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US 5,689,842 AGranted
Bowl glow system
OwnerMichael A. Delaney, Jeffries Arnez Jonesinventors
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Abstract
A new Bowl Glow System for providing toilet illumination by way of a phosphorescent member affixed to a toilet bowl rim. The device includes a phosphorescent member affixed to a toilet bowl rim.
Claims6
A Bowl Glow System comprising:
- a phosphorescent member comprising a substantially flat rim portion having a substantially arcuate shape adapted for resting on the upper surface of a toilet bowl rim, said rim portion having an inside edge for orienting toward the interior of the toilet bowl and an outside edge for orienting away from the interior of the toilet bowl, said rim portion also having first and second ends for positioning on the upper surface of the toilet bowl rim;
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- affixing means for affixing the phosphorescent member to a toilet bowl rim, said affixing means including a pair of discrete inner flanges, each of said pair of discrete inner flanges being connected to said inner edge of said rim portion at one of said first and second ends, and a continuous outer flange extending along the entire outer edge of said rim portion, thereby permitting said flanges to embrace a portion of said toilet bowl rim.
A Bowl Glow System, comprising:
- a phosphorescent member;
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- a means for affixing the phosphorescent member to a toilet bowl rim
- wherein the phosphorescent member further comprises an upper and a lower surface and the lower surface is adapted to rest upon the toilet bowl rim in use;
- wherein the phosphorescent member further comprises first and second ends for positioning at opposite portions of the upper surface of the toilet bowl rim;
- wherein the phosphorescent member further comprises an inside surface for orienting toward the inside of the toilet bowl in use, an outside surface for orienting toward the outside of the toilet bowl in use, and wherein the means for affixing the phosphorescent member to the toilet bowl rim comprises a pair of opposing flanges located at each of the first and second ends of the phosphorescent member, wherein one said flange of a said pair depends from the inside surface and the other said flange of a said pair depends from the outside surface;
- wherein the phosphorescent member further includes an upper layer comprising a phosphorescent material and a lower layer comprising a material for providing friction between the toilet rim and the phosphorescent member;
- wherein each of the opposing flanges further comprises an inner flange surface adapted to be oriented toward the toilet bowl rim, and protrusions disposed opposite each other on each inner flange surface of opposing flanges to grip said toilet bowl rim.
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