Device for use with floor drains

• US 8,409,433 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aromatic Drain Device, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Aromatic Drain Device, Inc.
• Inventors: Worth, Thomas, Mangrum, Mark, Forrest, Paul Bradley, Nifong, Justin R.
• Primary Examiner(s): CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT
• Application Number:
  US13/419,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20120266982A1
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• Field of Search: 422/255, 210/163, 210/164, 428/6, 428/9, 429/2, 429/4
• US Class Current: 210/163
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/68 by addition of specified substances, e.g. trace elements, for ameliorating potable water medicinal water A61K
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/126 Installations for disinfecting or deodorising waste-water plumbing installations
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 5/041 Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 5/06 Gully gratings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/794 With means for separating solid material from the fluid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49822 by applying force
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53943 Hand gripper for direct push or pull

Abstract

A device configured for being received within a floor drain is provided. The device includes a basket assembly containing a liquid-soluble treatment material therein. A drain cover defines an opening that receives the basket assembly. A basket assembly lid defines at least one aperture for allowing flow of liquid into the basket assembly, the basket assembly includes a flange for cooperatively engaging a recess defined in the drain cover to thereby engage the lid with the drain cover.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a basket assembly configured for containing a liquid-soluble treatment material therein, the basket assembly including a basket and a lid carried thereby, the lid defining a plurality of drainage apertures that allow flowthrough of liquid into the basket assembly for interacting with the treatment material; and

a skirt for covering the perimeter of a floor drain and defining a plurality of drainage apertures that allow flowthrough of liquid into a space defined between the skirt and a drain pipe, the skirt further defining an opening therein for receivably engaging the basket assembly, wherein the opening is sized to insertably receive the basket assembly.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the basket assembly further defines a shoulder configured for engaging with a cooperative groove formed in the skirt.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the basket assembly further defines a support to which the liquid-soluble treatment material is carried by.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the basket assembly defines a plurality of openings on a top portion thereof for allowing flow-through of liquid.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the skirt defines a ledge upon which the basket assembly rests when selectively engaged therewith.

6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising the liquid-soluble treatment material carried within the basket assembly, the liquid-soluble treatment material being configured as one of a pesticide, insecticide, fragrance, and a degreaser.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the basket assembly defines at least two vessels, each vessel being configured for containing one of the liquid-soluble treatment materials.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the basket assembly defines a plurality of openings on a top portion thereof for allowing flow-through of liquid and the skirt defines a plurality of openings for allowing flow-through of liquid, and

wherein the lid of the basket assembly and the skirt are generally flush and cooperatively form a floor drain cover.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the basket assembly includes a pair of opposingly, spaced-apart arms configured for engaging with cooperatively formed grooves in the skirt.

10. A device for placement in a drain having an inner perimeter, the device comprising:

a generally flat skirt configured for engaging a portion of a drain and defining a receptacle opening having generally linear sides; and

a basket assembly having a flange carried thereby with generally linear sides generally corresponding to the linear sides of the receptacle opening of the skirt such that the flange of the basket assembly and the skirt have generally flush upper surfaces when the basket assembly is received within the skirt and cooperatively form a floor drain cover, the flange dimensioned to releasably engage within the receptacle opening for support of the basket assembly by engagement of the flange with the skirt.

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein the lid and the skirt each have multiple drainage openings such that liquid can drain through the lid and the skirt, wherein the drainage openings extend into a space defined between the skirt and the drain pipe so that liquid can flow into the drainpipe.

12. A device according to claim 10, wherein the skirt comprises a support at least partially spanning the receptacle opening, the support at least partially supporting the basket assembly when the basket assembly is received within the skirt.

13. A device according to claim 12, wherein the support is defined at a lowered position relative to the upper surface of the skirt.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein, the basket assembly can be replaced without removing the skirt from the floor drain.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the basket assembly is removable from the skirt.

16. A device comprising:

a skirt for covering the perimeter of a floor drain and defining an opening therein, and further defining a plurality of drainage apertures that allow flowthrough of liquid into a space defined between the skirt and the drain pipe; and

a basket assembly having a basket and a lid carried by the basket for enclosing a floor drain treatment material therein and configured for being received within the opening, the lid and skirt defining generally flush upper surfaces when the basket assembly is received within the opening.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the basket assembly is translatable within the opening of the skirt.

18. The device according to claim 16, wherein the basket assembly is removable from the opening by pulling on one of the basket or the lid in a direction away from the floor drain.

19. A device for use with a floor drain connected to a drain pipe, the device comprising:

a basket assembly having a basket and a lid carried thereby for enclosing a floor drain treatment material therein, the lid defining a plurality of apertures that allows flowthrough of liquid into the basket for interacting with the floor drain treatment material; and

a skirt that covers at least a portion of the perimeter of the floor drain, the skirt defining;

(a) a floor drain engaging bottom surface;

(b) a plurality of drainage apertures that extend into the space between the skirt and the drainpipe so to direct flowthrough of liquid from above the skirt into the space between the skirt and the drainpipe such that a portion of liquid flows into the drainpipe without interacting with the treatment material; and

(c) an opening having a cross-section that generally approximates a cross-section of the basket assembly so that it is sized to receive the basket assembly;

wherein the basket assembly and the skirt define generally flush upper surfaces when the basket assembly is received within the opening to generally form a floor drain cover.

20. The device according to claim 19, further comprising a liquid-soluble treatment material carried within the basket assembly, the liquid-soluble treatment material being a degreaser that provides degreasing treatment to the floor drain when liquid flows through the basket assembly into the floor drain.

21. The device according to claim 19, wherein a bottom panel of the basket is free of a drainage aperture.

22. The device according to claim 19, wherein the basket defines a plurality of elongate drainage slots that extending longitudinally in a generally vertical direction when the basket assembly is received within the opening.

23. The device according to claim 19, wherein the basket assembly can be replaced without removing the skirt and without disengaging the lid from the basket.

24. The device according to claim 19, further comprising a liquid-soluble treatment material carried within the basket assembly, the liquid-soluble treatment material being a degreaser that provides degreasing treatment to the floor drain when liquid flows through the basket assembly into the floor drain,

wherein a bottom panel of the basket is free of a drainage aperture,

wherein the basket defines a plurality of elongate drainage slots that extending longitudinally in a generally vertical direction when the basket assembly is received within the opening, and

wherein the basket assembly can be replaced without removing the skirt and without disengaging the lid from the basket.