ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,402, issued on April 15, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Toilet" was invented by Chanseol Chung (Milwaukee), Karger D. Kohler (Kohler, Wis.), Daniel N. Halloran (Fredonia, Wis.), Jeffrey T. Laundre (Sheboygan, Wis.), Keith E. Muellenbach (Sheboygan, Wis.), Jennifer Tarplee (Sheboygan, Wis.) and Craig Loest (Kohler, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet includes a base, a cover, and a seat. The seat is rotatably coupled to the base, and the cover is rotatably coupled to the seat. The cover and the seat define an angled axis that is oriented upward and forward toward a front end of the base. The cover and the seat are...