System and method for fixing a toilet overflow

Abstract

A basin may comprise a wall wherein the wall may be circumscribed about a bowl of a toilet. The wall circumscribed about the bowl of the toilet may define a cavity which may catch or contain waste water overflowing from the toilet. Further, the bowl may be modified with a notch at a rear portion of a rim of the bowl. The notch may operate to direct overflowing waste water therethrough and into the basin or in the alternative into a bucket. In another embodiment of the present invention, a bowl may be modified with a threaded aperture. The threaded aperture may be large enough for an instrument or hand to pass therethrough so as to aid in removing debris from a siphon passageway. In another embodiment of the present invention, a bowl of a toilet may be fabricated with a built in plunger. The built in plunger may have a head that is disposed within the siphon passageway. The head may have a non actuated position which allows the toilet to operate as normal and an actuated position which traverses the head from the non actuated position to an actuated position. The traversing from the non actuated position to the actuated position may force debris trapped within the siphon passageway back into the bowl of the toilet.

1 . A basin for a toilet, the toilet having a bowl and a tank, the bowl defining an outside surface and rim, and the tank being fillable with water, the basin comprising, 
 a. a wall being circumscribable about the bowl, the wall and bowl defining a cavity capable of containing overflowing waste water.    
   
   
       2 . The basin of  claim 1  wherein the wall defines a lower edge, the lower edge being abbutable with the outside surface of the bowl at a lower portion of the bowl.  
   
   
       3 . The basin of  claim 2  wherein the abutment of the lower edge and the base of the bowl is caulked.  
   
   
       4 . The basin of  claim 1  wherein the wall is removeably attachable to the bowl.  
   
   
       5 . The basin of  claim 4  wherein the wall defines first and second distal ends, the first distal end being removeably attachable to the second distal end.  
   
   
       6 . The basin of  claim 5  wherein the first and second distal ends are lined with hooks and loops, respectively.  
   
   
       7 . The basin of  claim 1  further comprising a liner to provide a barrier between the wall and bowl, and overflowing waste water.  
   
   
       8 . The basin of  claim 1  wherein the wall is sized and configured to the bowl such that the cavity is capable of containing at least one tank of water.  
   
   
       9 . A toilet comprising a bowl, the bowl defining a rim wherein the rim is notched for directing overflowing wastewater through the notch.  
   
   
       10 . The toilet of  claim 9  wherein the notch is formed on the rim at a rear portion of the rim.  
   
   
       11 . The toilet of  claim 9  further comprising a bucket adjacent to the notch for containing the overflowing wastewater directed through the notch.  
   
   
       12 . The toilet of  claim 10  wherein the bucket defines an upper edge, and at least a portion of the upper edge is sized and configured to an outer surface of the bowl under the notch.  
   
   
       13 . A toilet comprising, 
 a. a siphon passageway, the siphon passageway defining an elbow;    b. a bowl defining an upper surface with an aperture for inserting instruments to remove debris trapped within the siphon passageway.    
   
   
       14 . The toilet of  claim 13  wherein the aperture in the upper surface is positioned above the elbow of the siphon passageway.  
   
   
       15 . The toilet of  claim 13  wherein the aperture is threaded, and further comprises a screw removeably engageable with the threaded aperture.  
   
   
       16 . The toilet of  claim 15  further comprising an O ring seated between the screw and the upper surface to provide a water tight seal therebetween.  
   
   
       17 . A toilet comprising a head disposed inside of a siphon passageway of the toilet, the head being traverseable between a non actuated position and an actuated position, the head being operative to push debris trapped within the siphon passageway back into a bowl of the toilet upon being traversed from the non actuated position to the actuated position.  
   
   
       18 . The toilet of  claim 17  wherein the head is normally in the non actuated position.  
   
   
       19 . The toilet of  claim 17  further comprising, 
 a. a cable, the cable having a sheath and a wire disposed within the sheath, the wire defining first and second distal ends, the first distal end being attached to the head;    b. a foot pedal affixed to a floor, the foot pedal attached to the second distal end of the wire, the foot pedal being operative to traverse the head from the non actuated position to the actuated position upon depressing the foot pedal.    
   
   
       20 . The toilet of  claim 17  wherein the head is flush with an inner surface of the siphon passageway.  
   
   
       21 . The toilet of  claim 17  wherein said toilet further comprises a band of absorbent material extending thereabout, said band of absorbent material being operative to absorb wastewater overflowing from said toilet.