The disclosure relates to ventilation devices and more particularly pertains to a new ventilation device for removing odors from a toilet.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a seat that may be hingedly attached to a toilet such that the seat may be sat upon. A venting unit is operationally coupled to the seat such that the venting unit may capture odors from the toilet and expel the odors to a remote location.
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
As best illustrated in
The seat 12 has an inner edge 26 and an outer edge 28 and the inner edge 26 has a plurality of openings 30 extending into the air space 24. The openings 30 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the inner edge 26. The outer edge 28 has a pair of apertures 32 extending into the air space 24 and each of the apertures 32 is positioned on opposite sides of the back arm 18.
A gasket 34 is attached to the seat 12 and the gasket 34 is positioned on the bottom surface 22. The gasket 34 completely covers the bottom surface 22 such that the gasket 34 may form a substantially air tight seal between the bottom surface 22 and the toilet 14. The gasket 34 may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material. The gasket 34 has a plurality of drains 35 extending therethrough. The drains 35 are spaced apart from each other and distributed around the gasket 34.
A venting unit 36 is operationally coupled to the seat 12 such that the venting unit 36 may capture odors from the toilet 14 and expel the odors to a remote location. The odors may be odors produced from defecation or urination. The venting unit 36 comprises a fitting 38 that has a first end 40 and the first end 40 is open. The first end 40 is insertable into a selected one of the apertures 32 such that the fitting 38 is in fluid communication with each of the openings 30.
A hose 42 is fluidly coupled to the fitting 38 and the hose 42 maybe fluidly coupled to an exhaust duct 44. The exhaust duct 44 may be a plumbing exhaust duct or the like. The hose 42 is rotatably coupled to the fitting 38 such that the hose 42 is inhibited from becoming kinked or damaged. A cap 45 is provided and the cap 45 is positionable within one of the apertures 32 that does not have the fitting 38 inserted therein.
A pump 46 is fluidly coupled to the hose 42 such that the pump 46 may urge air inwardly through the openings 30. Thus, the seat 12 removes the odors from the toilet 14. The pump 46 urges the odors through the hose 42 into the exhaust duct 44 thereby facilitating the odors to be expelled into the exhaust duct 44. The pump 46 may be an electrical air pump or the like and the pump 44 is electrically coupled to a power source 48. The power source 48 may be an electrical outlet or the like.
A switch 50 is electrically coupled to the pump 46 and the switch 50 selectively turns the pump 46 on and off. The switch 50 may be remotely located with respect to the pump 46 such that the switch 50 is accessible to be manipulated. Alternatively as shown in
In use, the toilet 14 is utilized in the convention of urination and defecation. The switch 50 is manipulated to turn the pump 46 on such that the pump 46 removes odors associated with urination and defecation. Alternatively, the switch 50 turns the pump 46 on when the seat 12 is sat upon. The pump 46 runs continuously while the seat 12 is sat upon. The pump 46 inhibits the odors from being detectable near the toilet 14.
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.
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