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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Ryosuke Hayashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Makoto Watanabe, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroshi Okada, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toshiaki Kayahara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Katsuyuki Suehiro, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masaya Soh, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hideshi Yamamoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenichi Ogata, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toto Ltd., Chigasaki, JP;
Abstract
A modular toilet bowl assembly bowl assembly that allows adjustment of the relevant dimensions of the inlet of the outlet as well as the height of a toilet bowl without modifying the toilet bowl body. The toilet bowl includes a toilet bowl and upper drain pipe portion that are formed integrally as a single piece, a lower drain pipe portion that is formed separately from the toilet stool. The lower drain pipe portion may be formed of a series of parts having known dimensions so that by interior moving predetermined parts, the length or height of the toilet bowl can be adjusted.