US 12,723,393 B2Granted

Urinal screens

AssigneeFresh Products, Inc.

InventorsDouglas S. Brown, Jeffrey A. Smith

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Abstract

A urinal screen can include a frame having: a first face; a second face opposite the first face; and a plurality of apertures extending through the first and second faces. The urinal screen can include a plurality of first posts extending from the first face of the frame and configured to at least partially dissipate splashing of urine that impacts the urinal screen; and a plurality of second posts extending from the second face of the frame and configured to at least partially dissipate splashing of urine that impacts the urinal screen; wherein: at least ⅓ majority of the plurality of first and second posts are parallel to each other; at least ⅓ of the plurality of second posts are parallel to each other; and the at least ⅓ majority of the plurality of firsts posts extend at a non-perpendicular angle from with respect to the first face of the frame.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing a urinal screen, the method comprising:

providing a plastic or EVA material;
and
molding the plastic or EVA material into a urinal screen sized and shaped to be disposed in a urinal and including the following features:
a planar frame having a first side and a second side,
wherein the planar frame extends along a plane that is non-perpendicular to a first direction, the first direction being oriented at an angle of between 15 degrees and 75 degrees to the plane;
a plurality of apertures extending through the planar frame from the first side to the second side;
a first plurality of posts extending away from the first side of the planar frame, a longitudinal axis of each of the first plurality of posts extending along the first direction;
and
a second plurality of posts extending away from the second side of the planar frame, a longitudinal axis of each of the second plurality of posts extending along the first direction, such that the longitudinal axes of the second plurality of posts are parallel to the longitudinal axes of the first plurality of posts.

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A method of manufacturing a urinal screen, the method comprising:

providing a plastic or EVA material;
and
molding the plastic or EVA material into a urinal screen sized and shaped to be disposed in a urinal and including the following features:
a planar frame having a first side and a second side,
wherein the planar frame extends along a plane that is non-perpendicular to a first direction, the first direction being oriented at an angle of between 15 degrees and 75 degrees to the plane;
a plurality of apertures extending through the planar frame from the first side to the second side,
wherein the plurality of apertures are each defined at least partially by a perimeter structure, the perimeter structure comprising an upper portion, a lower portion, and a side wall extending from the upper portion to the lower portion, wherein the side wall extends along the first direction;
and
a first plurality of posts extending away from the first side of the planar frame, a longitudinal axis of each of the first plurality of posts extending along the first direction, such that the longitudinal axes of the first plurality of posts are parallel to the side walls of the perimeter structures of the plurality of apertures.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/165,524Filed 7 Feb 2023 · continuation
Priority: 20 Dec 2017
Published: US 2024/0011273 A111 Jan 2024
Granted: 1 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

E03D 13/005
Urinals ; Means for connecting the urinal to the flushing pipe and the wastepipe; Splashing shields for urinals: accessories specially adapted for…
B29C 45/0053
Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor: combined with…
B29C 45/0055
Combined with a final operation, e.g. shaping: shaping
B29C 33/0033
Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor: constructed for making articles provided with holes

Family

Application62/608,455Us provisional application · filed 20 Dec 2017
Application62/680,394Us provisional application · filed 4 Jun 2018
Application62/693,248Us provisional application · filed 2 Jul 2018
Application16/770,272Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 2018
PCT/US2018/066302Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 2018
US 2024/0011273 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Jan 2024
US 11,585,078 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2020/0378104 A1Published application
US 12,723,393 B2This patent

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