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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Inventors:
Roger W. Murphy, Kohler, WI (US);
Jeffrey T. Laundre, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Michael R. Bates, Kohler, WI (US);
David P. Ourada, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Assignee:
KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lid for a toilet including a bottom surface that faces a top surface of a seat for the toilet when the seat is in a lowered position proximate to a bowl of the toilet. The bottom surface of the lid has a sweeping profile that extends along at least a portion of the bottom surface of the lid and is configured to engage the top surface of the seat. A uniform gap between the seat and lid is defined by the sweeping profile of the lid and the material thickness of the lid when both the lid and the seat are in a lowered position.