Urinal mat

• US 5,398,347 A
• Filed: 09/22/1993
• Issued: 03/21/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kandiah Mahanandan, Richard C. Luedtke
• Original Assignee: Kandiah Mahanandan, Richard C. Luedtke
• Inventors: Mahanandan, Kandiah, Luedtke, Richard C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walczak, David J.
• Application Number:
  US08/125,281
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 4/309, 4/301, 4/300.3, 4/658, 4/286, 4/287, 4/288, 4/289, 4/290, 4/291, 4/292
• US Class Current: 4/301
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 13/00 Urinals without flushing devices A47K11/00 ; Means for connecting the urinal to the flushing pipe and the wastepipe; Splashing shields for urinals
• 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: Y10S 4/05 Urine guards

Abstract

A urinal mat provided with upstanding baffles to decelerate a stream of urine impinging thereon. The base of the mat is contoured and flexible to conform generally to the geometry within the urinal. Openings through the base are provided to permit liquids to drain through. Optionally provided are upstanding posts to receive a cake of deodorant thereon. An alternative embodiment provides a depression in the base into which deodorant may be deposited during manufacture. A flexible flange depends from an edge of the mat to engage the urinal sidewall in order to direct flush water over the mat.

Claims

1. A mat for placement in a urinal having a back wall and a drain therein, said mat overlying the drain of the urinal, comprising

a curvilinear, non-circular base circumscribed by an imperforate flange,

the base having a central region thereon and a second region thereon,

said central region having a population of upstanding baffles thereon,

each baffle being spaced apart from the others,

each baffle comprising an erect thin member generally perpendicular to said base,

said baffles having distal ends thereof which form a textured surface upon said central region,

the second region having a plurality of openings therethrough,

said flange having a generally linear region therealong,

said linear region engageable with the back wall of said urinal,

said second region is provided with a plurality of upstanding posts thereon,

each of said posts exceeding each of said baffles in size.

2. The mat of claim 1 wherein

said mat is molded from thermoplastic impregnated with fragrance.

3. A mat for placement in a urinal having a drain therein, said mat overlying the drain of a urinal to receive a stream of urine directed into the urinal, comprising

a generally planar base contoured to be receivable within the urinal,

said base having a non-circular periphery,

said base having an upper surface thereon,

said upper surface having a population of elongate baffles depending upstandingly therefrom,

each of said baffles being of very small cross section relative to the transverse dimension of said base,

said baffles having generally small spaces therebetween,

said baffles engaging said stream of urine,

said baffles decelerating said stream of urine upon engagement thereon,

said base having a plurality of openings therethrough,

said base having a central region with said baffles mounted thereto,

said central region bounded by an outer region of said base,

a plurality of upstanding projections mounted to said outer region,

said projections being relatively larger than said baffles.

4. The mat of claim 3 wherein

said baffles are disposed in groupings, having voids therebetween.

5. The mat of claim 3 wherein

said base having a linear edge,

said base having a flexible flange member depending from the linear edge thereof.

6. The mat of claim 5 wherein

said linear edge of said base connected to said flange member by a flexible hinge.

7. The mat of claim 3 wherein

said baffles being generally coparallel.