Lateral extension bowl attachment device for adapting standard relatively hinged toilet seat and cover assemblies for use with non-standard bowls

Claim 1

A clamping device for adapting standard, relatively-hinged toilet seat and cover assemblies for use with non-standard bowls, said assemblies having flat, spaced, parallel, rectangularly-shaped bowl securements hinge leaf portions for seating flat against the top surface of the toilet bowl at the rear of the bowl opening, comprising, in combination, an elongated rectangular clamp bar member having a flat undersurface, a transverse, rectangular recess in the underside of said clamp bar member near one end thereof, said clamp bar recess being of such rectangular shape as to embracingly receive said hinge leaf portion from underneath, a longitudinally-extending, central recess in said underside of said clamp bar member open to the other end thereof and terminating short of said one end thereof, said longitudinally-extending recess being of uniform cross-sectional shape and internally undercut to provide an internally-recessed portion of increased transverse size, and a threaded bolt having a head portion at one end received in said internally-recessed portion of increased size so as to be constrained to longitudinal movement therein and therealong, and a shank portion extending outwardly of said longitudinally-extending portion, said underside of said clamp bar member being provided at said other end thereof with a transversely-extending projection serving as a fulcrum in the clamping attachment of the clamp bar member to a toilet bowl.