IP Library Granted Patent US 10,136,775
Granted Patent B2
US 10,136,775 · App. 15/480,869 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Toilet bowl apparatus and seal member

Inventors: Saori Ichihara (Tokyo, JP); Isato Hirasawa (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Kondo (Tokyo, JP); Takeya Ichiyanagi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Lixil Corporation
A47K13/24E03D11/02E03D9/08
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Patent No.
US 10,136,775
App. No.
15/480,869
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet bowl apparatus includes: a toilet bowl main body; a functional part installed at an upper section of the toilet bowl main body; a seal member attached to at least one of the toilet bowl main body and the functional part and disposed in a gap between the toilet bowl main body and the functional part, and the seal member includes a soft seal body and an elastic body covered by the soft seal body.

Claims (21)

1. A toilet bowl apparatus comprising:

a toilet bowl main body;

a functional part installed at an upper section of the toilet bowl main body;

a seal member attached to at least one of the toilet bowl main body and the functional part and disposed in a gap between the toilet bowl main body and the functional part,

wherein the seal member has a soft seal body and an elastic body covered by the soft seal body, and

the elastic body is disposed on an inner side of the soft seal body.

2. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a concave section is formed in the toilet bowl main body,

at least a lower section side of the functional part is disposed in the concave section, and

the seal member is disposed in a gap between a bottom surface of the concave section and the functional part.

3. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the soft seal body has a U shape in a cross-sectional shape.

4. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the seal member has a thickness that is different in accordance with dimensions of the gap between the toilet bowl main body and the functional part.

5. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 2

wherein the soft seal body has a U shape in a cross-sectional shape.

6. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the seal member has a thickness that is different in accordance with dimensions of the gap between the toilet bowl main body and the functional part.

7. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the seal member has a thickness that is different in accordance with dimensions of the gap between the toilet bowl main body and the functional part.

8. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the soft seal body has a U shape in a cross-sectional shape and the elastic body is disposed on an inner side that is formed by forming the soft seal body into the U shape.

9. The toilet bowl apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic body is covered by the soft seal body such that a part of the elastic body is exposed.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055545/0434 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 9, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055532/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2017
From: ICHIHARA, SAORI; HIRASAWA, ISATO; KONDO, YASUHIRO; ICHIYANAGI, TAKEYA
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041928/0009 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-078965 · Apr 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170290475A1 · Oct 12, 2017