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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2018
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Michael J. Luettgen, Grafton, WI (US);
William 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 and a vertically-elongated jet hole disposed within a portion of the bowl, near a top of the bowl between a rear of the bowl and a side of the bowl. The vertically-elongated jet hole is configured to direct flush water around an inner surface of the bowl to wash the inner surface of the bowl. The bowl does not include a rim that overhangs any portion of the bowl above the vertically-elongated jet hole.