METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPLEX COMPOSITE PLUMBING COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20250144850A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-08

    申请号:US18937473

    申请日:2024-11-05

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Inventor: Mark Schibur

    Abstract: The present application relates generally to a method for manufacturing complex composite plumbing components. The method includes the production of a printed mold assembly, casting a silicone sleeve within the printed mold assembly, removing an interior core from the silicone sleeve and reassembling the printed mold with the silicone sleeve situated inside an interior cavity, and then casting the desired composite plumbing component within the silicone sleeve.

    Showerhead with pin plate
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12285771B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US18460252

    申请日:2023-09-01

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: A spray head includes a front cover, a spray plate, and an actuator. The front cover includes a plurality of exit openings. The spray plate is oriented substantially parallel to the front cover. The spray plate includes a pin that is aligned with at least one exit opening of the plurality of exit openings. The pin is configured to selectively engage with the at least one exit opening to control a flow of water through the at least one exit opening. The actuator is coupled to the spray plate and is configured to reposition the spray plate relative to the front cover based on user input.

    Toilet seat
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12268342B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US18225972

    申请日:2023-07-25

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible toilet seat including a top surface; a bottom surface; an inner edge, at which the top and bottom surfaces meet; an inner region, configured to elastically and vertically deform inward relative to the outer edge in response to an applied load; and an outer region supported by an upper surface of a toilet and configured to support the inner region.

    WALK IN BATH
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250098905A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18973837

    申请日:2024-12-09

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: A walk in bath includes a shell, a hinge, and a door. The shell defines a bathing area. The shell includes a floor, a front side wall, a rear side wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, and a seat. The front side wall has an opening therein. The seat is above the floor and extends from one of the left side wall or the right side wall. The seat includes a seating surface. The hinge is coupled to the front side wall. The door is coupled to the hinge such that the hinge rotatably couples the door to the front side wall. The door is moveable relative to the shell between a closed position, in which the door engages the opening in the front side wall, and an open position, in which the door allows ingress into and egress from the bathing area through the opening.

    Shower trim assembly
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12258740B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US18462665

    申请日:2023-09-07

    Applicant: KOHLER CO.

    Abstract: A valve trim assembly for use in a shower environment. The valve trim assembly includes an outer covering and a valve assembly. The outer covering includes a first axis disposed through a midpoint of the outer covering. The valve assembly is at least partially disposed within the outer covering and configured to control a flow of fluid. The valve assembly includes a nut coupled to the outer covering, an adapter at least partially disposed within the nut and rotatable about the first axis, and an elongated joint coaxially aligned with the adapter. The nut and the adapter cooperatively define a joint where the adapter rotates within the nut to maintain engagement between the outer covering and a wall.

    GATE VALVE
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250092654A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18826069

    申请日:2024-09-05

    Applicant: Kohler Co,

    Inventor: Tony L. Lambert

    Abstract: A gate valve for a toilet includes a channel configured to conduct a flow of fluid, a flapper disposed in the channel and movable between an open position and a closed position in which the flapper blocks the channel, and a biasing member configured to bias the flapper toward a closed position.

    TANK DISPENSER FOR CLEAN TOILET
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250084628A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18819775

    申请日:2024-08-29

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: A cleaning device for a toilet includes a housing, a reservoir disposed in the housing, the reservoir configured to store a cleaning compound, a lid rotatably coupled to the housing and configured to selectively provide access to the reservoir, and at least one opening configured to conduct a flow of water into the reservoir or conduct a flow of cleaning solution from the reservoir.

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