Toilet aerosol containment device
OwnerPeter Ortizinventor
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Abstract
A fan structure comprising a plurality of abutting blades is attached to a compressible spring that is between a toilet seat and a toilet body. The fan structure has a first resting configuration, wherein the fan structure and blades are unfurled to cover a toilet portal, thereby trapping in odors. When pressure is applied to the toilet seat from a user sitting thereupon, the compressible spring contracts and the fan structure retracts to underneath the toilet seat, exposing the toilet portal for use in a second activated configuration. Cessation of compression allows the spring to expand and the fan structure to re-assume the first resting configuration.
Claims19
A toilet aerosol containment device, comprising:
- a fan structure attached to a compressible spring;
- a flat-sided cover attached to said compressible spring;
- said fan structure positioned in a first configuration which is unfurled and calibrated to cover a toilet portal when said compressible spring is in an expanded condition;
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- said fan structure positioned in a second configuration which is inwardly collapsed and calibrated to fit entirely underneath a toilet seat, thereby exposing said toilet portal, when said compressible spring is in a compressed condition;
- wherein compression of said spring causes said fan structure to switch from said first configuration to said second configuration.
A method of installing a toilet aerosol containment device, comprising steps of:
- attaching a face of a flat-sided cover to a compressible spring, said spring being bistable between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration;
- attaching a fan structure to said compressible spring, such that said fan structure is in a first configuration, which is unfurled and configured to cover a toilet portal, when said spring is in said expanded configuration;
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- attaching said fan structure to said compressible spring, such that said fan structure assumes a second configuration when said compressible spring is in a compressed condition, said fan structure being inwardly collapsed and calibrated to fit underneath a toilet seat in said second configuration, adapted to expose said toilet portal.
A toilet aerosol containment device comprising:
- a toilet body;
- a toilet portal within said toilet body;
- a toilet seat hingedly connected to said toilet body;
- a compressible spring extending between said toilet seat and said toilet body;
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- a fan structure substantially perpendicularly attached to said compressible spring, said fan structure comprising a resting configuration, wherein said fan structure is unfurled and covers said toilet portal;
- wherein, compression of said spring, caused by pressure applied to said toilet seat towards said toilet body, causes said fan structure to assume an activated configuration, wherein said fan structure is retracted underneath said toilet seat and said toilet portal is exposed;
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- wherein upon removal of said pressure on said toilet seat, said compressible spring resiliently expands and said fan structure re-covers said toilet portal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.