US 10,934,698 B1 · Toilet valve

Abstract

According to various embodiments, a toilet system includes a toilet fill valve and a bowl fill valve that is configured to attach directly to the toilet fill valve. The toilet fill valve can include a body having an extended portion that forms a bowl fill outlet port, a water inlet configured to couple to a water source, and a tank water outlet configured to output water to a toilet tank. The bowl fill valve can include a bowl fill valve inlet port that is configured to mate directly to the bowl fill outlet port of the body of the toilet fill valve, a bowl fill valve outlet port, a protrusion configured to insert into a recess of the toilet fill valve and retain the bowl fill valve to the toilet fill valve, a slot that is configured to receive an extension of the toilet fill valve, and a water flow adjustment handle.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A toilet system, comprising:

a toilet fill valve that comprises:
a body comprising an extended portion that forms a bowl fill outlet port;
a water inlet configured to couple to a water source;
and
a tank water outlet configured to output water to a toilet tank;
a bowl fill valve configured to attach directly to the body of the toilet fill valve, the bowl fill valve comprising:
a bowl fill valve inlet port configured to mate directly to the bowl fill outlet port of the body of the toilet fill valve;
a bowl fill valve outlet port;
a protrusion configured to insert into a recess of the toilet fill valve and retain the bowl fill valve to the toilet fill valve, the protrusion being configured to snap fit into the recess;
a water flow adjustment handle;
and
a slot configured to receive an extension of the toilet fill valve and prevent rotation of the bowl fill valve relative to the toilet fill valve;
and
a tube configured to attach directly to the bowl fill valve outlet port of the bowl fill valve.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/686,328Filed 18 Nov 2019 · continuation

Priority

11 Mar 2004

Granted

2 Mar 2021

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

E03D 1/32
Valves for high or low level cisterns; Their arrangement ; Flushing mechanisms in the cistern, optionally with provisions for a pre-or a post-…:…
B23P 15/001
Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass: valves or valve housings
E03D 1/141
Cisterns discharging variable quantities of water also cisterns with bell siphons in combination with flushing valves: in cisterns with tube…
E03D 1/34
Valves for high or low level cisterns; Their arrangement ; Flushing mechanisms in the cistern, optionally with provisions for a pre-or a post-…:…

Family

Application10/798,606Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Mar 2004

Application10/958,797Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Oct 2004

US 6,823,889 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 30 Nov 2004

Application12/786,904Parent of this continuation · filed 25 May 2010

US 7,743,436 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 2010

Application13/346,355Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Jan 2012

US 8,104,105 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Jan 2012

Application14/164,424Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Jan 2014

US 8,650,671 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Feb 2014

Application14/856,901Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Sep 2015

US 9,139,993 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Sep 2015

US 10,519,639 B1Parent of this continuation

Application10/958,797Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 10,934,698 B1This patent

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Abstract

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