Mounting assembly for a toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9359754-B2
Application number	US-201414187380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2014
Priority date	Feb 24, 2014
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

A mounting assembly is used to fix a toilet on a toilet flange and contains two L-shaped brackets fixed on the toilet flange and each having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. The horizontal portion has an internally raised portion, an externally raised portion, and a locating groove. The internally raised portion is retained in each arcuate slot of the toilet flange, and the locating groove is horizontally formed on the peripheral fence. The horizontal portion further has a recess for inserting an extension of the second bolt, so that the extension screws with a nut. The vertical portion has a plurality of openings defined thereon, so that the first bolt inserts into the through hole of each longitudinal fence to screw with one of the plurality of openings, such that the toilet is positioned on the toilet flange by ways of the mounting assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mounting assembly used to fix a toilet on a toilet flange, with the toilet including first and second longitudinal fences defined on opposite sides of the toilet, with each longitudinal fence having a through hole which receives a first bolt, with the toilet flange including a tube and a circular rim arranged around a top surface of the tube, with the circular rim having at least four orifices and at least two arcuate slots, with a flange bolt fixed on a floor of a building, with each arcuate slot applied to slide and retain with a head end of a second bolt, with each arcuate slot having a peripheral fence formed around an external wall of the arcuate slot; with the mounting assembly comprising first and second L-shaped brackets, with the first bracket adapted to be fixed on a first side of the toilet flange and the second bracket adapted to be fixed on a second side of the toilet flange, with the first and second brackets positioned symmetrically about the toilet flange; with each L-shaped bracket including a horizontal portion and a vertical portion; wherein each horizontal portion has an internally raised portion, an externally raised portion, and a locating groove defined between the internally raised portion and the externally raised portion; wherein each locating groove is adapted to be retained in one arcuate slot of the toilet flange and wherein the locating groove is adapted to receive the peripheral fence to produce a support function; wherein each horizontal portion has a recess adapted to receive an extension of the second bolt, wherein the first and second L-shaped brackets are adapted to be locked on the toilet flange by a nut which screws onto the extension of the second bolt;
wherein each vertical portion has a plurality of openings, with each opening adapted to screw with the first bolt inserted into the through hole of the longitudinal fence, wherein the toilet is adapted to be positioned on the toilet flange by way of the mounting assembly.

2. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the internally raised portion is formed by two protrusions, and wherein the recess partially extends between the two protrusions.

3. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein each arcuate slot has a widely slotted section and a narrowly slotted section communicating with the widely slotted section; and wherein the head end of the second bolt is inserted into the widely slotted section and the flange slid to retain the second bolt in the narrowly slotted section such that the bolt extends out of the narrowly slotted section.

4. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the locating groove of the horizontal portion has a side fence adapted to contact with an outer wall on the peripheral fence of the toilet flange to endure a lateral force exerted on each L-shaped bracket.

5. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein on a connection corner of the horizontal portion and the vertical portion is defined an arcuate notch extending along a Y axis to deform the vertical portion flexibly when the vertical portion is acted by a lateral locking force of the first bolt.

6. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the recess of the horizontal portion is elongated and extends along an X axis.

7. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the internally raised portion has an abutting wall formed on an inner side of thereof adapted to contact with a top fence of the circular rim of the toilet flange.

8. The mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the externally raised portion is adapted to contact with the floor outside the toilet flange to support a forward force exerted on the first and second L-shaped brackets.

Assignees

• Globe Union Ind Corp
• Global Union Ind Corp

Inventors

• Zhou Hongsheng
• You Hang
• Wu Mingchia

Classifications

• E03D11/16 Primary

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