Toilet seat sanitary lifting mechanism

Claim 1

IN A TOILET SEAT LIFTING DEVICE, THE COMBINATION OF A MEANS FOR RAISING A TOILET SEAT BY A PERSON''S FOOT, AND A DAMPING MEANS FOR ARRESTING THE SPEED OF DESCENT OF SAID TOILET SEAT AFTER HAVING BEEN RAISED, SAID RAISING MEANS COMPRISING A SECUREMENT ON A LOWER PART OF SAID TOILET, A LEVER SUPPORTED PIVOTALLY FREE ON SAID SECUREMENT, SAID LEVER HAVING A FOOT PEDAL AT ONE END, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID LEVER BEING CONNECTED TO ONE END OF AN ARM, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID ARM BEING CONNECTED TO A BRACKET MOUNTED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOILET SEAT AND SAID ARM HAVING MEANS FOR ACTIVATING SAID DAMPING MEANS, SAID DAMPING MEANS COMPRISING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT IN SAID ARM, ONE SIDE OF SAID SLOT HAVING A PLURALITY OF TEETH, A PINION IN SAID SLOT ENGAGED ON SAID TEETH, SAID PINION BEING MOUNTED ON A SHAFT SUPPORTED BETWEEN BIFURCATED ENDS OF A PISTON ROD, SAID BIFURCATED ENDS BEING ANGULARLY INCLINED RESPECTIVE TO A REMAINDER OF SAID PISTON ROD TO OBTAIN AN IMPROVED DAMPING ACTION DUE TO A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID ARM BEING AT AN ANGLE GREATER THAN A RIGHT ANGLE RESPECTIVE TO A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BIFURCATED ENDS, A PISTON HEAD CONTAINED WITH IN A CYLINDER MOUNTED BY ITS LOWER END ON SAID SECUREMENT, AND A ONE WAY VALVE IN SAID PISTON HEAD ALLOWING FREE MOVEMENT OF AIR FROM AN UPPER PART OF SAID CYLINDER TO A LOWER PART THEREOF AND RESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF SAID AIR IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.