Patent ID: 9234340
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: E03D

Claim Text:
1. A mounting assembly for fixing a toilet on a toilet flange; the toilet including two longitudinal fences, each of the two longitudinal fences being defined on opposite sides of the toilet, and having a through hole for receiving one of two first bolts; the toilet flange including a tube and a circular rim arranged around a top surface of the tube; the circular rim having at least four orifices and at least two arcuate slots; each of the at least four orifices receiving one of at least four flange bolts, the at least four flange bolts being fixed on a floor of a building; the toilet flange rotates/slides about one of at least two second bolts, a head of each second bolt being retained by each of the at least two arcuate slots, and an extension of each second bolt extending out of each arcuate slot upwardly; the mounting assembly comprising: a plate including a first fringe defined on a front side thereof, a second fringe formed on a rear side thereof, a third fringe defined on a left side thereof, and a fourth fringe defined on a right side thereof; the first fringe having a first raised portion extending downwardly from the first fringe, such that when the plate abuts against the toilet flange, the first raised portion contacts with the floor; the second fringe having semi-circular groove defined on a middle section thereof, such that the plate does not interfere with an inlet of the tube of the toilet flange; the plate including at least four first adjusting apertures adjacent to the third fringe and receiving at least one of the two second bolts therein, and at least four first adjusting apertures adjacent to the fourth fringe and receiving at least one of the two second bolts therein, each of the at least two second bolts screwing with a nut, thus fixing the plate on the toilet flange; the plate also including at least one pair of second adjusting apertures, one second adjusting aperture being adjacent to the at least four first adjusting apertures adjacent the third fringe and one second adjusting apertures being adjacent to the at least four first adjusting apertures adjacent the fourth fringe, and the plate further including at least one pair of third adjusting apertures defined between the at least one pair of second adjusting apertures; each of the at least one pair of second adjusting apertures and each of the at least one pair of third adjusting apertures being elongated; a distance between the at least one pair of second adjusting apertures being equal to that of two opposed orifices of the at least four orifices so that two of the at least four flange bolts are removed from the two opposed orifices and are locked on the floor via the at least one pair of second adjusting apertures, hence the plate is fixed on the toilet flange; two supporting members, one of which is located on the third fringe, and the other of which is located on the fourth fringe, and each of the two supporting members having a plurality of first eyelets, such that each first bolt inserts through the through hole of each longitudinal fence to screw with one of the plurality of first eyelets, hence the toilet is fixed on the toilet flange via the mounting assembly; wherein one of the at least four first adjusting apertures adjacent to the third fringe and one of the at least four first adjusting apertures adjacent to the fourth fringe is located adjacent the second fringe and has an arcuate openings which is connected to the one first adjusting apertures.