Urine deflector

• US 5,625,905 A
• Filed: 08/28/1995
• Issued: 05/06/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Woods, Michael C.
• Original Assignee: Woods, Michael C.
• Inventors: Woods, Michael C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Charles E.
• Application Number:
  US08/519,724
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 4/300.3, 4/658, 4/DIG. 5
• US Class Current: 4/300.3
• 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

Abstract

A new and improved urine deflector for eliminating the splatter of urine on surfaces of a toilet bowl and toilet seat when males urinate from a standing position. The invention comprises a collar having paired opposed arcuate sections and paired opposed elongated sections together forming a generally oval configuration. Further included is an inner flange disposed downward from an inner edge of the collar. The flange is in generally frictional communication with an interior edge of the toilet bowl for ease of removal, cleaning, and reinstallation. A baffle is oriented on an outer edge of a rearward arcuate section of the collar. The baffle redirects urine away from a hinged section of the toilet seat. Also included is a lip extending upwardly from the outer perimeter of the collar. Finally, the device is fabricated from an elastomeric material, preferably plastic.

Claims

1. A new and improved device for eliminating the splatter of urine on exterior surfaces of a toilet bowl and a hinged section on an attached toilet seat when males urinate from a standing position comprising in combination:

a collar having paired opposed arcuate sections and paired opposed elongated sections that together form a generally oval configuration, said collar having an inner oval periphery and an outer oval periphery terminating at its rear end in a linear periphery;

a flange peripherally disposed from said inner edge of the collar, the flange being in generally frictional communication with an interior edge of the toilet bowl for ease of removal, cleaning, and reinstallation, wherein the flange extends downward around an entire inner circumference of the collar;

a baffle extending upwardly from said linear periphery of the collar such a distance so as to cover the hinged section of the toilet seat and adapted for redirecting urine away from the hinged section of the toilet seat, the baffle being pivotable about said linear periphery so as to assume an standing position when the seat is raised and a folded position when the seat is down;

a lip extending upwardly from the front outer periphery of the collar, the lip extending about a majority of the outer periphery of the collar and terminating at points adjacent the baffle;

the device being fabricated from a flexible elastomeric material.