Abstract: A web stop button may utilize plastic deflection to provide more secure and reliable attachment to a seat belt. The web stop button may have a first button member and a second button member. The first and second button members may each have multiple pieces attached together via crimping or the like. Protrusions extend from the first button member and plastically deflect within the second member in response to force urging the first and second members together. The protrusions may be capable of piercing the seat belt strap and/or a portion of the second button member. Plastic caps may be used on one or both of the button members to provide a larger web stop button and enhanced trim color matching capability. The second button member is shaped to induce the plastic deflection, and may therefore have a simple domed shape or a more complex, generally toroidal domed shape.

Abstract: A toilet base containing substantially no ceramic material includes a one-piece plastic bowl with a smooth interior surface and a plastic trap that are mounted within a cast thermoset plastic containing a major amount by weight of one or more fillers such as calcium carbonate, alumina, glass frit and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A toilet base containing substantially no ceramic material includes a one-piece plastic bowl with a smooth interior surface and a plastic trap that are mounted within a cast theromset plastic containing a major amount by weight of one or more fillers such as calcium carbonate, alumina, glass frit and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The invention is a molding process adapted for the production of plumbing fixtures, such as a toilet whose functional surfaces are resistant to erosion by moving water wherein a ceramic shell forms a liner having external surfaces and the functional surfaces of the plumbing fixture. In the case of the toilet the ceramic shell includes a bowl, a siphon trap and a water flush ring. The molding process includes the steps of coating the external surfaces of the ceramic shell with a layer of resilient material and then suspending the ceramic shell upside down within a female mold member having internal surfaces so that the internal surfaces of the female mold member are slightly spaced from the external surfaces of the ceramic shell thereby leaving a gap between the internal surfaces of the female mold member and the external surfaces of the ceramic shell.