Claims
- 1. A mat for placement in a urinal having a back wall and a drain therein, said mat overlying the drain of the urinal, comprising
- a curvilinear, non-circular base circumscribed by an imperforate flange,
- the base having a central region thereon and a second region thereon,
- said central region having a population of upstanding baffles thereon,
- each baffle being spaced apart from the others,
- each baffle comprising an erect thin member generally perpendicular to said base,
- said baffles having distal ends thereof which form a textured surface upon said central region,
- the second region having a plurality of openings therethrough,
- said flange having a generally linear region therealong,
- said linear region engageable with the back wall of said urinal,
- said second region is provided with a plurality of upstanding posts thereon,
- each of said posts exceeding each of said baffles in size.
- 2. The mat of claim 1 wherein
- said mat is molded from thermoplastic impregnated with fragrance.
- 3. A mat for placement in a urinal having a drain therein, said mat overlying the drain of a urinal to receive a stream of urine directed into the urinal, comprising
- a generally planar base contoured to be receivable within the urinal,
- said base having a non-circular periphery,
- said base having an upper surface thereon,
- said upper surface having a population of elongate baffles depending upstandingly therefrom,
- each of said baffles being of very small cross section relative to the transverse dimension of said base,
- said baffles having generally small spaces therebetween,
- said baffles engaging said stream of urine,
- said baffles decelerating said stream of urine upon engagement thereon,
- said base having a plurality of openings therethrough,
- said base having a central region with said baffles mounted thereto,
- said central region bounded by an outer region of said base,
- a plurality of upstanding projections mounted to said outer region,
- said projections being relatively larger than said baffles.
- 4. The mat of claim 3 wherein
- said baffles are disposed in groupings, having voids therebetween.
- 5. The mat of claim 3 wherein
- said base having a linear edge,
- said base having a flexible flange member depending from the linear edge thereof.
- 6. The mat of claim 5 wherein
- said linear edge of said base connected to said flange member by a flexible hinge.
- 7. The mat of claim 3 wherein
- said baffles being generally coparallel.
Parent Case Info
The present application is a division of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/699,214, which was filed on May 13, 1991.
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