Bemis 1955SSCTP Elongated Open Front Less Cover Commercial Plastic Toilet Seat with STA-TITE Commercial Fastening System Self-Sustaining Check Hinge

No. It is an open front, less cover seat, meaning there is no lid and the front of the ring is split with a gap. That configuration is what commercial and public restrooms typically specify. If you want a closed lid for a residential or hospitality-style restroom, this is not the model to order.

STA-TITE is Bemis's commercial fastening system, and the reason a property manager cares is loose seats. In heavily used restrooms the usual nut-and-bolt hardware backs off and the seat starts rocking, which is the most common callback on toilet seats. The 1955SSCTP uses the STA-TITE commercial hardware to hold the seat tight to the bowl so it stays put between service visits.

The check hinge on the 1955SSCTP holds the seat up once it is raised instead of letting it slam back down onto the bowl. In a public restroom that means less impact damage at the hinge posts and a seat that stays where a user or a cleaner puts it. The hinge itself is plastic, consistent with the plastic seat body.

Solid plastic, both the seat and the hinge. Plastic seats wipe down with the harsher disinfectants used in institutional restrooms and don't swell or chip at the edges the way a painted molded wood seat can once the finish is broken. For schools, stadiums, and multi-family common restrooms that is usually the reason plastic gets specified.

The seat profile is 2.375 inches high. That is the figure to use if you are checking clearance under a wall-mounted flushometer or verifying finished seat height on an accessible fixture, since the seat stacks on top of the bowl rim height.

White is the only color offered on the 1955SSCTP, ordered as part number 1955SSCTP 000. For a facility standardizing across dozens of restrooms that is usually what you want anyway, since white matches the vast majority of vitreous china commercial bowls.

Yes, it is packed bulk rather than individually boxed, which is how contractors and MRO buyers typically take seats when they are changing out an entire floor or building. The seats are made in the US.