Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons inventions 05/07

20070118980 - Pole plunger: The pole plunger includes a main shaft having an upper disc secured to an upper end and a lower disc secured to a lower end. The lower disc has a radius greater than that of the upper disc, allowing the user to select the appropriately sized disc which matches the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070118981 - Toilet apparatus with a vacuum breaker diverter: A toilet apparatus adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a fluid source comprises a toilet including a bowl, a fluid dispenser, and a flush valve. A spraying apparatus is further provided having a spray valve biased to a closed position, and can be adapted to dispense a fluid... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070118982 - Device and method for lifting: The subject invention generally involves a device capable of lowering an object, animal or person from one level to another. In general, the device of the subject invention utilizes one or more support arms pivotally attached by one end to a transport assembly. The opposite end of the one or... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070118984 - Curvilinear spa: A curvilinear spa shell includes a top edge defining four rounded concave corners and four convex side walls in a “clover leaf” like arrangement. Each rounded corner has a radius that exceeds twelve inches. The top edge is substantially symmetrical about an axes that extend through the center of opposing... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070118983 - Portable spa: The present invention is directed to a portable spa having a tray for centralized mounting of the various spa components. More specifically, the invention provides a portable spa or hot tub that utilizes a mounting tray for connection of the various spa components, including the ozonator, heater, control panel, and... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20070118985 - Sink saver: A tool cleaning accessory permits paint brushes, rollers and the like to be cleaned in a sink without damaging the sink. The accessory includes a container that has a bottom wall and an opening that extends completely through the bottom wall from the top surface to the bottom surface. A... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070118986 - Self-rinsing lavatory develle: The invention is a self-rinsing lavatory develle designed for a person with degenerative medical conditions and requiring minimal manual dexterity to operate and clean.... Agent: Lynn E. Murry

20070113327 - Toilet bowl odor eliminator: Battery energized apparatus mounted within the water tank for conventional flush toilet operates in any or all of three phases of operation to eliminate odors. During the initial phase, air from the toilet bowl is drawn from the toilet tank into a plenum to expose the air to UV radiation... Agent: C. Robert Von Hellens Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C

20070113328 - Auxiliary seat pad for an invalid: An auxiliary seat pad invented for an invalid to sit on a toilet, a stool and a chair, with which offers a higher seat position, safety, easy assembling, comfortable contact, and durability, comprises a rigid support plate, a stuffing body with the determined thickness deposited on said support plate, and... Agent: Cheng Juei-chuan

20070113329 - Garbage disposer replacement unit: A garbage disposer replacement unit includes a pre-rinse basket with food waste straining holes. A main body houses a tray slidingly suspended that retains small particles food waste via fine bottom perforations. The tray has a top opening larger than a drain diameter of an existing bus bowl in a... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070113330 - Flush toilet control system and related method: A control system for a flush toilet includes a water delivery device for delivering a source of flush water to a bowl. The control system includes a controller and a user interface. The controller is operative to control the toilet through a flush sequence in a first mode and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070113331 - Method of operating a multi-phase, high energy flushing system for optimal waste removal and bowl cleaning within a prescribed water consumption range: The present invention provides a method of operating a flushing system for efficient waste removal from and cleaning of a toilet bowl. In the disclosed method, a flushing system is provided that includes a pumping means having each of a rim diverter means and a jet diverter means in fluid... Agent: American Standard Inc.

20070113332 - Shower head structure: A shower head structure includes a front cover disc, a water outlet disc, a joint base, a water stopper body and a water stopper. The shower head body is installed to the joint base, and the water stopper body is connected to the water outlet disc, and the water stopper... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070113333 - Steam bath and resistance system employed: Steam bath and steam bath type resistance system (5) employed, composed by three rectangular base prisms with open bases, placed one into the other where the two first prisms (1) and (2) generate 120v and when third prism is placed ,(3) 240v are generated at the same time. Such prisms... Agent: Jeffrey Furr

20070113334 - Bath blanket: A bath blanket includes a first side and a second side. A first opening is located at a first end. A second opening is located at a second end. A coupler is connected to either the first end or the second end. The bath blanket is sized to fit within... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070113335 - Food preparation sink trash interceptor: A garbage disposer replacement unit for straining food waste comprises a drainage means fitted to one or more sink for transporting food wastes to a sewer system, a main body connected in series with the drainage means, the main body having a reservoir and a number of legs for supporting... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070107114 - Ventilation tube and accompanying system: The ventilation tube and system of the present invention comprises a ventilation pipe designed to properly aerate drainage systems and prevents overflow of system fluids into the atmosphere or onto the ground.... Agent: Melissa Patangia Lambert & Associates

20070107115 - Non-wobbling toilet seat: A retainer system and method of preventing lateral movement of a toilet seat in relation to a toilet bowl are disclosed. A retainer article having a base portion and an extender portion extending from the base portion is fastened to the underside of a toilet seat with a set of... Agent: Cozen O'connor, P.C.

20070107116 - Training potty liner: A training potty in combination with a potty liner. The liner has a multiple of accordion-type folds therein to accommodate differently sized potties. The liner has an upper collar to overlap an upper rim of the potty. The collar may be of a flat construction or may have accordion folds... Agent: Lynn Rae Zamberlan

20070107117 - Water fountain - swimming pool combination, and kit: A water fountain—swimming pool combination comprises a water fountain assembly and a water pump assembly. The water fountain assembly comprises a plurality of fountain water outlets interconnected by a common conduit, which common conduit and which water outlets are mountable in adjacency to an upper pool periphery. The water outlets... Agent: Meroni + Meroni

20070107118 - Foldable spa cover device: An improved automated spa cover lifting device and thermally efficient, foldable spa cover, the lifting device having a motorized expandable and retractable strut attachable to a spa housing and to at least one of two pivotal side arms that connect or support a folded spa cover to the spa housing... Agent: Richard Esty Peterson Patent Attorney

20070107119 - Pool drain safety devices and related methods: The novel enhanced pool safety device of the present disclosure increases safety around pools and prevents unnecessary drowning. The apparatus is disposed in a pool drain system and had been at least one blade connected to an axle and moved by the suction force provided by the filter system. As... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070107120 - Portable shower device: A portable shower device having a water tight cabinet with a built-in seat to accommodate a bather, an inflow means to direct water from a water source onto the bather, and a waste handling means to direct waste water out of the cabinet for disposal. The device is light weight... Agent: Anthony D. Pellegrini Rudman & Winchell, LLC

20070107121 - Tanning booth: A booth (2) for accommodating a person, the booth (2) defining a booth volume (4) and comprising: a base portion (6) and a top portion (8); flow means (18) for causing a downward airflow within the booth (2); projecting means (22) for projecting product into at least some of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070101482 - Toilet training device for small children: A toilet training device for children that is placed over existing toilet seats has handles that extend into and out of the training device. The handles are individually adjustable and are capable of assisting a child in being able to have a secure grip on the training device. Additionally, stand... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070101483 - Toilet seat paper setting method, apparatus therefor and toilet seat paper: A toilet seat paper setting method and device for a toilet seat wherein paper sheets can be easily supplied to and removed from the toilet seat. A toilet cover includes a paper cassette with paper sheets, which are placed to cover the seat surface of the toilet seat and stored... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070101484 - Non-clog shredder: Disclosed herein is a non-clog shredder that is used to shred solid matter entrained in a non-homogenous liquid-solid feed. In one embodiment of the invention, the shredder is located at the bottom of a toilet bowl and is used to shred solid disposable products such as napkins and diapers that... Agent: Ashok Tankha, Of Counsel, Lipton Weinberger & Husick

20070101485 - Canister flush valve: A canister type flush valve has an upright cup-shaped hollow float working under buoyancy forces without a captured air volume that controls the valve during a flush cycle. Hooded bleed openings at a bottom wall of the float can be sized and numbered to selectively control the closuring timing of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070101486 - Offset outlet flush valve and method for making same: An offset outlet flush valve has a valve body, the valve body having an inlet comprising an inlet aperture, an overflow tube socket comprising an overflow tube aperture, and an outlet comprising an outlet aperture. The outlet aperture of the valve body, and the wall that defines it, intersects a... Agent: Joseph S. Heino, Esq. Davis & Kuelthau, S.c.

20070101487 - Secure and hygienic shower/commode chair seat/cover and commode incorporating the same: A seat for use with a shower or commode chair includes a seat region including a contoured upper surface for supporting a user's buttocks and thighs, the upper surface including dual laterally spaced recesses in the upper surface to accommodate the user's thighs; and a lumbar support region behind the... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20070101488 - Ballast for an inflatable water slide: The present invention comprises an inflatable water slide for use with a swimming pool. In one embodiment, the inflatable water slide comprises an inflatable main body having a slide portion and a ballast extending downward from the inflatable body at or near the lower front end portion of the slide... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070101489 - Spa capacitive switch: A spa system controlled by capacitive sensing. In one implementation, a spa control system includes a capacitive sensor to receive input from a spa user. The capacitive sensor is operable to sense a change in capacitance due to an object being in proximity with the capacitive sensor. The system includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070101491 - Bathtub protector: A bathtub protector includes a layer of protective material to cover at least the upper surfaces and front surface of a bathtub, and a layer of adhesive material on a surface of the protective material for adhering the protective material to a surface of the bathtub. The bathtub protector may... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070101490 - Cover for use with bathing tub: A bathtub cover includes a flexible sheet defining a body opening for receiving a torso of a user of the bathtub. The sheet is suspended horizontally over an entrance opening of the bathtub by a suspension system which may include a support assembly which extends over the entrance opening, a... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070101492 - Mold and process for forming a desired wall surface: Shape structure or mold usable to form a desired wall surface includes a first region constructed for being attached to the wall; and a second region constructed for being located in an opening formed in the wall. The first region may be constructed as a flange and the second region... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070094777 - Reduced strain toilet seat: A toilet seat is includes a rigid base with a centrally located aperture disposed therein, sized for receiving and supporting a weight of a human in a seated position for use as a toilet seat. A top cover is affixed to the rigid base forming a gap between the top... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070094778 - Toilet support apparatus: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for supporting a wall mounted toilet with a toilet bumper in contact with the underside of the wall mounted toilet; an adjustable support leg having an upper end mounted to the toilet bumper; and a support foot mounted a lower end... Agent: Howard M Cohn Patent Attorney LLC

20070094779 - Three piece toilet maintenance kit: The three piece toilet maintenance kit. The kit consist of three tools and a holding container, the tools are important tools needed to service a clogged up toilet. The pump gun is the most important tool in this kit, it is deigned to extract excess water and unwanted waist in... Agent: Joseph Albert Dauphin

20070094780 - Apparatus for operating toilet flush valves: An automatic flush valve comprising: a linear actuator; an actuator rod in operable communication with the linear actuator; an actuator chain in communication with the actuator rod; a wheel anchor in communication with the actuator chain; a force compensating wheel in communication with the wheel anchor; a flush valve chain... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Blake

20070094781 - Water displacement device for toilet tanks: A water displacement device for a toilet tank provides a hollow container that is configured and arranged to hold liquid therein. The container has a fill spout for entry of the liquid and a fill cap to secure the liquid therein. The liquid may be water or a combination of... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20070094782 - Coin operating bidet response to user's selection: A user controlling coin operating bidet assembly is comprised of a coin handling system with a coin collector box and an electrically operating bidet. The coin handling system contains optical coin validator, solenoid valves, coin flaps, optical coin counter, electronic timer, and microprocessor controlling those parts according to the signals... Agent: Eugene Oak

20070094783 - Moving siphon pipe driving device in a flushing pot: The present invention relates to a toilet. More particularly, the present invention is directed to an apparatus for operating a variable siphon tube of a toilet, wherein operating reliability of the variable siphon tube can be primarily improved as well as a deodorizing structure can be provided and a rear... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070094784 - Spa air system: A spa system comprises a water jet having a water flow path and an air injection port in communication with the water flow path. An air system is fluidically connected to the air injection port. The air system comprises an air inlet port and an air inlet valve. An electronic... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20070094785 - Bathing assistance device: The invention of the application relates to a bathing assistance device which is for use externally of but in contact with a bath. The device includes a portion on which the assisting person can kneel and the device typically extends to and over the rim of the bath so as... Agent: Michael E. Sellers Gable Gotwals

20070094786 - Bathtub floor pad: A bathing pad comprises a compliant body, a support structure, a plurality of anti-slip members and a temperature sensing device. The compliant body includes end faces, a top face, a bottom face and side faces. The support structure includes a horizontally extending portion engaged with the bottom face of the... Agent: David O. Simmons Galasso & Associates Lp

20070094787 - Multiple-electric-eye induction faucet: A multiple-electric-eye automatic induction faucet includes two electric eyes installed on the faucet body. The signal emitting directions of the two electric eyes are not paralleled but intersected and formed with included angles, and respectively aligned to the bottom of the basin of a wash stand and passing through the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC