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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin William Wooldridge, Modbury, AU;
Terry Hall, Dulwich, AU;
Assignee:
Caroma Industries Limited, Brisbane, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4410 ;
Abstract
Operating buttons (2, 3; 102, 103; and 202, 203) for a dual flush cistern or flush tank include different operating surface area of each button presented to the user and provide an indication as to which button provides the reduced flush and which button provides the full flush. A hinge and latch assembly is used to fabricate such buttons (2, 3) by folding from a moulded form into an operational form.