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Fixture for disposing of bodily waste having an anti-overflow feature and a method for making the same

US7757312B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 2, 2005
Grant dateJul 20, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 15, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49826
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention provides for an improved bathroom fixture for flushing bodily waste materials. This fixture includes a secondary drain that communicates liquid that is backing up during a potential overflow situation into a conventional drainage sewer without any modification to that sewer.

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