Toilet with enhanced cleaning features
AssigneeMansfield Plumbing Products, LLC
InventorPaul Conrad
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Abstract
A toilet having enhanced cleaning features includes a drain surface positioned behind a rear edge of a toilet bowl opening, which is sloped to direct the flow of liquid waste captured therein back into the toilet bowl. The toilet may also include a seat and lid having arms that are pivotably attached to the toilet, which are spaced so that they are laterally positioned to the outside of at least a portion of a deck surface when the seat and lid are resting thereupon. Additionally, the toilet seat and lid may pivot about an axis that is positioned behind the bowl opening and a proximate to a flushwater inlet of the toilet. Thus, such features of the toilet allow the seat and lid to be positioned so that the deck surface, as well as the drain surface, can be readily accessed and cleaned.
Claims24
A toilet comprising:
- a base having an opening that extends into a bowl, wherein said base includes a deck surface that extends outward from an edge of said opening;
- a flushwater inlet disposed in said deck surface, which is adapted to receive flushwater therein for delivery to said bowl;
- and
- an accessory adapted to be pivotably attached to said base, said accessory pivoting on an axis that is proximate to said flushwater inlet.
A toilet comprising:
- a base having an opening that extends into a bowl, wherein said base includes a deck surface that extends outward from an edge of said opening;
- a flushwater inlet disposed in said deck surface, which is adapted to receive flushwater therein for delivery to said bowl;
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- an accessory having at least one elongated arm that extends therefrom that is adapted to be pivotably attached to said base, such that when said accessory is moved to be proximate to said deck surface, said at least one arm is positioned laterally, and to the outside, of at least a portion of said deck surface that is positioned between said opening of said bowl and said flushwater inlet.
A toilet comprising:
- a base having an opening that extends into a bowl, wherein said base includes a deck surface that extends outward from an edge of said opening;
- a flushwater inlet disposed in said deck surface, which is adapted to receive flushwater therein for delivery to said bowl;
- and
- an attachment member pivotably attached to said base, said attachment member pivoting about a substantially vertical axis, wherein said attachment member is adapted to be attached to an accessory.
A toilet comprising:
- a base having an opening that extends into a bowl, wherein said base includes a deck surface that extends outward from an edge of said opening;
- and
- a flushwater inlet disposed in said deck surface, which is adapted to receive flushwater therein for delivery to said bowl, wherein at least a portion of said deck surface that is positioned between said opening of said bowl and said flushwater inlet includes a drain surface that is sloped downward toward said edge of said opening of said bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.