Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11946239-B2
Application number	US-202217890297-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2022
Priority date	Aug 27, 2021
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A flush toilet includes: a toilet body; a function unit arranged in a rear part of the toilet body; a panel member covering a side surface of the function unit and including a protruding part protruding toward the toilet body; and a holding part causing the toilet body and the panel member to hold to each other by magnetic force. The toilet body includes: a reception part arranged under the protruding part and receiving the protruding part in a state where the panel member is attached to the toilet body; and a protrusion part extending upward from the reception part. When the panel member is attached to the toilet body, the protrusion part is in a position where at least a part of the protrusion part is overlapped with the protruding part in a rear view when the toilet body is viewed from behind.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet comprising:
a toilet body;
a function unit arranged in a rear part of the toilet body;
a panel member covering a side surface of the function unit; and
a holding part attracting and holding the toilet body and the panel member by using magnetic force thereof, wherein
the panel member includes a protruding part protruding toward the toilet body,
the toilet body includes:
a reception part arranged under the protruding part and receiving the protruding part when the panel member is attached to the toilet body; and
a protrusion part extending upward from the reception part, and

when the panel member is attached to the toilet body, at least a part of the protrusion part is overlapped with the protruding part in a rear view of the toilet body.

2. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
a width of the protruding part in the front-back direction decreases toward a leading end thereof.

3. The flush toilet according to claim 2 , wherein
a back surface of the protruding part is positioned on a side of the protrusion part and a slope of the back surface with respect to a perpendicular surface in a left-right direction in a top view of the toilet body is smaller than a slope of a front surface thereof.

4. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
when the panel member is attached to the toilet body, a distance between the protruding part and the reception part is smaller than a distance between a lower end of the panel member and a floor surface arranging the toilet body thereon.

5. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
when the panel member is attached to the toilet body, a predetermined gap is provided between the protruding part and the protrusion part.

6. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
a width of the protrusion part in a front-back direction decreases toward a leading end thereof.

7. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
when the panel member is attached to the toilet body, the protrusion part includes a bending part bending to extend over the protruding part.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Tone Yusuke
• Momoe Masaaki
• Shiohara Eiji

Classifications

• 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

• E03D11/13

  Parts or details of bowls; Special adaptations of pipe joints or couplings for use with bowls {, e.g. provisions in bowl construction preventing backflow of waste-water from the bowl in the flushing pipe or cistern, provisions for a secondary flushing, for noise-reducing} · CPC title