Patent ID: 7203976

Claim:
An above floor level pumping system comprising a rear outlet toilet containing a rear outlet, which toilet is located on the floor, an above-floor level tank for receiving fluid and waste from the rear outlet of the toilet comprising a tank chamber containing a designated area containing a sensing system designed to sense fluid or waste within the tank chamber, which system is capable of activating a discharge pump, wherein the tank chamber further comprises a baffle extending upward from a floor of the tank chamber, which baffle at least partially segregates the area containing the sensing system from the remaining area within the tank chamber, and the discharge pump for pumping fluid or waste from said floor level tank through a discharge pipe, wherein the discharge pump is secured to the floor level tank, wherein the level of the floor of the tank chamber descends as it approaches the discharge pump, and wherein the floor of the tank chamber further comprises a series of descending steps, wherein the above-floor level tank is located behind the rear outlet toilet and on the floor, wherein the toilet is not on top of the tank, and wherein the rear outlet toilet and the above-floor level tank are both supported by the floor and do not disrupt the floor.