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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2003
Applicants:
William C. Kuru, Plymouth, WI (US);
Sudip Mukerji, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Inventors:
William C. Kuru, Plymouth, WI (US);
Sudip Mukerji, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toilet has a trapway extending between a bowl opening and an outlet opening. The trapway defines a curved water dam region above the bowl opening, a down leg, and a straight out leg between the down leg and the outlet opening. The out leg has an air dam cavity such that the trapway has an increased cross-sectional area at the air dam.