Patent ID: 7614092

Claim:
A toilet assembly, comprising: a water supply tank, a bowl connected to receive water from the tank including a bowl portion and a rim portion, a seat on the bowl portion, said bowl portion including a siphon conduit, a vent pipe extending generally vertically upwardly adjacent the bowl portion, a large integral vent passageway adjacent the bowl portion extending generally horizontally from an upper portion of the bowl portion, conduit means connecting the vent passageway to the vent pipe, a fan-motor assembly mounted in the vent passageway for drawing foul smelling air and gas from the bowl portion and expelling it into the vent pipe, an overflow passage provided in a lower portion of the vent passage and above a tank water supply passage, said vent pipe extending a substantial distance upwardly above the toilet assembly so that the foul smelling air and gas from the bowl portion is expelled upwardly from the toilet assembly, and user activated controls for activating the fan-motor assembly when the toilet assembly is in use, said user activated controls being responsive to the user engaging the seat to activate the fan-motor assembly during the time the toilet assembly is in use prior to flushing.