US 12,359,417 B2
Anchor bolt system for toilet and method of mounting a toilet using the system
Michael J. Schuster, Shorewood, IL (US)
Assigned to M3WE, Inc., Shorewood, IL (US)
Filed by M3WE, Inc., Shorewood, IL (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,621.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366190 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E03D 11/16 (2006.01); F16B 35/06 (2006.01); F16B 37/14 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 11/16 (2013.01) [F16B 35/06 (2013.01); F16B 37/14 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination:
a closet collar having a flange with a top and bottom and configured to be anchored relative to a support surface upon which a toilet is to be mounted;
an anchor bolt having a head portion and an elongate shank,
the anchor bolt elongate shank extending away from the anchor bolt head portion and having a lengthwise axis,
the anchor bolt configured to be operatively connected to the closet collar,
the anchor bolt and closet collar configured so that with the anchor bolt operatively connected to the closet collar: a) at least a part of the anchor bolt elongate shank projects to above the top of the closet collar flange to allow the at least part of the anchor bolt elongate shank to be passed into an opening in a mounting portion of a toilet being mounted; and b) the anchor bolt head portion bears against the closet collar flange to prevent the anchor bolt from being drawn axially upwardly and to away from the closet collar flange;
a cap support assembly that is engageable with the anchor bolt elongate shank adjacent a free end region of the anchor bolt elongate shank; and
a cap,
there being cooperating components on the cap and cap support assembly that are engageable to maintain the cap in assembled relationship with the cap support assembly, wherein the cap cannot be separated from the cap support assembly by exerting a force upon the cap along the lengthwise axis of the anchor bolt elongate shank,
the cap support assembly and anchor bolt configured to cooperate so that at least part of the cap support assembly can be maintained in a plurality of different positions along the lengthwise axis of the anchor bolt elongate shank,
the cap support assembly comprising a nut assembly body that is threadably engaged with the anchor bolt elongate shank,
the cooperating component on the cap support assembly formed on the nut assembly body.