Patent ID: 7550188

Claim:
A stile for a toilet, the stile comprising: a first board having a front large area surface, an opposed back large area surface, first and second opposed small area side surfaces extending between the front and back large area surfaces, and first and second opposed small area end surfaces extending between the front and back large area surfaces and between the first and second opposed small area side surfaces, at least a part of one of the first and second opposed small area side surfaces, at a location between the first and second opposed small area end surfaces, defining a first slot; a second board having a front large area surface, an opposed back large area surface, first and second opposed small area side surfaces extending between the front and back large area surfaces, and first and second opposed small area end surfaces extending between the front and back large area surfaces and between the first and second opposed small area side surfaces, at least a part of one of the first and second opposed small area side surfaces, at a location between the first and second opposed small area end surfaces, defining a second slot, wherein the front surface of the first board is adjacent to and facing the same direction as the front surface of the second board with a joining line therebetween, the joining line extending in a longitudinal direction; an insert sheet disposed within both the first slot and the second slot, the insert sheet comprising steel; and a laminate fixed to and covering the front surface of the first board and the front surface of the second board, and covering the joining line; wherein the insert sheet has opposed first and second edges that extend transversely to the longitudinal direction, the first edge of the insert sheet adjacent the first small area end surfaces of the first and second boards and the second edge of the insert sheet adjacent the second small area end surfaces of the first and second boards; and wherein the first edge of the insert sheet is spaced from the first small area end surfaces in a direction of the second edge of the insert sheet along the longitudinal direction.