ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,562, issued on April 22, was assigned to Topseat International Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Toilet lid and seat comprising fiber reinforced cement board, fiber reinforced calcium silicate board or sintered stone" was invented by Chengdong Wu (Lucas, Texas) and Jie Zhang (Lucas, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally directed to toilet equipment, and more particularly to a toilet lid and seat that comprises fiber reinforced cement board, fiber reinforced calcium silicate board or sintered stone. In an embodiment, a toilet lid or seat includes a core structural layer having a shape and size associated with the...