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US 12,607,001 B2Granted
Toilet cover base, toilet cover assembly, and toilet
AssigneeShanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.
InventorYiguo Fang
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Abstract
A toilet cover base includes a base body; a base side plate connected to a side of the base body; a pipeline arrangement groove disposed in the base body and configured to accommodate at least one pipeline; a pipeline through groove disposed in the base side plate and configured to allow the at least one pipeline to pass through; and a trim cover removably installed in the pipeline through groove.
Claims17
A toilet cover base, comprising:
- a base body;
- a base side plate connected to a side of the base body;
- a pipeline arrangement groove disposed in the base body and configured to accommodate at least one pipeline;
- a pipeline through groove disposed in the base side plate and adjacent to a side of the pipeline arrangement groove, the pipeline through groove configured to allow the at least one pipeline to pass through from an outside of the base side plate;
- a trim cover removably installed in the pipeline through groove;
- and
- a limit groove disposed at a groove opening of the pipeline through groove,
- wherein the trim cover comprises:
- an outer cover plate disposed in the limit groove;
- an inner cover plate;
- and
- a cover connection plate connected between the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate,
- wherein the base side plate is disposed between the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate, and
- wherein the cover connection plate is connected to the base side plate by a connecting member.
11 more elements
A toilet cover assembly, comprising:
- a toilet cover base, comprising:
- a base body;
- a base side plate connected to a side of the base body;
- a pipeline arrangement groove disposed in the base body and configured to accommodate at least one pipeline;
- a pipeline through groove disposed in the base side plate and adjacent to a side of the pipeline arrangement groove, the pipeline through groove configured to allow the at least one pipeline to pass through from an outside of the base side plate;
- and
- a trim cover removably installed in the pipeline through groove;
- a toilet cover, comprising:
- a seat cover connected to the base body of the toilet cover base;
- and
- a seat disposed below the seat cover connected to the base body of the toilet cover base;
- and
- a limit groove disposed at a groove opening of the pipeline through groove,
- wherein the trim cover comprises:
- an outer cover plate disposed in the limit groove;
- an inner cover plate;
- and
- a cover connection plate connected between the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate,
- wherein the base side plate is disposed between the outer cover plate and the inner cover plate, and
- wherein the cover connection plate is connected to the base side plate by a connecting member.
17 more elements
A method for assembling a toilet cover base, the method comprising:
- connecting a base side plate of the toilet cover base to a side of a base body of the toilet cover base, wherein a pipeline arrangement groove is disposed in the base body, and wherein a pipeline through groove is disposed in the base side plate;
- placing the pipeline through groove adjacent to a side of the pipeline arrangement groove so as to allow at least one pipeline to pass through from an outside of the base side plate;
- inserting an outer cover plate of a trim cover into a limit groove disposed at a groove opening of the pipeline through groove;
- contacting an inner cover plate of the trim cover with a side plate boss of the base side plate;
- and
- connecting a cover connection plate of the trim cover to the pipeline through groove,
- wherein the connecting the cover connection plate of the trim cover to the pipeline through groove comprises:
- contacting the cover connection plate with the pipeline through groove;
- aligning a connection plate through hole of the cover connection plate with a connection hole of the pipeline through groove;
- and
- inserting a connecting member into the connection plate through hole and the connection hole.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.