US2661481A - Toilet closet - Google Patents

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E. GOODFIELD Dec. 8, 1953 TOILET CLOSET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 1. 1949' Elsie fiaodfie/d Dec. 8, 1953 E. GOODFIELD TOILET CLOSET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed D60. 1, 1949 Inventor Patented Dec. 8, 1953 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFIC TOILET CLOSET V Elsie Goodfieldi- Dover, N. J.

Application December 1, 1949, Serial No. 130,386

' p 2 Claims.

\ This invention comprises novel and useful improvements in a toilet closet and more specifically pertains to an improved combination of atoilet bowl with a cabinet.

. The primary object of this invention is to provide a convenient and improved concealed assemblyof a toilet bowl with a cabinet structure whereby a more compact arrangement is obtained, whereby the toilet bowl is concealed when toilet accessories as a toilet brush and toilet paper rolls; and wherein generally a much more neat and attractive and unobtrusive arrangement .or a toilet bowl is provided.

These, togetherwith various ancillary features and objects of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds,-are attained by the present invention, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way f example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 'l'is a perspective view showing the improvedcabinet having the toilet bowl forming the subject of this invention combined therewith, thedevice being in the toilet bowl concealing position of the same;

Figure 2 is .a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of Figure 1, showing the toilet seat cover raised with the toilet bowl ready for use;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to'Figure 2 but showing both'the toilet seat cover and the toilet seat raised whereby access may behad to a toilet brush container and a toilet paper roll container in accordance with this invention; v v Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 44 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 55 of Figure 4 and showing in particular the arrangement and positioning of the containers for receiving the toilet brush and the toilet paper rolls;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 6-6 of Figure 4 and illustrating the manner in which the toilet bowl is adapted for mounting upon the floor supporting the cabinet; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view, part being broken away, of the toilet brush container forming the subject of this invention.

Referring now more specifically to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals desig- :nate similar parts throughout the various views, :the numeral I0 refers generally to a cabinet'in V 5 :which has been combineda toilet bowl in accordance with the principles of this invention. The cabinet may conveniently comprise an upper section [2, provided with customary drawers :and doors to provide a plurality of storage com- IOpartments as desired, together with a base section M which, in turn, is provided with a plu- ;rality of storage drawers and doors, and has a horizontal cabinet or table surface l6, together with a front surface [8.

; Intermediate its ends, the lower portion, H of .the cabinet assembly is provided with a chamber opening through the front and top walls of the ;cabinet, and this chamber receives and houses 'a porcelain or other toilet bowl which is of 20 any known design or construction, but prefer- =ably,- is of square or cubical shape. For this .purpose, the front surface of the toilet bowl 20, q as indicated at 22, lies in a vertical plane and thus forms a flush continuation of the vertical p1anel8 of the lower cabinet member 14; while :the top surface of the toilet bowl 24 lies in a horizontal plane which extends substantially entirely between the two sides of the recess or @chamber in the cabinet, and which is disposed ,slightly below the plane of the surface It of the cabinet. Pivoted to the toilet bowl 211 in any convenient manner, as indicated at '26, is a conventional toilet seat 28 which is of sufficient size ,to snugly fit within the space between the two side walls of the chamber of the cabinet lower section l4, while a toilet seat cover 30 is, in turn, hinged to the toilet seat 28 asat 32, this cover in its lowered position constituting a complete .closure for the chamber, and forming a smooth continuation of the upper surface It of the lower cabinet member 14.

Adjacent its rear face, the toilet bowl 20 is provided with a pair of vertical bores or recesses 34 and 35 which open downwardly from the upper end thereof, and are positioned to be closed by the toilet seat 28 in the lowered position of the latter as shown in Figure 2, and to be uncovered by the toilet seat in the raised position of the same, as shown in Figure 3.

5 One of these bores or recesses such as that indicated at 34 is adapted to detachably receive a container 38 which is preferably in the form of a sleeve of thin sheet metal or the like, which has an annular outward flange 4|] at its upper end by means of which th sleeve may be supported upon the upper surface of the toilet bowl and retained therein. At its lower end, the container is closed as shown at 42 in Figure 5, and its side walls adjacent the lower end are provided with suitable ventilating openings or apertures M. Disposed within the container 38 and adjacent the upper end thereof, is an inwardly extending hook 46 by means of which a toilet brush or thelike such as that indicated at 48 may be suppprted and detachably mounted in the container. Thus, the container serves to house and conceal a toilet brush, and the closed lower end of the same will retain moisture dripping from the bristles of the brush; while the ventilating apertures will serve to admit flow of air for ventilating purposes. The container 38 may be removed or inserted in the recess 34 as desired. y

The other recess 36 is adapted to detachably i'e= ceive a cage :50 which if desired may be of similar construction to the container 38 and which likewise is supported in the recess as by an annular external flange 52 at its upper "end. This cage is adapted to contain a plurality of toilet paper rolls such as those indicated at 54-, and these rolls may be conveniently carried by a support rod 56 having a head or knob portion 58, which rod has a head portion 60 at its lower end un'd'rlyillg the lowermost of the paper rolls '40. The arrangement is such that paper rolls may be'dr'o'pped upon the upper end of the rod, and 'stackedther'e'- on, whereupon the rod may be inserted in the cage 50, and the cage itself may be deta'chahly received in the recess 36.

Conveniently, the flush tank '62 for the toilet bowl, may be mounted in the upper cabinet portion 12', and may be of any desired construction, having a discharge pipe 64 connecting this tank with the toilet bowl in the customary manner. All the necessary plumbing may thus be mounted and enclosed within the'cabinet l0, and thereby boll: cale'd, while the "toilet nusl gsntrb as, see Figure 1, 2 an amay extend through the upper cabinet structure [2. v y l The toiletbowl may belnounted within his cabinet structure in any desired 'fnan'ner, stats shown in Figures 4, and s, is intended to rest upon the floor which supports 'the cabinet, and to substantially completely "fill the space o'f the chamber in the lower cabinet set-tics l4; "Con v'eniently, as shown in Figure 6-, the side walls of the toilet bowl may be laterally recessed for notched, 'as at 68, and suitable anchorfbolts maybe mounted in the floor l2, "extend'ir'l'g iritb this recess "and "being provided with fastening From the foregoing, it will bese 'n thatfatbilet closet has been provided which by virtue "viif its substantially cubicalshap'e is "orexcebtl'onal cent- 4 pactness, durability and strength may be readily housed within a cabinet structure for compact and concealed association therewith, and whereby the entire upper surface of the cabinet is available as a desk space.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the invention together with its many advantages will be readily apparent and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since nulfirousniodificatibns and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specification and accompanying drawings, it is not desired to limit tli invention to the exact construction shown and described, but all suitable modifications and. equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the steps of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as is:

1. A toilet closet comprising a cabinet having a test, a haiflbf in said cabinet, a cover for said chamber refilling continuation of the top tr.

said cabinet, a toilet bowl 'moilntdifi s ga chamber beneath said cover, said toilet bowl havinga pair of vertical recess-es therein at apposite sides t erebr, at sntjalhrreceiveu in each recess for holding a ballet article, and seat for said btwl beneath said cover closing Sara streamers 2. A toilet jcloset cbln'prlslng a cabinet having top, a chamber in said cabaret, acm'fi for said chamber "for'n ing'a continuation "of the top or said ca inet, a toilet bowlj'nol'lnted in said chamber beneath said cater, sale tbilet bowl havin'g a vertical recess, a state ide: rece ves msal'd recess for holding 'a toilet brash, said ctntalher having ventilating openjngs in its walls, a suspbrt hangs at its upper end and 'abrushfsup'poi'tin'g hook, and a seat ftrs'ala bowl "beneath said cover closi'ng said container. U

EL'QIEGOODFIELD.

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