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US 5,175,890 AGranted
Apparatus and method for sanitizing toilet seats
OwnerSolomon J. Ruthinventor
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Abstract
A transportable sanitizing device is equipped with a liquid dispenser, tissue dispenser and spray gun, generally. The sanitizing device is initiated by removal of the spray gun and dispersement of disinfectant about the perimeter of a toilet seat followed by the application of tissue about the same perimeter removing the disinfectant.
Claims2
A toilet seat sanitizing device and mounting comprising:
- (a) a housing adapted to be mounted on a wall, said housing comprising two side walls, a floor, a back wall, a front wall and a removable cover wherein said two side walls of said housing extend below said floor of said housing wherein said extending two side walls are provided with means on the extended portion below said floor of said housing for mounting tissue dispensing means and wherein said housing is provided with a housing aperture through one of said side walls;
- (b) a liquid container provided with a first aperture and a cover adapted for combination and sealing engagement with said container, wherein said container and cover combination is provided with a second aperture and wherein said container and cover is configured for installation within said housing;
- (c) liquid dispensing means comprising spray gun means, fluid conduit means and fluid pickup means wherein said fluid pickup means comprises a tube within said fluid container, wherein said fluid conduit means is installed within said fluid container extending from the interior of said fluid container through said second aperture within said container and cover combination to provide a passage for fluid communication from said pickup means to said spray gun means;
- (d) a connection means adapted to connect with a portion of said fluid pickup tube which is passed through said second aperture to the exterior of said fluid container which is further adapted to extend through said housing aperture in said housing and to provide fluid communication from said pickup tube through said housing and through said fluid conduit;
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- (e) mounting bracket means on said front wall of said housing, said bracket means adapted to removably secure said spray gun means.
3 more elements
The invention of claim 7 wherein said mounting means comprises means for mounting a roller bar and wherein said tissue dispensing means comprises a roll of tissue paper adapted for mounting to said roller bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.