URINE BACKSPLASH DEVICE

• US 20160222642A1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peter Gavin Delaney
• Original Assignee: Peter Gavin Delaney
• Inventors: Delaney, Peter Gavin
• Granted Patent: US 10,066,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 13/005 Accessories specially adapted for urinals

Abstract

A device that mitigates urine backsplash in most types of conventional urinals. The device includes low-impact angled plates (or fins) to facilitate deflection and mitigate splash back from urine streams. In an aspect, a plurality of flexible or rigid plates are angled towards a user (e.g., sixty degrees), which allows for the urine stream to plane or glide across the respective plate surfaces and not splash back on the user.

Claims

1. A urine backsplash, comprising:

at least two legs that mount a plurality of plates substantially parallel to one another, wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to receive a stream of urine and direct flow of the streamed urine along a downward plane of the respective plates, and mitigate backsplash of the urine to a user.

2. The urine backsplash of claim 1, wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to form an angle from a plane supporting the backsplash and towards the user that is within the range of 10-85 degrees.

3. The urine backsplash of claim 1, further comprising a urine cake.

4. The urine backsplash of claim 1, wherein bottom portions of the plurality of plates rest on a urine cake.

5. The urine backsplash of claim 1 further comprising a reservoir to house a urine cake.

6. The urine backsplash of claim 1, further comprising a set of sensors that detect presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.

7. The urine backsplash of claim 6, further comprising a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that trigger upon the set of sensors detecting presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.

8. A urine backsplash, comprising:

a housing that can be placed over a urine cake, and has a plurality of plates substantially parallel to one another, wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to receive a stream of urine and direct flow of the streamed urine along a downward plane of the respective plates toward the urine cake, and mitigate backsplash of the urine to a user.

9. The urine backsplash of claim 8, wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to form an angle from a plane supporting the backsplash and towards the user that is within the range of 10-85 degrees.

10. The urine backsplash of claim 8, wherein the frame is cylindrical, and the plurality of plates are mounted to the frame within a circumferential area of the frame.

11. The urine backsplash of claim 10, wherein bottom portions of the plurality of plates rest on top of or above the urine cake.

12. The urine backsplash of claim 8 further comprising a reservoir to house the urine cake.

13. The urine backsplash of claim 8, further comprising a set of sensors that detect presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.

14. The urine backsplash of claim 13, further comprising a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that trigger upon the set of sensors detecting presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.

15. A urine backsplash device, comprising:

at least two legs that mount a plurality of plates substantially parallel to one another, wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to receive a stream of urine and direct flow of the streamed urine along a downward plane of the respective plates, and mitigate backsplash of the urine to a user;

a memory that has stored thereon computer executable components;

a processor that executes the following computer executable components;

a sensor component that senses the stream of urine; and

an alignment component that activates one or more servo motors to adjust angle of at least one of the plates.

16. The urine backsplash device of claim 15, wherein the alignment component adjusts the angle of the fins to reduce pressure applied to the fins by the urine stream.

17. The urine backsplash device of claim 15, further comprising a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that trigger upon the set of sensors detecting presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.

18. The urine backsplash device of claim 15, further comprising an audio component that emits sound upon the sensing component detecting presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.

19. The urine backsplash device of claim 15 further comprising a reservoir to house a urine cake.

20. The urine backsplash of claim 15, further comprising a set of sensors that detect presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.