Patents Assigned to Kohler Co.
  • Patent number: 12281467
    Abstract: A lavatory includes a basin including a bottom surface, the basin configured to hold a volume of water; and a drain opening disposed in the bottom surface of the basin. The bottom surface of the basin includes a substantially horizontally extending projection formed integrally with the bottom surface of the basin. The horizontally extending projection is disposed over the drain opening such that the drain opening is at least partially obscured from a view of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Cristian Mastellotto
  • Patent number: 12281714
    Abstract: A faucet includes a valve cartridge configured to control a flow of water and a structure that supports the valve cartridge. The structure includes a mount having a concave portion and a smooth portion positioned adjacent to the concave portion. The structure includes a lock plate that detachably couples to the mount, in which the lock plate has a convex portion. The convex portion of the lock plate interfaces with the concave portion of the mount in a first rotational position to secure the lock plate relative to the mount. The lock plate slides along the smooth portion in a second rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventor: Perry Erickson
  • Publication number: 20250122939
    Abstract: A tub and shower diverter assembly includes a manifold sub-assembly configured to be detachably coupled to, and in fluid communication with, an existing waterway connector of a conventional tub and shower diverter system. The manifold sub-assembly includes a manifold, a flow control valve coupled to the manifold, and a tolerance adjuster. The flow control valve is configured to provide a flow of water to a tub or a shower device. The tolerance adjustor is coupled to the flow control valve and is configured to be selectively adjusted to change an axial position of the tolerance adjustor relative to a wall adjacent the manifold sub-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Tucker Jones, Brian Mooren, Evan Yee, Gregory R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12274402
    Abstract: A toilet includes a base, a cover, and a seat. The seat is rotatably coupled to the base, and the cover is rotatably coupled to the seat. The cover and the seat define an angled axis that is oriented upward and forward toward a front end of the base. The cover and the seat are each configured to rotate about the angled axis between a lowered position in which the cover and the seat are located adjacent the base and a stowed position in which the cover and the seat are oriented in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Chanseol Chung, Karger D. Kohler, Daniel N. Halloran, Jeffrey T. Laundre, Keith E. Muellenbach, Jennifer Tarplee, Craig Loest
  • Publication number: 20250119673
    Abstract: A showerhead assembly includes a waterway assembly and a wireless speaker configured to be removably coupled to the waterway assembly. The waterway assembly includes a back plate and a face plate coupled to the back plate. The back plate includes an inlet. The face plate is coupled to the back plate and defines a plurality of outlets. The face plate also defines a through-hole that extends through the waterway assembly. The wireless speaker is configured to be disposed within the through-hole when coupled to the waterway assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Zhiyu Liu, Rafael Rexach
  • Publication number: 20250116104
    Abstract: A drain installation assembly includes a drain body and a drain coupling. The drain coupling is configured to be inserted into a drain opening of a wash basin from a top side of the wash basin. The drain coupling comprises a first coupling end and a second coupling end, the second coupling end positioned opposite to the first coupling end. The drain coupling further includes a squeeze portion positioned between the first coupling end and the second coupling end, the squeeze portion formed of a flexible material. The drain body comprises a body flange extending radially away from the drain body. The squeeze portion is configured to deform, so as to define a squeeze bulge when the drain coupling is coupled to the drain body, the squeeze bulge having a diameter greater than a diameter of the drain opening of the wash basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Kenneth Stout
  • Publication number: 20250116351
    Abstract: A process includes inserting a valve cartridge in a fitting, the valve cartridge comprising a valve stem. The process also includes after inserting the valve cartridge in the fitting, coupling a collar to the fitting such that the collar extends around the valve stem. The process also includes aligning the valve stem with an engagement crown of a handle such that an opening of the handle is located over the collar. The process also includes press fitting the valve stem into the engagement crown while pressing the handle towards the collar and such that the valve stem is rotatably coupled to the handle through the engagement crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Brian J. Mooren, Andrew J. Rieth
  • Publication number: 20250114271
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed towards an ultrasonic showering device. The ultrasonic showering device includes a head portion including a plurality of nozzles that dispense a fluid, a movement component that detects movement of the head portion, and an ultrasonic transducer that generates and transmits ultrasonic energy. The ultrasonic showering device includes a handle portion including a controller that operates the ultrasonic transducer based on the movement component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Ariana Smies, Jason Kwacz
  • Patent number: 12268342
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Erich Slothower, Mary J. Reid
  • Patent number: 12262811
    Abstract: A sink includes a front wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The front wall includes an inner surface that defines part of a basin of the sink, and an outer surface located opposite the inner surface that is configured to be exposed in front of an opening of a cabinet in which the s sink is installed. The front wall includes first and second lateral portions that extend outwardly past the first and second side walls. The first and second lateral portions of the front wall are configured to at least partially overlap a front face of the cabinet adjacent the opening, so as to substantially conceal the opening when the sink is installed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Jason R. Miller, Niels J. Eilmus
  • Patent number: 12263498
    Abstract: A well support assembly for a fragrance dispenser includes an upper cover including a plurality of chambers, a well support engaged with the upper cover proximate to the plurality of chambers, and a plurality of wells engaged with the well support. Each of the plurality of wells extends into a respective one of the plurality of chambers and is configured to receive a fragrance therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stout, Stephen J. Bowen
  • Publication number: 20250098905
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Ravikanth Manchiraju
  • Patent number: D1068138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Erin Hoover, Jovello T. Gomez, Jr., Fernando Bracer, Seth Stevens, Dennis Snyder
  • Patent number: D1068139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Erin Hoover, Jovello T. Gomez, Jr., Fernando Bracer, Seth Stevens, Dennis Snyder
  • Patent number: D1069045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Margaret C. Mazz, Gregory de Swarte, Matthew T. Harrison, Paul B. Georgeson
  • Patent number: D1070008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventor: Feiying Su
  • Patent number: D1070041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Carlos Uceda, Liu Ming-Chieh
  • Patent number: D1071112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Laundre, Erich Slothower
  • Patent number: D1072200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Drew Johnson
  • Patent number: D1072205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Tory L. Hayner, Gregory de Swarte, Drew Johnson