US 12,590,449 B2 · Toilet

Toilet

AssigneeKohler Co.

InventorsDaniel N. Halloran, Luke Bartel, Diego Alejandro Cuervo Ayala, Megan Joe Hizon Roehl, Wesley Irek, Robert S. Davis, William Kuru, Paola Alvarez, Crystel Tershner, Kenneth A. Kapal, Alan E. Lange, Cody Wilcox, Andrew van Gorden, Yi Liu, Jeffrey T. Laundre, Amber Colleen Resch, Amy Dehne, David Hammer, Aaron Mitchell, Ryan Grotegut, Mrudula Y, Jonathan Reik

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Abstract

A toilet may include a base including a bowl, a rim disposed around a top of the bowl, and a seat rotatably coupled to the rim. The eat may include a top surface configured to support a user and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. In some examples, the top surface is disposed at an incline and the bottom surface is supported by the rim. In some example, a dampener including a softer material than the bowl and disposed within the bowl. In some examples, a bidet wand extends from the base and is configured to selectively change between a position for dispensing a flow of water for washing a user and a position for cleaning a surface of the bowl. In some examples, the toilet includes a floor connector including a channel formed by a first flange and a second flange.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A toilet comprising:

a base including a bowl structure having a bowl structure inner surface;
a dampener configured to reduce urine splash back and including a dampener inner surface, the dampener comprised of a softer material than the bowl structure and disposed within the bowl structure;
and
a bowl inner surface defined by the bowl structure inner surface and the dampener inner surface, wherein the dampener is integrally formed with the bowl structure inner surface.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/427,081Filed 30 Jan 2024 · us provisional application

Priority

31 Jan 2023

Published

US 2024/0254750 A11 Aug 2024

Granted

31 Mar 2026

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Classification4 codes

E03D 9/085
Devices in the bowl producing upwardly-directed sprays; Modifications of the bowl for use with such devices ; Bidets; Combinations of bowls with…:…
E03D 11/16
Parts or details of bowls; Special adaptations of pipe joints or couplings for use with bowls , e.g. provisions in bowl construction preventing…:…
E03D 2201/20
Details and methods of use for water closets and urinals not otherwise provided for: noise reduction features
E03D
Water-closets or urinals with flushing devices