Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons inventions 04/07

20070089222 - Toilet and toilet seat mounting apparatus: A toilet including a toilet bowl having a bowl flange with apertures and a toilet seat. The seat has a seat ring configured to rest on the bowl flange and a seat mounting means, the mounting means having at least one ring portion extending from the ring, two flange portions,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070089223 - Closure apparatus and method of installing same: A toilet assembly that includes a bowl, a toilet seat member mounted on the bowl for movement between raised and lowered positions, and a tank mounted on the bowl. The tank is adapted to contain water for flushing the toilet and has a flushing apparatus for causing the water in... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070089224 - Releasable handle mechanism for a disposable toilet implement: A toilet tool generally includes a handle assembly and one or more disposable toilet tool implements such as a cleaning pad and a plunger cup. The handle assembly receives either the cleaning pad or the plunger cup with sufficient engagement to prevent inadvertent release during use yet is easily released... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070089225 - Toilet training system: A toilet training system is usable in both a child's sit-down toilet mode and a child's stand-up urinal mode. The system includes a child-sized toilet seat, a vertical curvilinear element, and a padded liner for the curvilinear element. The vertical curvilinear element functions alternatively as a backrest for the child-sized... Agent: Cyr & Associates, P.A.

20070089226 - Portable water therapy apparatus for large intestine: A portable water therapy apparatus for the large intestine has a positioning pad, a controller, an inlet tube, an outlet tube, and a nozzle and a switch system. The controller comprises a filtering device, a heating device, a pressure control pump, and a switch system. The inlet tube has two... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070089227 - Transfer seat with rotatable wing: The invention relates to a device and method for facilitating a portable commode user's transfer onto the commode by providing a transfer seat that includes at least one rotatable wing adjacent at least one side of a portable commode seating platform. The transfer seat includes a frame, a seating platform... Agent: John H. Thomas, P.C.

20070089228 - Apparatus and methods for removing insects from swimming pools and the like: Apparatus and methods for removing insects from swimming pools and the like.... Agent: Attn: Craig A. Slavin, Esq. Henricks, Slavin & Holmes LLP

20070089229 - Sauna room: The present invention provides a sauna room which allows to bathe at a low temperature by utilizing the far-infrared ray effect of a radiator and is superior in hygiene, in safety by avoiding the possibility of falling over and burning, in energy savings without losing the far-infrared ray effect and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070089230 - Waste-water heat recovery system: The present invention relates to a household heat recovery device and more specifically to a wastewater heat recovery unit, which absorbs residual heat from the water flowing onto the floor and down the drain of an ordinary household shower or bathtub unit. In one embodiment, the heat recovery device adapts... Agent: Peter A. Haas, Esquire

20070089232 - Cartridge assembly for a self-contained emergency eyewash station: A cartridge for an emergency eyewash stations is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a housing having a front section and a back section that couple together. The front section has a surface defining an opening into the housing. A sealed, fluid-containing bladder having a dispensing port is contained within the... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070089231 - Emergency eyewash station having a peircing mechanism to puncture a sealed fluid bladder: An emergency eyewash station is disclosed. The eyewash station includes a body portion and a reservoir contained within the body portion. The reservoir contains eyewash fluid and has a filling port with a sealed membrane thereon. An actuator assembly is connected to the body portion and is movable between an... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070089233 - Emergency eyewash station having an expandable bellows waste collection system: An emergency eyewash station is disclosed. The emergency eyewash station includes a reservoir containing an eyewash fluid and a mechanism for dispensing the eyewash fluid from the reservoir to wash an injured person's eyes. An expandable container is configured and arranged to collect used eyewash fluid after the eyewash fluid... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070089234 - Emergency eyewash station having an integrated head rest: An emergency eyewash station is disclosed. The emergency eyewash station has a pivoting actuator arm that includes a headrest assembly to properly position a user's injured eyes the correct distance from the eyewash fluid dispensing eyepiece.... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070089235 - Pump assembly for an emergency eyewash station: A pump assembly for an emergency eyewash station and method of retrofitting a plumbed emergency eyewash station is disclosed. The pump is configured into two parts, an impeller assembly and a drive assembly, that are configured to couple together. The impeller assembly is isolated from the drive assembly and can... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070083988 - Portable urinal system: A portable toilet for holding waste includes a base having an aperture, an insert for being mounted in the base. The insert includes a first collar coupled to a first container, a second collar, and a second container and the insert including a pad between the first container and the... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20070083989 - Anti-flushing diaphragm: An elastomeric anti-flushing diaphragm (80) having a cantilevered peripheral rim (84) is supported by and resides under a diverter (52) which is placed directly over the main or primary drain opening (44) in a top wall (40) of a urinal cartridge (22). As liquid passes under the diverter, a negative... Agent: Law Offices Of Clark D. Gross

20070083990 - Submersing bathing and transfer chair: Disclosed is an apparatus for a bathing and transfer chair that provides a stand alone wheeled chair that is configurable to engage a stand alone base, adapted to engage a bathing tub and lower the level of the chair thereby submersing the user in the bath water. The seat portion... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070079430 - Device to raise and lower a toilet seat: A device is depicted to raise and lower a toilet seat, the device having a rotation axis located under the toilet seat and which is attached or comes into contact with it; a lever attached to the rotation axis and which is moved by a user in order to convey... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070079431 - Ratcheted toilet seat and lid: The present invention provides a toilet comprising a locking component that locks a toilet component (e.g. a toilet seat or toilet lid) in an open, closed, or intermediate position. The holding or locking of the toilet component can be provided by a hinge, a spring, or some other appropriate manner.... Agent: Hani Z. Sayed, Esq. C/o Rutan & Tucker, LLP

20070079432 - Converting device for automatic toilet flushing and air deodorizing: The invention converts a conventional domestic toilet into a system with automatic control of flushing water quantity and air deodorizing without any change of an internal flushing mechanism. A sensing means generates a presence signal, if a user is present in a toilet usage zone. A reversible electric driver actuates... Agent: Isaak Shoikhet

20070079433 - Hydrotherapy assembly for a swimming pool: A hydrotherapy assembly including a connector and a jet device. The connector has a first portion directly connected to a return line port of the swimming pool and a second portion protruding in the pool. The jet device has a water entry port detachably connected to the second portion, an... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070079434 - Device for lifting a spa cover: A spa cover lifting device for removing and replacing a spa cover formed by two parts joined along a folding joint from a top of a spa having a plurality of opposite sides. The lifting device comprising a pair of brackets selectively engageable on opposite sides of the spa in... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070079435 - Portable bathtub barrier: A bathtub barrier (100, 300) is disclosed having a pair of extendable rod assemblies (110, 310) having pivotably nonskid end piece assemblies (112, 312) adapted to engage the sides of a bathtub, and a pliable panel (102, 302) interconnecting the rod assemblies. The rod assemblies include an inner tube (130)... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070079436 - Spa heating and cooling system: A spa is provide with a heat pump for both heating and cooling the water contained in the spa tub. The heat pump uses the existing water pump of the hydrotherapy system to circulate the water through the water heat exchanger of the heat pump. Condensation produced by the heat... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070074336 - Plumbing apparatus: A plumbing apparatus intended for unclogging a drain pipe. The apparatus includes a substantially rigid member and a compressible member, one of the substantially rigid member and the compressible member including a valve. The compressible member may seal a drain and the drain pipe and a fluid may be introduced... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070074337 - Urinal: An oil-based odor trap arrangement for a waterless urinal including (a) a bell trap tube received within a cavity situated in a lower portion of the waterless urinal, wherein one end of the tube is adapted to be removably attached to the cavity; and (b) a strainer having a body... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070074338 - Baby bathtub chair & kit: An infant high chair adapted for feeding, entertaining, cleaning, and attending to an infants waste evacuation needs within the safe confines of a bathtub. The chair has four telescoping legs for variable elevation of and supporting a seat with an orthogonal back disposed thereon and having an enlarged hole centered... Agent: English & Associates Attoneys At Law

20070074339 - Dish basin and cutting board: A basin for installation into an opening defined by a kitchen countertop, the countertop having a substantially uniform planar top surface, where the basin includes a wall defining a reservoir, a ledge disposed along at least a portion of the wall and a cover contacting the ledge within the reservoir... Agent: Charles T. J. Weigell

20070074340 - Disposable drain-board liner: The disposable liner is a mechanism that is made from a waterproof-based material which purpose is to proportionately cover the bottom piece of the dish drain board (as shown in FIG. 2) and thus, protecting it from grime and mildew. Ultimately, the dish drain board's life will be extended and... Agent: Karen Gill - Holder

20070074341 - System controlling shower water flow: The invented system controls hot and cold water flows to a conventional shower. It includes a soap dish; dish cover; fitting with interconnected lower and upper chambers having a through flow capable of interrupting by a ball, the lower chamber downwardly connected to the shower; a cross-shaped valve having a... Agent: Michael Tsipov