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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Michael J. Luettgen, Grafton, WI (US);
Wiliam C. Kuru, Plymouth, WI (US);
Sudip Mukerji, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Douglas E. Bogard, Kohler, WI (US);
Peter W. Swart, Oostburg, WI (US);
Clayton C. Garrels, Sheboygan, WI (US);
John F. Emmerling, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Kari L. Jaeckels, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Michael D. Lindsay, Waldo, WI (US);
KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US);
Abstract
A toilet includes a bowl having a vertically-elongated jet orifice near a top of the bowl that is designed to introduce flush water into the bowl from an interior water channel through a surface of an inner wall of the bowl, such that the flush water is directed around the inner wall of the bowl to wash the inner wall. The toilet also includes a shelf for directing the flush water. The toilet is a gravity-fed toilet that does not include an overhanging rim.