US Patent Issued to Bemis Manufacturing on Oct. 28 for "Toilet seat assembly" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,447, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Bemis Manufacturing Co. (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.).

"Toilet seat assembly" was invented by Jonathan Arndt (Sheboygan, Wis.) and Keith Fischer (Elkhart Lake, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet seat assembly is for a toilet and includes a hinge post configured to be coupled to the toilet, and a toilet seat rotatably coupled to the hinge post and defining a bottom surface. The toilet seat includes a ring having a support surface opposite the bottom surface and configured to support a person when sitting on the toilet, a first wing extending from a first side of the ring, and a second wing e...