Patent ID: 8176577
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
1. A flush toilet comprising: a bowl assembly defining a bowl having a discharge outlet at a lower end and a ledge circumferentially extending about a substantial portion of the bowl, the bowl having a rear surface that transitions to the ledge as the bowl continues clockwise and counter clockwise from the rear surface, a horizontal dimension of the ledge increasing as the ledge continues from the rear surface to a front of the bowl, an angle of the ledge increasing as the ledge continues from the rear surface to the front, a maximum slope of the ledge located proximate the front; and a nozzle mounted to the bowl assembly for pressurizing a source of flush water and delivering the source of flush water to the bowl for rinsing and flushing of the bowl, the nozzle positioned at a rear portion of the bowl and operative to produce a first flow of water in a first circumferential direction about the bowl and a second flow of water in a second circumferential direction about the bowl, the second circumferential direction being opposite to the first circumferential direction, the nozzle having a laterally extending channel in communication with a water input, the water input located at a center of the channel, the channel slightly angled downward in both lateral directions from the center.