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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2022
M3we, Inc., Shorewood, IL (US);
Michael J. Schuster, Shorewood, IL (US);
M3WE, Inc., Shorewood, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of mounting a toilet using a closet collar having an upper surface transitioning to an annular surface portion at an outside annular corner, including the steps of: obtaining a sealing assembly including a sleeve having a body with: a) a top and bottom spaced from each other in an axial direction; b) a radially outwardly projecting mounting flange with an axially downwardly facing surface; c) a top horn engaging region; and d) an annular force transmission region; placing the sleeve in a starting position; lowering the toilet towards the support surface to thereby cause: a) the toilet horn to initially contact the horn engaging region of the sleeve body; b) the toilet to progressively axially compress the force transmission region of the sleeve body; and c) the compressing force transmission region to cause a part of the radially projecting mounting flange to be drawn downwardly as an incident of which an annular region of the axially downwardly facing surface on the radially outwardly projecting mounting flange is forcibly wrapped against the outside corner on the closet collar.