Urinal assembly

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a urinal assembly, and more particularly, to a urinal assembly having a urinal deodorizer that provides a continuous deodorizing effect, and simultaneously, is able to clean and disinfect a basin of a urinal device during flushing of the same.

2. Description of the Related Art

Urinal deodorizers are utilized to clean a urinal (not shown) and, at the same time, to mask unpleasant odors in a restroom. FIG. 1 depicts a conventional urinal deodorizer 5 that holds an amount of a deodorizing agent 6 therein.

The disadvantage of the abovesaid urinal deodorizer 5 is that the urinal deodorizer 5 can only perform its intended function on an intermittent basis. That is to say, the urinal deodorizer 5 is only activated to release the deodorizing agent 6 when the urinal is flushed such that the deodorizing agent 6 is mixed and flushed away with the flush water. If the urinal is not flushed for a long period of time, however, unpleasant odors will develop and linger in the restroom.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a urinal assembly that is capable of overcoming the above-mentioned drawback of the prior art.

According to the present invention, a urinal assembly includes a urinal device and a urinal deodorizer. The urinal device includes a basin, and plumbing that is one of manually and automatically operated to flush the basin. The urinal deodorizer includes a housing, a deodorizing agent supply unit, a first pipe, and an open-type air-freshening container. The deodorizing agent supply unit is disposed in the housing and has an outlet. The deodorizing agent supply unit is adapted to hold a deodorizing agent and to dispense a predetermined amount of the deodorizing agent. The first pipe has first and second ends. The first end is coupled to the outlet of the deodorizing agent supply unit. The open-type air-freshening container is coupled to the second end of the first pipe to receive and hold the predetermined amount of the deodorizing agent dispensed from the deodorizing agent supply unit. The air-freshening container is coupled to the plumbing of the urinal device and is operable to supply a portion of the predetermined amount of the deodorizing agent to the basin of the urinal device via the plumbing during flushing of the basin.

FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate the preferred embodiment of a urinal assembly 40 according to the present invention. The urinal assembly 40 includes a urinal device 50 and a urinal deodorizer 23.

The urinal device 50 includes a basin 55, and plumbing 16 that is one of manually and automatically operated to flush the basin 55.