US2026062904A1PendingUtilityA1

Flush toilet

Assignee: TOTO LTDPriority: Aug 30, 2024Filed: Aug 20, 2025Published: Mar 5, 2026
Est. expiryAug 30, 2044(~18.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
E03D 11/14E03D 1/24E03D 2201/30E03D 1/28E03D 1/012
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Abstract

A wall mounted flush toilet includes a toilet main body having a bowl, a discharge trap conduit, and a skirt provided to surround the bowl and the discharge trap conduit from outside, a tank device disposed in a space below the bowl within the toilet main body and configured to store flush water to be supplied to the toilet main body, and a fixing member configured to fix the tank device to the toilet main body. The toilet main body includes a hollow portion whose interior is formed by a closed space and a tank fixing portion at which the tank device is fixed by the fixing member, and the tank fixing portion is provided in the hollow portion.

Claims

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1 . A wall mounted flush toilet comprising:
 a toilet main body including a bowl configured to receive waste, a discharge trap conduit connected below the bowl to discharge the waste, and a skirt provided to surround the bowl and the discharge trap conduit from outside;   a tank device disposed in a space below the bowl within the toilet main body and configured to store flush water to be supplied to the toilet main body; and   a fixing member configured to fix the tank device to the toilet main body, wherein   the toilet main body includes a hollow portion whose interior is formed by a closed space and a tank fixing portion at which the tank device is fixed by the fixing member, and   the tank fixing portion is provided in the hollow portion.   
     
     
         2 . The flush toilet according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the tank fixing portion is provided in the skirt.   
     
     
         3 . The flush toilet according to  claim 2 , wherein
 a step recessed upward is formed in a bottom surface of the toilet main body, and the tank fixing portion is provided in the step.   
     
     
         4 . The flush toilet according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a wall fixing portion configured to fix the toilet main body to a wall surface, wherein   the tank fixing portion is provided in the wall fixing portion.   
     
     
         5 . The flush toilet according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the tank fixing portion includes three or more tank fixing portions, and   the tank fixing portions are arranged so that a center of gravity of the tank device is located inside a virtual line connecting the tank fixing portions in a bottom view.   
     
     
         6 . The flush toilet according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the tank device includes an upper tank member, and a lower tank member joined to the upper tank member, and   the lower tank member is fixed to the tank fixing portion.   
     
     
         7 . The flush toilet according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a function device configured to supply flush water to the toilet main body;   a base plate configured to support the function device; and   a fixing member configured to fix the base plate to the toilet main body, wherein   the toilet main body includes a base plate fixing portion at which the base plate is fixed by the fixing member, and   the base plate fixing portion is provided in the hollow portion.   
     
     
         8 . The flush toilet according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the base plate fixing portion is provided in the skirt.   
     
     
         9 . The flush toilet according to  claim 8 , wherein
 a step recessed upward is formed in a bottom surface of the toilet main body, and the base plate fixing portion is provided in the step.   
     
     
         10 . The flush toilet according to  claim 7 , further comprising
 a wall fixing portion configured to fix the toilet main body to a wall surface, wherein   the base plate fixing portion is provided in the wall fixing portion.   
     
     
         11 . The flush toilet according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the base plate fixing portion includes three or more base plate fixing portions, and   the base plate fixing portions are arranged so that a center of gravity of the base plate is located inside a virtual line connecting the base plate fixing portions in a bottom view.   
     
     
         12 . The flush toilet according to  claim 7 , wherein
 at least one of the tank fixing portion and at least one of the base plate fixing portion are commonly formed as the same fixing portion.   
     
     
         13 . The flush toilet according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the tank fixing portion closest to a center of gravity of the tank device is formed separately from the base plate fixing portion.   
     
     
         14 . The flush toilet according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the base plate fixing portion closest to a center of gravity of the base plate is formed separately from the tank fixing portion.   
     
     
         15 . The flush toilet according to  claim 7 , wherein
 in a bottom view, the tank device is formed into an L shape, and the base plate is formed into a rectangular shape.

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