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US 2026/0043224 A1Published application
Toilet coupling
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsDaniel Halloran, Kristy Pelon, Cody Wilcox
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Abstract
A toilet includes a toilet tank, a toilet base, at least one coupling receptacle connected to the toilet base, at least one coupling anchor connected to the toilet tank, and at least one flexible collar lock connected to the at least one coupling anchor and configured to flex inwardly in response to contact with the at least one coupling receptacle and flex outwardly to lock the at least one coupling anchor and the toilet tank to the at least one coupling receptacle and the toilet base.
Claims20
A toilet comprising:
- a toilet tank;
- a toilet base;
- at least one coupling receptacle connected to the toilet base;
- at least one coupling anchor connected to the toilet tank;
- and
- at least one flexible collar lock connected to the at least one coupling anchor and configured to flex inwardly in response to contact with the at least one coupling receptacle and flex outwardly to lock the at least one coupling anchor and the toilet tank to the at least one coupling receptacle and the toilet base.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one coupling receptacle connected to a toilet base;
- at least one coupling anchor connected to a toilet tank;
- and
- at least one flexible collar lock connected to the at least one coupling anchor and configured to flex inwardly in response to contact with the at least one coupling receptacle and flex outwardly to lock the at least one coupling anchor and the toilet tank to the at least one coupling receptacle and the toilet base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.