Patent Application
20240110371
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The disclosure relates to odor reduction devices and more particularly pertains to a new odor reduction device for inhibiting odors associated with defecation from rising out of a toilet. The device includes a plurality of couplers that are attachable to a toilet seat and a spray hose that is attachable to the couplers. The device includes a reservoir that contains a fluid and a pump that is fluidly attached between the reservoir and the spray hose. The pump urges the fluid in the reservoir outwardly through the spray hose when the pump is turned on and into the toilet to inhibit odors from rising upwardly out of the toilet.
The prior art relates to odor reduction devices including a variety of toilet deodorizer that each at least includes a reservoir positioned within a tank of a toilet to release a chemical deodorant into the tank of the toilet. The prior art discloses a toilet deodorizer that at least includes a spray nozzle mounted to a hinge of a toilet seat and a pump fluidly attached to the spray nozzle for spraying a chemical deodorant into a bowl of the toilet. The prior are discloses a power supply for a toilet deodorant that includes a housing a hook for suspending the housing on an edge of a tank of a toilet. The prior art discloses a support frame that is mountable to a toilet and which is structured to contain a can of aerosolized deodorant.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of couplers that is each attachable to a toilet seat. A spray hose is attachable to the plurality of couplers thereby retaining the spray hose on the toilet seat. The spray hose has a plurality of spraying elements each is integrated into the spray hose. A reservoir is provided that contains a fluid and a pump is in fluid communication between the reservoir and the spray hose. The pump urges the fluid outwardly from the reservoir and into the spray hose when the pump is turned on such that the spray hose sprays the fluid outwardly through the plurality of spraying elements and into the toilet when the toilet seat is in the lowered position. In this way the pump inhibit odors associated with defecating into the toilet from rising outwardly from the toilet.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A spray hose 30 is attachable to the plurality of couplers 12 thereby retaining the spray hose 30 on the toilet seat 14. The spray hose 30 has a plurality of spraying elements 32 that is each integrated into the spray hose 30 such that each of the spraying elements 32 is directed into the toilet 16 when the toilet seat 14 is in a lowered position. Each of the spraying elements 32 extends through an outer wall 34 of the spray hose 30 such that the plurality of spraying elements 32 is in fluid 44 communication with an interior of the spray hose 30. The spraying elements 32 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed from a free end 36 of the spray hose 30 toward a coupled end 38 of the spray hose 30. Furthermore, each of the spraying elements 32 might comprise a conical nozzle, a venturi or other type of atomizing spray element and the coupled end 38 of the spray hose 30 includes a fluid coupler 39 that is structured to insertably receive a nipple or other type of fluid connection.
The spray hose 30 is positionable in the clip 22 of each of the couplers 12 such that the clip 22 conforms to curvature of the outer wall 34 of the spray hose 30. Each of the spraying elements 32 has a hole 40 extending into a distal surface 41 of the spraying elements 32 with respect to the outer wall 34 of the spray hose 30. The spray hose 30 is positionable in the clip 22 of each of the couplers 12 such that the hole 40 in each of the spraying elements 32 is directed into the toilet 16 when the toilet seat 14 is in the lowered position. A reservoir 42 is included which contains a fluid 44 and the reservoir 42 has an outlet 46 thereby facilitating the fluid 44 to pass outwardly through the outlet 46. The reservoir 42 has a fill port 48 that is integrated into the reservoir 42 thereby facilitating the reservoir 42 to be filled with the fluid 44. The reservoir 42 is positionable on a support surface 50 adjacent to the toilet 16 and the fluid 44 may be water or other type of fluid that can be safely flushed down a toilet.
A pump 52 is provided and the pump 52 is in fluid 44 communication between the reservoir 42 and the spray hose 30. The pump 52 urges the fluid 44 outwardly from the reservoir 42 and into the spray hose 30 when the pump 52 is turned on such that the spray hose 30 sprays the fluid 44 outwardly through the plurality of spraying elements 32 and into the toilet 16 when the toilet seat 14 is in the lowered position. In this way the pump 52 inhibits odors associated with defecating into the toilet 16 from rising outwardly from the toilet 16 thereby enhancing the odor of a bathroom in which the toilet 16 is positioned. Additionally, the spraying elements 32 are structured to spray the fluid 44 in a wide fan such that the fluid 44 is evenly distributed around the bowl 42 of the toilet 16. In this way the fluid 44 inhibits odors from rising upwardly out of the bowl 42 of the toilet 16 thereby enhancing the odor of the bathroom in which the toilet 16 is positioned.
The pump 52 has an input 54 and an output 56 and the pump 52 includes an input hose 58 that is fluidly coupled to the input 54. The input hose 58 is fluidly coupled to the outlet 46 on the reservoir 42 thereby facilitating the pump 52 to urge the fluid 44 into the input 54 and outwardly through the output 56 when the pump 52 is turned on. The coupled end 38 of the spray hose 30 is fluidly coupled to the output 56 thereby facilitating the pump 52 to urge the fluid 44 into the spray hose 30. Additionally, the pump 52 may comprise an electric fluid pump or the like. A power button 60 is integrated into the pump 52 and the power button 60 is electrically coupled to the pump 52 for turning the pump 52 on and off.
A power supply 62 is electrically coupled to the pump 52 and the power supply 62 includes a first power cord 64 that is electrically coupled to the pump 52, a transformer 66 electrically coupled to the first power cord 64 and a second power cord 68 electrically coupled to the transformer 66. The second power cord 68 has a distal end 70 with respect to the transformer 66, a male plug 72 electrically coupled to the distal end 70 and the male plug 72 is pluggable into a power source 74 comprising a female electrical outlet 76.
In use, the reservoir 42 is filled with the fluid 44 and the power button on the pump 52 is manipulated to turn on the pump 52 when the toilet seat 14 is in the lowered position. Thus, the fluid 44 is sprayed into the bowl 42 of the toilet 16 to inhibit odors from rising outwardly from the bowl 42 of the toilet 16. In this way odors associated with defecating into the toilet 16 are inhibited from fouling the odor of the bathroom in which the toilet 16 is positioned. The pump 52 is turned off when the toilet 16 is finished being employed and the reservoir 42 is refilled with fluid 44 on an as-needed basis.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
