# US 2025/0146262 A1 · Toilet cleaning tablet holder > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0146262 A1 - Document ID: US20250146262A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/928,974 - Filed: 2024-10-28 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-07 - Assignees: Scrub Daddy, Inc. - Applicants: Scrub Daddy, Inc. - Inventors: Aaron Krause; Perrin Bauder; Aleksandrs Titovs; Jared Sobel; Evan Bennis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250146262A1 ## CPC - E03D 9/032: {Devices connected to or dispensing into the bowl} - E03D 2009/024: {using a solid substance} - E03D: WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR ## Abstract An in-toilet dissolvable cleaning tablet holder which comprises a basket structured to contain the cleaning tablet. The basket is characterized by a bottom surface and at least one side wall, each incorporating aperture cutouts to allow contact between the tablet and the toilet bowl water. The basket is connected to an arm mechanism, which is configured for attachment to the rim of a toilet. The positioning of the aperture cutouts is such that, upon installation, the perimeter of at least one of the cutouts comes into contact with the toilet bowl. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An in-toilet tablet holder for a dissolvable cleaning tablet, the in-toilet tablet holder comprising: a basket for holding the dissolvable cleaning tablet, the basket comprising a bottom surface and at least one side wall, wherein an aperture cutout is formed through the bottom surface and the at least one side wall; and an arm mechanism attached to the basket and configured to attach to a rim of a toilet such that at least a portion of a perimeter of the aperture cutout is in contact with a bowl of the toilet, wherein the dissolvable cleaning tablet within the basket can contact the bowl of the toilet through the aperture cutout such that water from the bowl of the toilet can interface with the dissolvable cleaning tablet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 1, wherein the aperture cutout is angled with respect to the bottom surface such that the bottom surface is at an angle with respect to the rim of the toilet when the perimeter of the aperture cutout is in contact with the bowl of the toilet. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 2, wherein the angle is between 15 and 75 degrees. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 2, wherein the bottom surface further forms therethrough a plurality of ridged cutouts, and wherein each of the plurality of ridged cutouts are configured to act as a ledge to locate at least a portion of the dissolvable cleaning tablet in contact with the bowl of the toilet through the aperture cutout. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of ridged cutouts are substantially parallel with one another. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 2, wherein the bottom surface further forms therethrough a plurality of ridged cutouts, wherein each of the plurality of ridged cutouts are configured to act as a ledge to locate at least a portion of the dissolvable cleaning tablet in contact with the bowl of the toilet through the aperture cutout, wherein the at least one side wall further forms therethrough a plurality of side cutouts through which water from the toilet can flow, and wherein each of the plurality of ridged cutouts is connected to at least one of the plurality of side cutouts such that each of the plurality of ridged cutouts and side cutouts are formed by one cutout. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 6, wherein water can flow in to and out of the basket through one or more of the plurality of side cutouts. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 1, wherein the arm mechanism comprises: a base portion; an upper portion connected to and at an angle with respect to the base portion; a flat portion; an outer portion; and wherein the base portion is configured to attach to the rim of the basket, the upper portion is configured to maintain the basket at a predetermined height above the bowl of the toilet, the flat portion is configured to rest against the rim of the toilet, the outer portion is designed to rest against an exterior surface of the bowl of the toilet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 8, wherein the arm mechanism is configured to curl within itself, the curl facilitated by the flat portion being bendable downwards towards the basket and the outer portion being bendable upwards away from the basket; and wherein the arm mechanism is further configured to uncurl for placement over the rim of a toilet bowl. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 1, wherein the cleaning tablet within the basket may be configured to attach to a wand, said wand being pressable into the cleaning tablet, and wherein a force required for attachment is provided by the dissolvable cleaning tablet either abutting against the bowl of the toilet, abutting against the bottom surface of the basket, or both. ### Claim 11 An in-toilet tablet holder for a dissolvable cleaning tablet, the in-toilet tablet holder comprising: an arm mechanism attached to a basket and configured to attach to a rim of a toilet, wherein the basket is attached to the arm mechanism and configured such, when installed on the toilet, that a bottom surface of the basket is at an angle with respect to a top surface of the rim of the toilet, and wherein the bottom surface of the basket forms therethrough a plurality of ridged cutouts configured to act as a ledge to locate at least a portion of the cleaning tablet in closer proximity to a bowl of the toilet. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of ridged cutouts are substantially parallel with one another. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 11, wherein the basket further comprises at least one side wall comprising a plurality of side cutouts formed therethrough through which water from the toilet can flow. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 13, wherein water can flow in to and out of the basket through one or more of the plurality of side cutouts. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 11, wherein the basket further comprises at least one side wall, wherein an aperture cutout is formed through the bottom surface and the at least one side wall, wherein the arm mechanism is configured to attach to the rim of the toilet such that at least a portion of a perimeter of the aperture cutout is in contact with the bowl of the toilet, and wherein the cleaning tablet within the basket can contact the bowl of the toilet through the aperture cutout such that water from the bowl of the toilet can interface with the cleaning tablet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of ridged cutouts is connected to at least one of the plurality of side cutouts such that each of the plurality of ridged cutouts and side cutouts are formed by one cutout. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 15, wherein the aperture cutout is angled with respect to the bottom surface such that the bottom surface of the basket is at an angle with respect to the top surface of the rim of the toilet. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 15, wherein the angle is between 15 and 75 degrees. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 11, wherein the arm mechanism comprises: a base portion; an upper portion connected to and at an angle with respect to the base portion; a flat portion; an outer portion; and wherein the base portion is configured to attach to the rim of the toilet, the upper portion is configured to maintain the basket at a predetermined height above the bowl of the toilet, the flat portion is configured to rest against the rim of the toilet, and the outer portion is designed to rest against an exterior surface of the bowl of the toilet to stabilize the in-toilet tablet holder. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The in-toilet tablet holder of claim 11, wherein the cleaning tablet within the basket may be configured to attach to a wand, said wand being pressable into the cleaning tablet, and wherein a force required for attachment is provided by the cleaning tablet either abutting against the bowl of the toilet, abutting against the bottom surface of the basket, or both.