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From Invention Machine and the Case of the Failing Toilet Flapper:

The Siphon Flush device—

Inventors Wally Berry and David Pierson used Goldfire Innovator to come up with a design that uses air pockets to stop water flow while a toilet tank is refilling.

    

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