Splash and overspray guard

• US 5,216,760 A
• Filed: 05/14/1992
• Issued: 06/08/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brown J. Devon
• Original Assignee: Brown J. Devon
• Inventors: Brown, J. Devon, Hollenberg, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henery J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eloshway, Charles R.
• Application Number:
  US07/882,917
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 4/300.3, 4/658, 4/DIG. 18, 4/245.1, 4/245.3, 4/245.4, 4/245.5, 4/245.6, 4/245.7, 4/245.8, 4/245.9, 4/655, 4/656 , 4/658, 4/665, 4/515, 4/516, 4/519, 4/520
• US Class Current: 4/300.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 13/08 Covers with urine funnels
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 4/18 Bathroom fixture liners

Abstract

A portable splash and overspray guard has a substantially oval shape and includes a surrounding wall structure for catching and transporting accumulated waste fluids. The splash and overspray guard may be adhesively attached to a toilet seat for use with a toilet.

Claims

1. A portable splash guard for use on a bowl, having a rim, into which fluid waste, including waste water and urine, is directed, such as a toilet or wash basin, said splash guard including affixing means to hold said guard substantially stationary on said rim, and comprised of:

a. a trough connected to said affixing means and having a substantially U-shaped cross-section and adapted to be situated substantially exteriorly, and surround, said rim,

b. a baffle connected to said affixing means and adapted to extend substantially interiorly into said bowl from said rim and extend substantially about the interior periphery of said rim, and,

c. a substantially elongate member extending from said trough and adapted to extend vertically upward and posteriorly of said bowl when said guard is affixed to said bowl.

2. A splash guard according to claim 1 fabricated in a substantially moldable material.

3. A splash guard according to claim 2 in which said trough is below said rim.

4. A splash guard according to claim 3 in which a portion of said trough posteriorly situated in relation to said bowl is comparatively small and the bottom of which said trough is cambered laterally across the rear of said guard to provide laterally sloping drainage in said small trough portion.

5. A splash guard according to claim 4 in which said trough is hingedly connected to said elongate member such that, in the case that said bowl is part of a toilet, the associated toilet seat can be lowered for use without removing said guard.