Patent ID: 8225432

Claim:
A toilet access panel system comprising: a toilet having an open top, a bottom positionable on a floor, a front, a rear and laterally spaced sides; a water passageway through the toilet in a generally S-shaped configuration with a generally central P-trap; a cutout in the rear of the toilet, the cutout having a vertical exterior edge, a vertical interior edge, a generally horizontal lower edge and a generally horizontal upper edge, the edges together forming a continuous bearing surface; a removable panel shaped generally as a mirror image of the toilet between the upper and lower edges of the cutout, the removable panel having a continuous bearing surface positionable to overlie the bearing surface of the cutout; and mating flanges on the panel and the toilet adjacent to the bearing surfaces, the flanges being formed with holes, bolts extending through the holes with nuts coupled to the bolts to allow separating the panel from the toilet.