ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,061, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Flexible toilet seat" was invented by Jeffrey T. Laundre (Sheboygan, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet seat includes a seat including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, an inner edge where the top surface and the bottom surface meet, an outer surface connecting an outer perimeter of the top surface and an outer perimeter of the bottom surface, and a cavity in the outer surface extending toward the inner edge. The toilet seat further includes a cushion disposed in the cavity. The top surface and the cushion may be configured to deform...