摘要：
A toilet positionable above a floor comprises a toilet base and a foot ledge structure. The toilet base at least partially surrounds a lower portion of a toilet bowl. The toilet base defines an inner area that at least partially contains the lower portion of the toilet bowl. The foot ledge structure comprises a foot ledge elevated above the floor and movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the toilet base. At least a portion of the foot ledge is positioned directly underneath at least a portion of the inner area in the retracted position, and the portion of the foot ledge is extended out from underneath the inner area in the extended position.
权利要求：
WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A toilet positionable above a floor, the toilet comprising:
a toilet base at least partially surrounding a lower portion of a toilet bowl,
wherein the toilet base defines an inner area that at least partially contains the lower portion of the toilet bowl; and
a foot ledge structure comprising a foot ledge elevated above the floor and movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the toilet base,
wherein at least a portion of the foot ledge is positioned directly underneath at least a portion of the inner area in the retracted position,
wherein the portion of the foot ledge is extended out from underneath the inner area in the extended position.
2. The toilet of claim 1, wherein the toilet base comprises an aperture that extends completely through at least one wall of the toilet base, wherein the foot ledge moves at least partially through the aperture as the foot ledge moves between the retracted position and the extended position.
3. The toilet of claim 2, wherein a front portion of the foot ledge extends out from underneath the inner area of the toilet base in the retracted position.
4. The toilet of claim 3, wherein the foot ledge comprises a recessed area that is thinner than at least the front portion of the foot ledge and extends along a top surface of the foot ledge, wherein the recessed area is complementary to a bottom surface of an upper edge of the aperture.
5. The toilet of claim 1, wherein the foot ledge comprises a wide portion and a narrow portion, wherein the wide portion is wider than the width of the toilet base and the narrow portion is more narrow than the width of the toilet base such that the narrow portion can fit completely underneath the inner area in the retracted position.
6. The toilet of claim 5, wherein the entire wide portion and at least a portion of the narrow portion are extended out from underneath the inner area of the toilet base in the extended position.
7. The toilet of claim 5, wherein the entire width and length of the wide portion overhang the floor in front of the toilet base in the extended position without any supports between the wide portion and the floor.
8. The toilet of claim 1, wherein the foot ledge structure comprises a base bracket positioned within the inner area of the toilet base and configured to elevate the foot ledge above the floor, wherein the foot ledge is movably attached to the base bracket.
9. The toilet of claim 8, wherein the base bracket is configured to statically attach to a portion of a trapway and/or the toilet base.
10. The toilet of claim 8, wherein the foot ledge structure comprises a front magnetic component, a back magnetic component, and a corresponding magnetic component, wherein the front magnetic component and the back magnetic component are statically attached to one of the base bracket and the foot ledge and the corresponding magnetic component is statically attached to the other of the base bracket and the foot ledge, wherein the corresponding magnetic component magnetically attaches to the back magnetic component when the foot ledge is in the retracted position and to the front magnetic component when the foot ledge is in the extended position.
11. The toilet of claim 1, wherein the foot ledge structure comprises a rail mechanism configured to allow the foot ledge to move between the retracted position and the extended position relative to the toilet base.
12. The toilet of claim 1, wherein the entire toilet base is positioned on top of the foot ledge structure.
13. The toilet of claim 1, wherein the foot ledge comprises a vertical wall that extends vertically between a front end of the foot ledge.
14. A foot ledge structure for a toilet base of a toilet positionable above a floor, the foot ledge structure comprising:
a foot ledge elevated above the floor and movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the toilet base,
wherein at least a portion of the foot ledge is positioned directly underneath at least a portion of an inner area of the toilet base in the retracted position, wherein the inner area of the toilet base at least partially contains a lower portion of the toilet bowl,
wherein the portion of the foot ledge is extended out from underneath the inner area of the toilet base in the extended position.
15. The foot ledge structure of claim 14, wherein the entire toilet base is positioned on top of the foot ledge structure.
16. A toilet comprising:
a base disposed at least partially beneath a lower portion of a toilet bowl;
a foot ledge elevated above the floor and movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the toilet base; and
wherein the foot ledge is disposed at least partially within the base in the retracted position, and the foot ledge is extended at least partially from the base in the extended position.