...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4122900 | Multipurpose cushioned horseshoe A cushioned horseshoe with a lightweight, metal plate and a unitary resilient tread bonded to the entire adjacent surface of the plate and molded to form a raised toe calk, cushioned raised heel calks and raised, self-cleaning traction cleats disposed on ... | 10/31/1978 |