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Toilet Carriage Return

Automatic toilet closer.
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I've never understood toilet seat etiquette either, but it makes sense to close the lid due to smells, pets, vicious flush splashes etc.

Imagine if you will, a horizontally rotating lid and toilet seat that just like the vertical variety can be moved one after the other or both at once. Both are spring loaded to automate the return journey. Utilizing long lost soft eject technology, when the flush is activated the lid (and seat) rotate back above the bowl in a slow and smooth manner.

This has the additional advantage that the toilet lid can be used as a side table for snacks, drinks and reading matter.

bigsleep, Sep 29 2009

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       So... they swing out to the side like those rangefinding testing lenses they use to determine eyeglass prescriptions?
21 Quest, Sep 29 2009
  

       Yes, thats the general gist of horizontal rotation.
bigsleep, Sep 29 2009
  

       heheh, side-table [+]
FlyingToaster, Sep 30 2009
  

       Picturing [bigsleep] sitting on the toilet with side table laid out with roast dinner, bottle of wine, box of cigars. Perhaps a pop-up bookcase add-on?
Twizz, Sep 30 2009
  

       Does it tip the dishes into the bowl, for washing, after your meal?
UnaBubba, Sep 30 2009
  

       //This has the additional advantage that the toilet lid can be used as a side table for snacks, drinks and reading matter.//   

       I can see these three guys, Jim, Bob, and Bill. They are sitting around the toilet, playing poker and eating chips. Jim says he has to go to the bathroom. He stands up, the toilet seat moving away, Bob looks away, Jim runs out of the room.   

       Who's going to use the bathroom as a place to put snacks?
BouncyPaw, Sep 30 2009
  
      
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