US 11,812,903 B2
Bathroom fixtures and components
Stephanie Szemetylo, Sheboygan, WI (US); Erich D. Slothower, Mill Valley, CA (US); Gregory de Swarte, Sheboygan, WI (US); Margaret C. Mazz, Sheboygan, WI (US); Terrence K. Mahon, Whitefish Bay, WI (US); and Nona J. Beining, Howards Grove, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/692,907.
Application 16/800,657 is a division of application No. 15/797,165, filed on Oct. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,575,685, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Application 17/692,907 is a continuation of application No. 16/800,657, filed on Feb. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,272,813.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/415,911, filed on Nov. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192434 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A47K 4/00 (2006.01); E03B 1/04 (2006.01); E03C 1/20 (2006.01); A47K 3/28 (2006.01); A47K 17/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); E04H 1/12 (2006.01); E03C 1/122 (2006.01); E03C 1/182 (2006.01); E03D 5/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.