Drain treatment product and method of use
First Claim
1. A drain sanitizing article for dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running and standing drainage said drain sanitizing article comprising a housing, said housing having an inner wall, defining an opening in said housing for the passage of drainage over the article into the drain, and a bottom wall, said bottom wall cooperatively connected to said inner wall and forming a cavity in said housing, and a hardened aqueous soluble chemical sanitizing agent contained within the cavity of said housing, said sanitizing agent comprising (a) an effective amount of an antimicrobial sanitizer, and (b) an effective amount of hardener.
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Abstract
A drain sanitizing article (9) for reducing microbiological activity in drain runoff areas having a housing (10), the housing having an inner wall (16) defining an inner opening (18) in the housing, an outer wall (12), and a bottom wall (14) defining a central cavity (15) in the housing (10), a tear strip (20) for destructibly removing the housing outer wall and a portion of the bottom wall (14), a handle (30) spanning the inner opening (18) of the housing (10) and joined to the inner wall (16) of said housing (10); and a chemical sanitizing agent (40).
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- 1. A drain sanitizing article for dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running and standing drainage said drain sanitizing article comprising a housing, said housing having an inner wall, defining an opening in said housing for the passage of drainage over the article into the drain, and a bottom wall, said bottom wall cooperatively connected to said inner wall and forming a cavity in said housing, and a hardened aqueous soluble chemical sanitizing agent contained within the cavity of said housing, said sanitizing agent comprising (a) an effective amount of an antimicrobial sanitizer, and (b) an effective amount of hardener.
- 29. An article for dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running and standing drainage said drain sanitizing article comprising a housing, said housing having an inner wall defining an opening in said housing for the passage of drainage over the article into the drain, an outer wall, and a bottom wall, said bottom wall cooperatively connecting said inner and outer walls and forming an inner cavity in said housing for containing a chemical sanitizing agent, said chemical sanitizing agent contained within said housing inner cavity and comprising (a) an effective amount of an antimicrobial sanitizer, and (b) an effective amount of hardener, said article further comprising means for destructibly removing a portion of said housing, said destructible removing means patterned into said housing wherein tearing said destructible removing means affects removal of a portion of said housing thereby exposing said chemical sanitizing agent.
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48. A drain sanitizing article for dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running and standing drainage, said sanitizing article comprising a removable housing comprising an inner wall defining a central opening, said inner wall forming a cavity, said article further comprising a hardened aqueous soluble chemical sanitizing agent contained within the cavity of said housing, said sanitizing agent comprising from about 30 wt. % to 60 wt. % of a quaternary alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride and about 30 wt. % to 80 wt. % of an alkyl mono ethanolamide.
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