Suction cup article for a urinal screen
OwnerJeffrey Scott Crevierinventor
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Abstract
A suction cup article includes at least one suction cup unit having a suction cup, a neck, and a head. The head points in a direction away from the direction in which the suction cup is oriented to suction to a surface. The head has a point at a distal end of the head, and a base that is adjacent to, and wider than the neck. The head can be passed through an opening in a basin article such as a urinal screen, resulting in the neck being disposed in the opening, and the head, having a base that is wider than the opening, providing interference that holds the suction cup unit in the basin article. The suction cup unit can further include an arm that extends from the suction cup unit near the neck. The arm prevents the suction cup article from passing through the drain of the basin.
Claims15
A suction cup article for attaching a urinal screen to a urinal surface, comprising:
- at least one suction cup unit including a suction cup, a head, and a neck disposed between the head and the suction cup, wherein the head is generally conic having a point that is directed away from the suction cup, and wherein the head has a plurality of channels that extend from a base of the head adjacent the neck toward the point thereby defining an equal number of fins between the channels;
- and
- at least one arm connected to and extending from a position between the neck and the suction cup of the at least one suction cup unit in a direction generally perpendicular to an axis defined from the point of the head through the neck and suction cup.
A suction cup article, comprising:
- a suction cup unit having:
- a suction cup;
- a head;
- a neck disposed between the head and the suction cup;
- a base disposed between the neck and the suction cup;
- an arm connected to and extending from the base;
- and
- wherein the head is generally conic having a point that is directed away from the suction cup, and wherein the head has a plurality of channels that extend from a base of the head adjacent the neck toward the point thereby defining an equal number of fins between the channels, and wherein the fins are made of a resilient material such that the fins deflect into an adjacent channel when the head is inserted through an opening having a diameter smaller than the base of the head.
A suction cup article, comprising:
- a suction cup unit, having:
- a base;
- a suction cup extending from the base;
- a neck extending from the base opposite from the suction cup;
- an arm connected to and extending from the base;
- a conic head extending from the neck opposite from the base, the conic head having a base adjacent the neck that extends outward beyond the neck, the conic head having a point opposite from the base of the suction cup unit, the conic head having a plurality of channels that extend from the base of the conic head toward the point, and wherein the plurality of channels define a plurality of fins, each fin of the plurality of fins between two channels of the plurality of channels, and wherein each of the fins of the plurality of fins are configured to deflect to a side when the conic head is passed through an opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.