ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,672, issued on June 24.
"Toilet seat trap" was invented by Ophelia Denise Adams (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a toilet seat cover to protect a user from both the toilet seat and the toilet bowl water with its associated contaminants. The toilet seat cover is made up of a) a sheet capable of covering a toilet seat b) a trap attached to the sheet, and c) a device, such as a drawstring or an elastic string, that can be located in a casing proximate an outer edge of the sheet and used to removably attach the toilet seat trap to the toilet seat. The trap provides an opening in the sheet and a...