Toilet mounting assembly
OwnerRodney C. Grant, Robbie Grantinventors
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Abstract
A toilet mounting assembly for securely and easily mounting a toilet to a structure includes a sealing ring securable to a structure and having either integral threaded rods extending from a main body portion of the sealing ring or threaded rods easily and securely attached to the sealing ring using a tongue and groove. Alternately, the sealing ring may include threaded apertures for receiving specially structured bolts to secure the toilet to the sealing ring.
Claims16
A toilet mounting assembly for mounting a toilet to a structure, the toilet mounting assembly comprising:
- a main member having a sealing portion and a funnel portion extending from said sealing portion;
- said sealing portion having a plurality of apertures whereby said sealing portion is adapted for coupling to the structure;
- a plurality of threaded posts extending upwardly from said sealing portion, said posts being positioned such that said posts are adapted for passing through connection apertures of the toilet;
- a plurality of connection members, each connection member being engageable to an associated one of said posts for securing the toilet to the structure;
- said sealing portion including a plurality of removable sections;
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- each of said threaded posts extending from an associated one of said removable sections.
A toilet mounting assembly for mounting a toilet to a structure, the toilet mounting assembly comprising:
- a main member having a sealing portion and a funnel portion extending from said sealing portion;
- said sealing portion having a plurality of apertures whereby said sealing portion is adapted for coupling to the structure;
- a plurality of threaded posts extending upwardly from said sealing portion, said posts being positioned such that said posts are adapted for passing through connection apertures of the toilet;
- a plurality of connection members, each connection member being engageable to an associated one of said posts for securing the toilet to the structure;
- a plurality of washers, each said washer being secured between an associated one of said connection members and the toilet;
- said sealing portion including a plurality of removable sections;
- each of said threaded posts extending from an associated one of said removable sections;
- wherein said sealing portion has a plurality of cutouts for receiving said removable sections, each cutout extending into said sealing portion from an outer wall of said sealing portion;
- wherein each said removable section includes a flange extending outwardly from said removable section;
- each said cutout having a groove complementarily positioned with respect to said flange of said associated removable section for receiving said flange of said associated removable section whereby each said removable section is prevented from moving upwardly with respect to said sealing portion when said flange is positioned in said groove.
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