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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2015
Patrick Gerard Stack, Northville, MI (US);
Lawrence Allen Trowbridge, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Patrick Gerard Stack, Northville, MI (US);
Lawrence Allen Trowbridge, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A toilet configuration includes a toilet fixture, a detachable primary drain, and a detachable secondary drain. The primary and secondary drains can be assembled together or formed unitarily. The fixture includes a toilet bowl, a primary drain interface at a bottom of the bowl configured to permit liquid to flow from the toilet bowl into a detachable primary drain, and a secondary drain hole. The detachable primary drain fluidly is connected to the primary drain interface and is configured to be fluidly connected to a sewer pipe to discharge the liquid directly into the sewer pipe. A detachable secondary drain fluidly is connected to the secondary drain hole and is configured to be fluidly connected to the sewer pipe to discharge backed up fluid from the toilet fixture directly into the sewer pipe.