US Patent Issued to Kohler on Sept. 9 for "Toilet with canned sump" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,600, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Toilet with canned sump" was invented by Daniel N. Halloran (Fredonia, Wis.) and Tony L. Lambert (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sump for a toilet includes a first end of the sump, defined by a first boundary, and a second end of the sump, defined by a second boundary. The sump includes a channel running from the first end of the sump to the second end of the sump defined by a sump surface. The first end of the sump is configured to receive liquid and the second end of the sump is configured to supply liquid. The sump has a sump can-cut diameter co...