Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10767359-B2
Application number	US-201415028726-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2014
Priority date	Nov 18, 2013
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

A flush toilet enabling easy cleaning besides capable of preventing dirty water from flowing out is provided. In the flush toilet, a toilet seat is placed on a rim of a toilet body with the toilet seat free to open and close on a pivot axis on a side of a rear end thereof. A projection rib for preventing dirty water from flowing out is formed on a front upper face of the rim so that it protrudes from an outer periphery of the rim. The projection rib is provided so that it is outside a front periphery of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is in closing state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet comprising:
a toilet body including a rim; and
a toilet seat that is configured to be placed on the rim, wherein
the toilet seat is configured to freely open and close about a pivot axis that is disposed on a side of a rear end of the toilet seat,
the toilet seat includes a lower face comprising a leg,
the rim includes a projection rib for preventing dirty water from flowing out,
a front upper face of the rim includes a flat area and a curved face,
the curved face connects the projection rib and the flat area,
the toilet seat includes an outermost peripheral edge point provided at a front side of the flush toilet,
the curved face is provided directly under the outermost peripheral edge point of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is closed,
the leg is configured to provide a space between the front upper face of the rim and a front lower face of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is closed,
the projection rib is integral with and protrudes upwardly from an outer periphery of the front upper face of the rim,
the projection rib is provided outside of and spaced apart from the outermost peripheral edge point of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is closed, and
an upper end of the projection rib is level in a vertical direction with an upper end of a gap between the front upper face of the rim and the front lower face of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is closed.

2. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein
the flat area slopes downward so as to decline towards an inside of the toilet body.

3. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein
the toilet seat includes a projection part that is integral with and protrudes downwardly from an inner periphery of the front lower face of the toilet seat, and
the projection part protrudes inside an inner periphery of the rim when the toilet seat is closed.

4. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein
the toilet body includes a toilet bowl opening, and a whole periphery of the toilet bowl opening is integral with the rim,
the projection rib includes extension parts that are elongated from the front upper face of the rim towards a rear part of the rim along an outer periphery of an upper face of the rim, the rear part of the rim being disposed at a backside of the toilet bowl opening, and
a rear upper face of the rim includes lower step parts provided between the extension parts of the projection rib and the rear part of the rim such that the lower step parts are disposed lower than the projection rib and the rear part of the rim.

5. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein
the curved face curves upward from the flat area to the projection rib in a front-rear side direction of the flush toilet.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Takahisa
• Shiratani Masahide

Classifications

• A47K13/08

  Covers with urine funnels · CPC title

• A47K13/24

  Parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22 · CPC title

• A47K13/00

  Seats or covers for all kinds of closets · CPC title

• E03D11/02 Primary

  Water-closet bowls (auxiliary chambers with connections to flushing water for bowl-cleaning utensils E03D9/06; modified for using upwardly-directed sprays E03D9/08; seats or covers A47K13/00 ){; Bowls with a double odour seal optionally with provisions for a good siphonic action; siphons as part of the bowl (parts or details of bowls E03D11/13)} · CPC title

• A47K13/02

  of plastic materials · CPC title