CPC A47K 4/00 (2013.01) [A47K 3/281 (2013.01); A47K 3/282 (2013.01); A47K 17/022 (2013.01); E03B 1/04 (2013.01); E03C 1/0408 (2013.01); E03C 1/20 (2013.01); A47K 3/283 (2013.01); E03C 1/023 (2013.01); E03C 1/1222 (2013.01); E03C 1/182 (2013.01); E03D 5/02 (2013.01); E04H 1/1266 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A toilet installed in a bathroom, comprising:
a toilet bowl; and
a tank coupled to the toilet bowl and configured to contain fluid for the toilet bowl;
wherein a rear surface of the tank is flush against a wall of the bathroom such that there is no gap between the tank and the wall;
wherein a bottom surface of the tank is flush against a floor of the bathroom such that there is no gap between the tank and the floor; and
wherein the tank extends longitudinally above and below the toilet bowl and laterally outward past the toilet bowl such that a first side surface and a second side surface of the tank define outermost side peripheries of the toilet.
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8. A method of installing a toilet into a bathroom, comprising:
positioning a tank configured to contain fluid for a toilet bowl of the toilet against a wall of the bathroom such that an entirety of a rear surface of the tank lies against the wall; and
positioning the tank against a floor of the bathroom such that an entirety of a bottom surface of the tank lies against the floor.
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15. A bathroom, comprising:
a floor;
a wall extending upward from the floor; and
a toilet installed in the bathroom, the toilet including:
a toilet bowl; and
a tank coupled to the toilet bowl and configured to contain fluid for the toilet bowl;
wherein the tank includes a rear surface that is positioned against the wall such that the rear surface of the tank abuts the wall; and
wherein the tank includes a bottom surface that is parallel to the floor and is positioned against the floor such that there is no space between the floor and the bottom surface.
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