Monolithic Water Closet Carrier Plate for Adjustable Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water closet carriers for modular walls often require multiple components and complex installations, which can be cumbersome and lack the structural integrity provided by a single monolithic piece of material.
Innovation Solution
A carrier plate formed from a single monolithic piece of material, featuring a face plate with a channel for fluid coupling, brackets for support, and feet with anchor apertures for secure mounting, allowing for infinite adjustable mounting points for installation jigs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If multiple components are used to form the water closet carrier, then ease of manufacture is improved, but structural integrity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate components (face plate, brackets, feet, mounting points) into a single monolithic carrier plate formed from one piece of stock material. This merging eliminates the need for assembly while providing unified structural integrity throughout the entire carrier plate, resolving the contradiction between ease of manufacture and structural strength.
2Strength
If a single monolithic piece of material is used, then structural integrity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
While the carrier plate is monolithic, the invention segments its functionality into distinct regions: a face plate for mounting, brackets for support, feet for positioning, anchor apertures for securing, and mounting points for installation jigs. This functional segmentation within a single piece provides complex capabilities without requiring multiple assembled components, resolving the contradiction between structural integrity and device complexity.
3Area of stationary object
If anchor apertures and brackets are positioned close together, then space utilization is improved, but mounting precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating distinct functional zones: anchor zones around each anchor aperture and bracket zones around each bracket. By defining these separate zones with specific geometries and positions, the invention ensures that mounting operations can be performed with high precision in each zone without interference from other components, even when space is limited.
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AI summary
A carrier plate for supporting a wall-mounted water closet, the carrier plate including a face plate having a top end, a bottom end opposite the top end, a front face, and a rear face opposite the front face. The carrier plate also including a bracket extending from the rear face of the face plate proximate the top end to define a bracket length, and one or more feet extending from the rear face of the face plate proximate the bottom end to define a foot length and a base plane, where the foot defines an anchor aperture therethrough, where the anchor aperture defines an anchor zone including a volume delineated by the cross-section of the anchor aperture extended normal to the base plane in both directions therefrom, and where the bracket is not positioned within the anchor zone.