One-Piece Toilet Mounting Member for Tilted Bolt Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing one-piece toilets lack secure fastening methods that are both aesthetically pleasing and easy to install, often leading to loose or shaky installations due to limitations in bolt and nut assembly and flexible deformation of L-shaped brackets.
Innovation Solution
A mounting member with seat portions and guiding sleeves that allow for easy alignment and secure fastening of bolts through operation holes, using a main body with tilted threaded holes and guiding sleeves to ensure stable attachment to a toilet flange and floor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If bolts and nuts are used to secure the toilet through installation holes on vertical walls, then the toilet can be fastened to the floor, but the installation process becomes difficult and the fastening is not reliable due to small hole sizes and manual operation limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mounting member as an intermediary component that includes a mounting plate with a through hole and a pressing member. The mounting member mediates between the toilet and the floor, allowing the toilet to be secured without requiring installers to manually thread bolts through small holes in the toilet's vertical walls. The pressing member automatically engages with the mounting plate to provide reliable fastening.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting member is divided into distinct functional components: a mounting plate with a through hole for bolt passage, and a pressing member with a pressing portion that contacts the toilet and a thread portion for engagement. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, simplifying the overall installation process while maintaining fastening reliability.
2Reliability
If L-shaped brackets with multiple securing holes are used to fasten the toilet, then the toilet can be secured to the flange, but the joint between horizontal and vertical portions becomes flexible and prone to elastic fatigue deformation
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting member acts as an intermediary that eliminates the need for L-shaped brackets with jointed structures. The mounting plate provides a stable base mounted to the flange, and the pressing member provides the fastening function without requiring any joints or connections between different portions of the mounting member itself, thereby avoiding elastic fatigue issues.
3Ease of manufacture
If multiple securing holes are provided on the mounting member, then bolts can be aligned with threaded holes for fastening, but the installation becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the alignment function from multiple securing holes and concentrates it into a single through hole on the mounting plate. This single through hole is positioned to align with the operation hole of the toilet, eliminating the complexity of multiple hole configurations while maintaining the alignment function necessary for bolt insertion and fastening.
4Ease of operation
If the threaded hole is tilted with respect to the operation hole, then the mounting member can be installed without tools through the operation hole, but the structural design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is designed with a through hole that is preliminarily positioned and oriented to align with the operation hole of the toilet. The tilted threaded hole configuration is pre-established in the mounting plate, allowing the bolt to be inserted through the operation hole and automatically engage the threaded hole without requiring tools or complex adjustment during installation.
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting member for one-piece toilets having two first bolts mounted in two grooves of a toilet flange, a main body, and two second bolts is provided. The main body includes two seat portions and two connection parts. The seat portion includes a connecting portion, an abutting portion, and a threaded hole. The connecting portion is fastened on the first bolt. The abutting portion is abutting against a floor around the toilet flange. A part of the seat portion is inserted through a mounting slot of a bottom wall of the toilet and the threaded holes are tilted with respect to operation holes on two vertical walls of the toilet. The second bolts are inserted through the operation holes and fastened with the threaded holes so that the toilet is secured on the floor around the toilet flange. The installation of the toilet is easy, fast and secure.