Antiviral commode
OwnerHenry Benedainventor
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Abstract
An antiviral commode has a base structure including a toilet water bowl having an upper rim, a seat and top lid hinge mounted to the base structure a filter assembly including a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter disposed within a porous and metallic filter track housing mounted to the underside of the toilet top lid concentric to the toilet seat making uniform surface contact on one end with the top surface of the toilet seat when the toilet seat and top lid are closed, electronics for initiating flushing, a power source for powering the electronics, and at least one visual indicia for notification of state.
Claims15
An antiviral commode, comprising:
- a base structure including a toilet water bowl having an upper rim;
- a toilet seat having a hinge mounted to the base structure and centrally aligned to the upper rim;
- a toilet top lid mounted to the toilet seat via the hinge;
- a filter assembly including a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter disposed within a porous and metallic filter track housing composed of, the assembly mounted to an underside of the toilet top lid, the filter assembly making uniform surface contact on one end with the top surface of the toilet seat when the toilet seat and top lid are closed;
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- an electronics compartment having an internal volume for containing electronics for initiating flushing, a power source for powering the electronics, and at least one visual indicia for notification of state;
- characterized in that a manual or electronically initiated flushing sequence with the toilet seat and toilet top lid closed forces contaminated air within the toilet water bowl to rise upon refilling of the water bowl from a connected source of water and to exit laterally through the filter assembly along the periphery thereof to the outside of the base structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.