Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons inventions 03/07

20070067897 - Deodorizing device for toilet bowls: A device for controlling odor from a toilet bowl has a housing primarily formed by a top member, a bottom member and a canister holding section for attaching to the bottom member. The canister holding section holds a canister having a nozzle for providing an odor treating spray from the... Agent: Law Offices Of David L. Hoffman

20070067898 - Folding slatted barrier for a swimming pool: The invention relates to a folding barrier which can be used as a fence around a body of water, such as a swimming pool (1). The inventive barrier essentially consists of at least one pair of articulated panels (2, 3) comprising a fencing panel (3) which is pivot fixed to... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070067899 - Laminar flow lighted waterfall apparatus for spa: A laminar flow waterfall in the form of a single or multiple streams of water, each exiting from a nozzle in the top edge of a spa. The laminar water stream is created by a venturi nozzle located in a plenum chamber. The inlet side of the nozzle has a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP

20070067900 - Jet for hydromassage baths: A jet (1) for hydromassage baths comprising: a collector group (2) suitable for being fixed to a wall of the basin of the bath; a water supply duct (3)communicating with said collector group (2); at least one air supply duct (4) communicating with said collector group (2); a flow conveyor... Agent: American Standard Inc.

20070067901 - Bathtub having sliding access door for the disabled and elderly: A bathtub has a doorway in a sidewall thereof. A door is slidably mounted to guides on guide followers mounted to both the door and the guides. The guide followers carry the door along a substantially horizontal translation along the sidewall between open and closed positions. A releasable latch and... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20070067902 - Adjustable mount for showerhead: A shower mount is mounted to a fixed shower arm in a bathing area for universally receiving a hand-held showerhead. The shower mount is connected to the shower arm and includes a base member with a fluid passageway in communication with the shower arm and a shower hose. Water flows... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070067904 - Jet for a shower cubicle: a nozzle (10) provided with an ejection hole (11) of the water in communication with said through channel (6), the pressurised water coming from the supply duct and crossing the through channel (11) being ejected through said ejection hole (11) of the nozzle (10) to produce a water spray inside... Agent: American Standard Inc.

20070067903 - Shower enclosure and base: A shower enclosure comprises a shower base (5) having a floor (6) which falls towards a side of the shower base (5), a waste outlet at said side of the shower base, and a drain channel (11) which extends exterior to the door (1) of the enclosure, and which is... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070061951 - Portable disposable urination capture device system and method of using: A portable disposable urine capture device system, comprising a exterior container having an interior surface and an exterior surface, an interior collection mechanism wherein the interior collection mechanism includes an open end, a closed end forming a base, closed sides, and an integrally attached substantially conical elongate shaft with an... Agent: Steven J. Goldstein Frost Brown Todd LLC

20070061952 - Toilet cover and seat structure: A toilet cover and seat structure including a seat body mounted on a toilet bowl, a toilet cover and a toilet seat. A first connecting seat and a second connecting seat are pivotally connected with the seat body. The toilet cover is detachably connected with the first connecting seat. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070061953 - Toilet seat cover scale device: A toilet seat cover scale device for weighing a person or an object includes, in combination, a toilet seat cover including hinges for hinged attachment to a toilet seat, a scale mechanism connected to the toilet seat cover, the scale mechanism having at least two force sensors located on a... Agent: Kenneth P. Glynn

20070061954 - Toilet lid safety lock: A toilet lid safety lock comprising a rigid base frame (46,32) adapted for slidable placement between a toilet seat assemblies mounting hinges and toilet bowl by loosening existing seat to bowl attachment fasteners (110a,b) and inserting either a side-mount embodiment (FIG. 2) for seat assemblies with distances approximately 2 inches... Agent: Timothy Joseph Watkins

20070061955 - Flush toilet: Providing a flush toilet wherein the amount of water supplied to the jet hole and the amount of water supplied to the rim section are independently controlled. The present invention is a flush toilet (1) for supplying flushwater from a flushwater tank, the flush toilet comprising a bowl section (2)... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070061956 - Handheld bidet: A handheld bidet has a body, a valve and a cleaning nozzle. The body has a tubular body and a valve seat. The body has a fluid channel defined through it. The valve seat is defined in a sidewall of the body communicating with the fluid channel. The valve is... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070061957 - Cover for a swimming pool main drain: A main drain of a swimming pool has a housing, a removable cover, and one elongated opening formed therein. In one embodiment, the housing is oval in shape with the elongated opening running parallel to the major dimension of the housing to provide a single extended opening that would be... Agent: Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, LLC

20070061958 - Boiler: The present invention relates to a sauna bathroom. At present, a commercial sauna bathroom is generally provided with apparatus both for shower-bath and pool-bath. With plenty of hot water drained in vain, a sauna bathroom is often gloomy and damp. To take a bath at home, no matter it is... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070061959 - Grab bar universal mounting plate: A grab bar assembly for mounting on a wall is provided. The wall includes a stud having an X axis perpendicular to a length of the stud and a Y axis parallel to the length of the stud. The grab bar assembly comprises a grab bar having a first end... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070061960 - Facial washer: A facial washer is disclosed to include a basin, which has a plurality of water outlets symmetrically arranged on the inside wall thereof at two opposite lateral sides, a plurality of adjustable jet nozzles, which are respectively mounted in the water outlets inside the basin for ejecting a respective stream... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070056082 - Ancillary anti-splatter adjustable urinals and related methods: Ancillary anti-splatter adjustable urinals and related methods are disclosed.... Agent: Lynn G. Foster

20070056083 - Ventilation system: The present invention provides in one aspect a ventilation system for removal of foul air from a toilet bowl, where the toilet is of the flush down type having a cistern storing water for flushing the toilet bowl and with a flushing pipe feeding from the cistern to the toilet... Agent: Bradley N. Ruben, PC

20070056084 - Powered toilet & seat assembly: The invention comprises a motorised toilet seat assembly allowing for the raising and lowering of the lid (102) or seat (101) in relation to user requests or automatic sensing (110). A remote control device (200) with touch switches or sensors (201) can be provided, which can communicate with control apparatus... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070056085 - Powered, side-attached toilet seat lift: The mechanism is a powered toilet seat lift that attaches to the side lip of a toilet and lifts the seat without modification to the toilet or seat. It consists of an attachment bracket, a linear actuator, a battery, and a remote control transmitter. An alternative to the linear actuator... Agent: Arthur C. Schlauch Jr.

20070056086 - Toilet seat gap shield: A toilet defines an open topped bowl and carries a toilet seat ring with a central opening that aligns with the open topped bowl. A shield is joined to the bottom of the seat ring, positioned at the front inner edge of the seat ring, such that the shield covers... Agent: Kyle W. Rost

20070056087 - Soaking basin having disposable liner: A soaking basin is provided having a disposable liner and a base unit. The liner defines an air chamber and a plurality of apertures defined in a floor of the liner. The base unit includes an air blower system connected to the liner such that air is forced out the... Agent: Tsircou Intellectual Property Law

20070056088 - Shower drain adapter: A shower drain adapter configured to allow use of a bondable waterproof membrane with a shower pan drain system comprises a drain body and a lower mating flange extending from the drain body. The lower mating flange is operable to mate with an upper portion of a body of a... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070056090 - Multi-functional shower head: The present invention provides a switching mechanism of multi-function shower head mounted on the inside of the main body of the shower head, cooperating to a water pressure relief valve set upon the inlet pipe; transferring stand covering on the top side of the main body possesses a tubing communication... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070056089 - Shower pipe incorporating a two-way valve, and two way valve for a shower pipe: The shower pipe comprises a flexible hose (2) connected to a two-way valve, which (comprises a body (3) inside which is accommodated a portion of a core (4) through which passes a longitudinal water passage (6). The valve comprises an actuating system (5) with a valve closure member, means (7)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070056091 - Portable wash basin: A portable wash basin designed for children 3 years and up. Said apparatus can be connected to sink and pedestal lavatories with functional plumbing features and include a concealed interior removable water reservoir container for temporarily holding of used, dirty or soapy excess water, which can be locked for child... Agent: Chi Chi Okezie

20070056092 - Swirl sink and method of use: The swirl sink is a wash basin having a molded lip, wherein the molded lip comprises a set of holes located at specified intervals. Each hole would have an angled channel that allows the water to flow out of the hole creating a swirling spiraling effect. Each hole would connect... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070056093 - P-trap drainage device: A P-trap drainage device having a tubular body and a plurality of internal angled vanes which direct water flow in a circular or whirlpool pattern has a short coupling portion having a coupling thereon, and an extension portion dimensioned and configured to fit within standard sizes of plumbing pipes. In... Agent: Barber Legal

20070050899 - Safety lid: An embodiment of the safety lid system includes a container having an interior chamber and a lid moveably connected to the container, an arm having a locking end is functionally connected to the lid, and a holding device having an interior channel adapted for disposing a portion of the locking... Agent: Charles J. Rogers

20070050900 - Toilet training stool: The toilet training stool has an elevated platform and a pair of sidewalls. The platform is elevated from the ground and curves from one end to other that may define a U-shaped recess that is dimensioned for abutting the base of any toilet. The platform acts as both a step... Agent: Michael Ries

20070050901 - Sealing ring structure of a sinkhole: A sealing ring structure of a sinkhole, which is inlaid in the sinkhole to achieve bugproof and odorproof effects. The sealing ring structure includes a base seat, a diaphragm and a gum ring. The base is a ring body having a screen section formed with multiple perforations. The center and... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc Suite 1404

20070050902 - Flushing controlling mechanism: A flushing controlling mechanism includes a toilet bowl having a trap, a room selectively communicating with the trap via a first waste pipe and a second waste pipe alternately communicating with the room, a hollow cylinder received in the toilet bowl, a first piston movably inside the hollow cylinder, an... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.a.

20070050903 - Magnetically coupled modular sauna: Improved, aesthetically appealing enclosure assemblies, such as dry saunas (20), are provided which eliminate unsightly threaded fasteners and other external connection hardware, while also affording an easy method of construction. The saunas (20) include a base panel (22), upright panels (24) and a top panel (26) cooperatively defining the sauna... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070050904 - Shower curtain hooks: An improved shower curtain hook has two hook portions, wherein individual hook portions each extend through openings in a pair of aligned shower curtain sheets. The shower curtain hook has rollers that have a cylindrical outer surface to roll along a curtain rod as the shower curtain is moved between... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.l.p.

20070050905 - Bathtub cushion with elastomeric gel and method of using same: A bathtub cushion and method includes an elastomeric gel with a matrix of intersecting buckling columns defining open ended cells therebetween. The cushion can have a foam mat with at least one recess to receive the elastomeric gel. A scrim can be coupled to the foam mat and can extend... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070050906 - Multifeature foot spa: A foot spa and a method for controlling the foot spa is provided. The foot spa has a housing defining a reservoir for retaining a volume of fluid, and a lid selectively covering a portion of the reservoir. The foot spa can have any combination of a remote control unit... Agent: Steven A. Garner, Esq. Conair Corporation

20070050907 - Overflow drain assembly for sanitary vessels: The present invention provides an overflow drain assembly for a sanitary vessel, wherein the vessel includes a bottom surface and at least one side surface depending therefrom, such that the surfaces together define a reservoir for receipt and storage of fluid thereby and at least one ledge is provided along... Agent: American Standard Inc.

20070044213 - Flushable urination assisting device: The present invention provides for sanitary use of public toilets. By using this device, women, children and disabled persons will no longer subject themselves to using unsanitary public toilets. The user holds the urination opening under the urine stream. The urine is collected in the device and flows through the... Agent: Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C.

20070044214 - Toilet seat with replacement cover: A toilet seat with a replaceable cover that may be placed on currently used toilet bowls in the usual fashion, whose outer form corresponds to that of toilet seats currently in use, and which consists of three parts: a base, attached to the bowl in the usual fashion, with an... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070044215 - Spring mechanism for toilet seat and toilet seat: A spring mechanism for returning a seat plate to a desired angular position relative to a toilet seat includes a rotatable pivot shaft mounted on the toilet seat and interactable with the seat plate so that the shaft is rotated whenever the seat plate is rotated over its angular travel,... Agent: Law Offices Of Jacobson Holman Professional Limited Liability Company

20070044216 - Toilet seat lifting apparatus: A toilet seat lifting mechanism is disclosed. The toilet seat lifting apparatus includes: a device for lifting a toilet seat of a commode from a lower position to an upper position; a device for lowering the toilet seat from the upper position to the lower position in a controlled manner... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070044217 - Dahlberg (toilet) connection: This invention is to replace the way conventional toilets are installed This installation does not use any conventional parts. It is designed to be installed through a hole in the floor using an extension of the toilet (manufactured on the toilet or adhered to existing toilets), which will go through... Agent: Gerald T. Dahlberg, Sr.

20070044218 - Means for covering the flange of a waste water strainer: A waste water insert has a cylindrical wall surrounding a vertical cylindrical bore. A horizontal flange extends outwardly from the upper end of the wall and has a lip formed on its outer periphery. The horizontal flange of the waste water insert is super-imposed over the horizontal flange of a... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070044219 - Means for sealing the waste water aperture of a fluid compartment: A strainer for a waste water aperture in a fluid compartment. The strainer has an upper end with a flange extending outwardly from the upper end and a downwardly extending wall. Positioned between the flange and the bottom of the fluid compartment is a compressible sealing member that secures the... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070044221 - Split pee ( splashless urinal insert): This invention is an insert for use in conventional urinals which prevents urine splash-back and assists in air freshening. This apparatus includes a finned design housed in a plastic or hard rubber frame which is inserted into a urinal with the bottom positioned at water level in the base of... Agent: Dexter Alan Wise Sr.

20070044222 - Portable sanitary device: The present invention provides a portable sanitary device comprising a sanitary device with removable water supply mechanisms and removable waste holding and removal mechanisms. The mechanisms include one or more tanks removably attached to the sanitary device and function to allow a user to wash or flush after a use... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070044223 - Human waste cleaning apparatus and method of using the same without hand contact with the anus: The cleaning apparatus of this invention is designed to provide an alternate means of cleaning after using the toilet to using toilet paper. For this end, cold and hot water pipes or hoses are terminated at a mechanical switch that regulates and balances cold and hot water. Then a water... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070044224 - Collapsible container with portholes: A portable swimming pool includes a base having a perimeter; a side wall erected upright, wherein the side wall includes a top and a bottom, and the side wall coupled to the perimeter of the base; and a plurality of portholes layered between a outer wall of the side wall... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070044225 - Portable shampoo apparatus: An apparatus and method for promoting a person's personal hygiene. In particular, the portable shampoo apparatus allows a person to easily wash a person's hair, who is laying in bed, with the least amount of discomfort on the in-bed individual. The portable shampoo apparatus includes a back support ramp which... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070044226 - Apparatus for causing milk-like bubbles to be contained in fluid: An apparatus for causing milk-like bubbles to be contained in fluid comprises an inlet and outlet of a high-pressure pump respectively combined with an input pipe and a connecting pipe; the input pipe is combined with an air entering pipe; the connecting pipe is combined with a high-pressure groove; the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070044227 - Shower stall: The shower stall is for use with a water source and includes an enclosure, a water distribution manifold, and a water pipe. The enclosure defines a shower space and includes a front entrance wall with a frontal access opening and a ceiling, the ceiling having a plurality of apertures therethrough.... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070044228 - Kitchen sink with integrated cutting board: A sink with an integrally molded recessed dish drain area adjacent to the sink basin and which incorporates an integrated reversible utility board that may be hinged or unhinged with the under side of the utility board providing a cutting board/work station surface which can conveniently and efficiently aid in... Agent: William S. Dorman

20070044229 - Infant tub with multipurpose base: A height ajustable tub having a body that is disposed to retain fluids, and a base with a first end and an opposed second end, both ends being disposed to provide support to the body. The body and base are configured such that when the second end of the base... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070044230 - Bath drain closure assembly: A bath drain assembly for use with a bathtub having a drain closure device mounted to a bottom drain and a movable actuating member engaging the drain closure device such that the drain closure device is toggled between open an closed positions when activated. A control device is in electronic... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070044231 - A motor activated bathtub drain closure: A motor activated bathtub drain closure is associated with the bathtub having a bottom with a drain opening therein. A vertically movable drain stopper is mounted over the drain opening. A drain pipe is connected to the drain opening and is conventionally positioned below the drain opening. A motor having... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070044232 - Overhead cam faucet mounting system: A faucet assembly including a mounting base and an upper faucet assembly. A cam fastener releasably couples the upper faucet assembly to the mounting base.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP