US 12,419,471 B2
Toilet cover plate and toilet
Xiumin Liu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,167.
Claims priority of application No. 202123086098.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180975 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A47K 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 13/24 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet cover plate, comprising:
a cover plate body configured to be mounted on a toilet body comprising:
a channel arranged in the cover plate body; and
a body recess including a bottom plate, the body recess disposed in a top surface of the cover plate body and connected with the channel, a top portion of the channel located in the bottom plate of the body recess;
a flip cover disposed on the cover plate body and pivotally mounted in the body recess, wherein when the flip cover is in an initial state, the flip cover is received in the body recess and covers an opening of the channel; and
a holding mechanism disposed between the flip cover and the cover plate body and configured to keep the flip cover received in the body recess.
 
10. A toilet, comprising:
a main body comprising a toilet bowl; and
a toilet cover plate disposed on the main body and comprising:
a cover plate body, comprising:
a channel arranged in the cover plate body; and
a body recess including a bottom plate, the body recess disposed in a top surface of the cover plate body and connected with the channel, a top portion of the channel located in the bottom plate of the body recess;
a flip cover disposed on the cover plate body and pivotally mounted in the body recess, wherein when the flip cover is in an initial state, the flip cover is received in the body recess and covers an opening of the channel; and
a holding mechanism disposed between the flip cover and the cover plate body and configured to keep the flip cover received in the body recess.
 
17. A method for assembling a toilet cover plate, the method comprising:
providing a cover plate body configured to be mounted on a toilet body comprising a channel arranged in the cover plate body;
disposing a body recess including a bottom plate in a top surface of the cover plate body and connecting the body recess to the channel, a top portion of the channel located in the bottom plate of the body recess;
pivotally mounting a flip cover in the body recess so as to dispose the flip cover on the cover plate body; and
disposing a holding mechanism between the flip cover and the cover plate body to keep the flip cover received in the body recess.