URINAL SCREENS

• US 20160122992A1
• Filed: 10/28/2015
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fresh Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Fresh Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Brown, Douglas S., Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,145,098 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 13/005 Accessories specially adapted for urinals
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/00 Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl A47K11/10; seats or covers for closets A47K13/00; body supports, other than seats for closets A47K17/02; devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C1/10 ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells cleaning, disinfecting or deodorising the seat A47K13/30
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/007 Devices for eliminating smells by diffusing deodorants in lavatories

Abstract

A urinal assembly having a frame and a plurality of posts or posts extending from the frame. The frame can include a plurality of openings. The openings can be defined by a plurality of sides and corners. The posts can extend from the corners and/or from the sides of the openings. In some embodiments, posts extend from a first face and a second face of the frame.

Claims

1. A urinal screen comprising:

a frame having;

a first face;

a second face opposite the first face; and

a plurality of openings extending through the frame between the first face and the second face;

a plurality of first posts extending from the first face of the frame; and

a plurality of second posts extending from the second face of the frame;

wherein a plurality of ends of the plurality of second posts form a base upon which the urinal screen rests when the plurality of first posts point away from a surface upon which the urinal screen is set; and

wherein at least half of the plurality of first posts are a same size and shape as at least half of the plurality of second posts.

2. The urinal screen of claim 1, wherein each of the openings is defined by a polygonal perimeter structure.

3. The urinal screen of claim 1, wherein each opening is defined by a perimeter structure having plurality of braces and corners.

4. The urinal screen of claim 3, wherein each of plurality of first posts extends from a corner of a perimeter structure of one or more of the plurality of openings.

5. The urinal screen of claim 3, wherein each of plurality of second posts extends from a midpoint of a brace of a perimeter structure of one or more of the plurality of openings.

6. The urinal screen of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of second posts extends from each of the braces of the perimeter structure defining the openings.

7. The urinal screen of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of first posts extends from each of the corners of the perimeter structure defining the openings.

8. The urinal screen of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of second posts extends from each of the braces of the openings and wherein at least one of the plurality of first posts extends from each of the corners of the perimeter structure defining the openings.

9. The urinal screen of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of second posts extends from a brace or corner of the perimeter structure defining each opening.

10. The urinal screen of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of first posts extends from a brace or corner of the perimeter structure defining each opening.

11. The urinal screen of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the frame in a direction perpendicular to the first face of the frame is less than one eighth of an overall thickness of the urinal screen in the direction perpendicular to the first face of the frame.

12. The urinal screen of claim 1, wherein, when the urinal screen is set upon a surface such that the first or second face of the frame is oriented toward the surface, the frame is positioned away from the surface by at least one third of a thickness of the urinal screen as measured perpendicular to the first face of the frame.

13. A urinal screen comprising:

a frame having;

a first face;

a second face opposite the first face; and

a plurality of openings extending through the frame between the first face and the second face;

a plurality of first posts extending from the first face of the frame; and

a plurality of second posts extending from the second face of the frame;

wherein the plurality of openings occupy at least half of a surface area of the frame as observed perpendicular to the first face of the frame when the frame is set on a flat surface.

14. The urinal screen of claim 13, wherein the plurality of openings occupy at least 75% of the surface area of the frame as observed perpendicular to the first face of the frame when the frame is set on a flat surface.

15. The urinal screen of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of first posts is substantially identical to one or more of the plurality of second posts.

16. The urinal screen of claim 13, wherein the perimeter structures of the plurality of openings occupy less than one fifth of a surface area of the frame as measured parallel to a first plane face of the frame, wherein the first plane face of the frame is a plane passing through the frame when the frame is set on a flat horizontal surface.

17. A urinal screen comprising:

a frame having;

a first face;

a second face opposite the first face; and

a plurality of interconnected cells, each cell having a polygonal shape with a plurality of sides and corners;

a plurality of first posts extending from away from the first face, each of the plurality of first posts connected to a side or corner of the plurality of interconnected cells; and

a plurality of second posts extending away from the second face of the frame, each of the plurality of second posts connected to a side or corner of the plurality of interconnected cells;

wherein each of the interconnected cells shares at least one side and at least one corner with another interconnected cell.

18. The urinal screen of claim 17, wherein the plurality of interconnected cells form a tessellation.

19. The urinal screen of claim 17, wherein a thickness of the frame in a direction perpendicular to the first face of the frame is less than one fourth of an overall thickness of the urinal screen in the direction perpendicular to the first face of the frame.