Patent ID: 8522371

Claim:
A tank insert for a toilet, comprising: a) a water reservoir including a longitudinal axis of rotation, wherein said water reservoir is sized and shaped to receive a quantity of water from a fill valve system of the toilet and having a dump side; and b) a catch basin sized and shaped to be received snugly within a water tank of the toilet and including an upper interior portion adapted to pivotably receive said water reservoir therein, a lower interior portion sized and shaped to receive the quantity of water from said water reservoir, and an inwardly extending splash guard mounted on an interior surface of said catch basin beneath the water reservoir opposite the water reservoir dump side, said splash guard including a concave upper surface and a concave lower surface, said splash guard being adapted to substantially direct water exiting the water reservoir toward said lower interior portion; c) a mounting subassembly adapted to pivotably attach said water reservoir to said upper interior portion; and d) an actuation subassembly adapted for pivoting said dump side of the water reservoir along said longitudinal axis of rotation, so as to discharge the quantity of water from said water reservoir and into said lower interior portion.