URINAL ANTI-SPLASH DEVICE

• US 20180305916A1
• Filed: 06/29/2018
• Published: 10/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey Scott Crevier
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey Scott Crevier
• Inventors: Crevier, Jeffrey Scott
• Granted Patent: US 10,294,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 13/005 Accessories specially adapted for urinals

Abstract

A urinal anti-splash device including an anti-splash body sized and shaped to couple to at least a portion of a urinal. The anti-splash body may include a first portion, a second portion opposite the first portion, a longitudinal length extending from the first portion to the second portion, and an front surface extending the longitudinal length. The urinal anti-splash device also includes a base coupled to the first portion and configured to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular from the first portion. The urinal anti-splash device further includes a first plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the front surface of the anti-splash body and a second plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the base, the second plurality of protrusions configured to extend in the direction substantially perpendicular from the first portion of the anti-splash body.

Claims

1. A urinal anti-splash device, comprising:

an anti-splash body configured to be mounted vertically on a back wall of a urinal and having a plurality of protrusions that extend from a front surface of the anti-splash body;

a base attached to the anti-splash body at a coupling region formed between the base and the anti-splash body, the base being configured to cover at least a portion of a urinal drain and having a plurality of protrusions extending away from the base on a surface of the base that is contiguous with the front surface of the anti-splash body;

the coupling region is configured allow the base to move between a first position including the base oriented in a direction parallel to the anti-splash body and a second position including the base oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular from the base.

2. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 1, wherein the anti-splash body is of a shape different than a shape of the base.

3. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 1, wherein the base is removably coupled to the anti-splash body at the coupling region.

4. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 3, wherein the coupling region includes perforations between the base and the anti-splash body.

5. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of protrusions taper downwardly in a direction toward an front surface of the anti-splash body and the base.

6. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of protrusions on the anti-splash body substantially span a longitudinal length of the anti-splash body and define a plurality of protrusion voids between the protrusions of the plurality of protrusions.

7. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 1, wherein the anti-splash body includes a thermochromic material.

8. A urinal anti-splash device comprising:

an anti-splash body configured to be mounted on a back wall of a urinal, the anti-splash body including a plurality of protrusions extending from a front surface of the anti-splash body, wherein at least some of the protrusions have a base at the front surface of the anti-splash body that is wider than a top of the protrusion at the opposite end of the protrusion; and

a base that is attached to the anti-splash body and which is configured to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular from the anti-splash body to at least partially cover a drain of a urinal, and which further includes a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the base which are arranged to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to plurality of protrusions of the anti-splash body.

9. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, wherein the base is of a shape different than a shape of the anti-splash body.

10. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, wherein the anti-splash body includes an elongated shape of a flexible material.

11. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, further comprising at least one fastener that is sized and shaped to orient the anti-splash body in a vertical direction parallel to a vertical direction of a urinal wall.

12. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, wherein the base is removably coupled to the first portion by a row of perforations between the base and the anti-splash body.

13. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a perforated coupling region disposed between the anti-splash body and the base, the perforated coupling region configured to allow the base move from a first position parallel to the anti-splash body to a second position including the base being in the direction substantially perpendicular from the first portion of the anti-splash body.

14. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, wherein the base is made of buoyant material.

15. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, wherein the anti-splash body is a rectangular-like shape, and the base is a circular-like shape.

16. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of protrusions on the anti-splash body are of a variable length.

17. The urinal anti-splash device according to claim 8, further comprising an angled surface at a top of the anti-splash body that is configured to direct a flow of water from the back wall of the urinal over the front surface of the anti-splash body when the anti-splash device is mounted in the urinal.

18. A method of mounting a urinal anti-splash device within a urinal comprising:

providing a urinal anti-splash device including;

an anti-splash body configured to be mounted on a back wall of a urinal, the anti-splash body including a plurality of protrusions extending from a front surface of the anti-splash body, wherein at least some of the protrusions have a base at the front surface of the anti-splash body that is wider than a top of the protrusion at the opposite end of the protrusion;

a base that is attached to the anti-splash body and which is configured to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular from the first portion to cover a drain of a urinal, and which further includes a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the base, the second plurality of protrusions are arranged to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular from plurality of protrusions of the anti-splash body;

mounting the anti-splash body on the back wall of a urinal; and

placing the base over a urinal drain.

19. The method of mounting a urinal anti-splash device within a urinal according to claim 18, further comprising providing the urinal anti-splash device with the base being removably coupled to the anti-splash body.

20. The method of mounting a urinal anti-splash device within a urinal according to claim 18, further comprising bending the urinal anti-splash device at a perforated coupling region disposed between the anti-splash body and the base, the perforated coupling region configured to allow the base to move relative to the anti-splash body, including to move from a first position parallel to the anti-splash body to a second position substantially perpendicular from the anti-splash body.