Floor protection and cleaning in male toilets

A floor or floor element for use in a male toilet, comprising:

• a facing wall which a person faces when urinating;
• a grid on which a person may stand but through which fluid may pass downwardly, said grid comprising essentially an array of parallel members extending towards the facing wall, the top surface of each parallel member being rounded;
• an inclined sub-floor onto which a fluid falls, the sub-floor sloping downwardly towards the facing wall;
• mounting means for mounting the grid in a horizontal operational position above the inclined sub-floor;
• a channel along a base of the facing wall and a drain outlet in the channel for draining the sub-floor;
• and
• flushing means along an upper side of the inclined sub-floor for flushing the sub-floor along a downward slope to the channel.

A floor or floor element within the vicinity of a urinal comprising:

• a grid on which a person may stand but through which fluid may pass downwardly;
• a sub-floor onto which the fluid falls;
• mounting means for mounting the grid in a horizontal operational position above the sub-floor;
• flushing means extending along an upper perimeter of the sub-floor for flushing the sub-floor, said flushing means including a water passage between the sub-floor and the grid, said water passage having plurality of ports for delivering water to an upper edge of the sub-floor, wherein the ports are apertures in a wall of the water passage and an are at a level higher than said upper edge;
• and
• a drain outlet for draining the sub-floor, wherein
• the floor element extends as far as the urinal;
• the sub-floor is inclined downwardly towards the urinal;
• the flushing means flushes down the inclined sub-floor towards the urinal;
• and
• the drain outlet is at a lower edge of the inclined sub-floor.

A floor or floor element within the vicinity of a urinal and extending as far as the urinal, comprising:

• a facing wall which a person faces when urinating;
• a grid on which a person may stand but through which fluid may pass downwardly;
• an inclined sub-floor under the grid that slopes downward towards the facing wall;
• a channel and drain outlet at a lower edge of the inclined sub-floor for draining the sub-floor, the channel extending along the base of the facing wall;
• and
• flushing means extending along the upper perimeter of the inclined sub-floor for flushing the sub-floor, said flushing means including a water passage between the sub-floor and the grid, said water passage having a plurality of ports for delivering water to an upper edge of the inclined sub-floor, wherein the ports are apertures in a wall of the water passage and are at a level higher than said upper edge;
• and
• means for mounting to permit mounting of the grid in a horizontal operational position above the inclined sub-floor so that fluid passing through the grid falls onto the inclined sub-floor and is flushed down the inclined sub-floor towards the channel at the base of the facing wall.