the toilet seat cover (2) on the toilet seat (3) so that the periphery of the toilet seat cover (2) hangs around the toilet (1).

(10) The toilet seat cover (2) comprises: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2) and capable of being aligned by the user such that the mark line (M1) outwardly encircles the rear portion of said internal edge (3I) with a rear gap; a mark line (M2) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2) and capable of being aligned by the user such that the mark line (M2) is located inwardly to the front portion of the internal edge (3I); a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2) and capable of being aligned by the user such that the mark line (M3) outwardly encircles the front portion of the internal edge (3I) with a front gap predetermined by the user; and an elongated aperture (4) provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover (2). The elongated aperture (4) is located within the opening of the toilet seat (3) as a result of providing the rear gap and said front gap.

(11) Furthermore, according to the second embodiment of the present invention (FIGS. 1-2), the elongated aperture (4) includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion. The toilet seat cover (2) further comprises a flap (5) located in front of the frontal portion of the elongated aperture (4). The flap (5) is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting the flap (5) to corresponding parts of said toilet seat cover (2) before the user starts using the toilet seat cover (2). The two lateral perforated lines are extensions of the two lateral edges of the elongated aperture (4), such that when the user places the toilet seat cover (2) on the toilet seat (3), tears the two lateral perforated lines, and moves the flap (5) forward at a desirable length and downward, or forward at a desirable length and upward, the elongated aperture (4) is effectively extended, providing an additional convenience to the user.

(12) According to a third embodiment of the present invention (FIGS. 1-2), there is provided a method for using a toilet seat cover (2) for preventing a user from a direct contact with a toilet seat (3). The toilet seat (3) includes: an external edge (3E), and an internal edge (3I) defining an opening of the toilet seat (3). The internal edge (3I) defines a rear portion and a front portion of the internal edge.

(13) The toilet seat cover (2) is manufactured of an essentially transparent elastic material. The toilet seat cover (2) includes: a mark line (M1) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2); a mark line (M2) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2); a mark line (M3) predeterminedly drawn on the toilet seat cover (2); and an elongated aperture (4) provided in a central region of the toilet seat cover (2). The elongated aperture (4) includes two lateral edges and a frontal portion. The toilet seat cover (2) includes a flap (5) located in front of the frontal portion of the elongated aperture (4). The flap (5) is formed by two lateral perforated lines connecting the flap (5) to corresponding parts of the toilet seat cover (2) before the user starts using the toilet seat cover (2). The two lateral perforated lines are extensions of the two lateral edges of the elongated aperture (4).

(14) According to a third embodiment of the present invention, a method for using a toilet seat cover comprises the steps of: placing by the user of the toilet seat cover (2) on the toilet seat (3); aligning by the user of the mark line (M1) outwardly to the rear portion of the internal edge (3I) with a rear gap; aligning by the user of the mark line (M2) inwardly to the front portion of the internal edge (3I); aligning by the user of the mark line (M3) outwardly to the front portion of the internal edge (3I) with a front gap predetermined by the user; placing by the user of the elongated aperture (4) within the opening of the toilet seat (3) as a result of providing the rear gap and the front gap; tearing by the user of the two lateral perforated lines; and moving by the user of the flap (5) forward at a desirable length and downward, or forward at a desirable length and upward, extending the elongated aperture (4), and thereby providing an additional convenience to the user.

(15) According to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention, the toilet seat covers of the first embodiment or of the second embodiment can be compactly arranged in a roll (shown in FIG. 4) comprising a plurality of such toilet seat covers (2), wherein each neighboring pair of the toilet seat covers (2) is coupled by perforated lines (8). The roll is put on an axle (6) inserted into a stationary housing (7), which housing might be mounted on a wall of the restroom. The user can tear the perforated line (8) to obtain one single toilet seat cover (2).

(16) Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures and methods for carrying out several purposes of the present invention. It is therefore important that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. As opposed to the claims, the abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the instant application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.