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US 7,887,697 B2Granted
Aromatic drain device
AssigneeMark Mangrom
InventorThomas W. Worth
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Abstract
An aromatic drain device comprising a perforate retaining device defining a volume for retaining an aromatic media therein, the retaining device releasably secured to a removable drain cover and positioned to extend below the drain cover into the cavity defined by the floor drain wall.
Claims2
An aromatic device attachable to a drain cover for providing a pleasant fragrance for masking or elimination of odors emanating from a floor drain comprising:
- a perforated retaining device having a wall defining an open top adjacent the drain cover, the wall extending downwardly from the drain cover terminating in a closed end defining a bottom supporting a cylindrical aromatic solid having an axial opening therethrough;
- a threaded bolt having a head and a free end, the free end extending downwardly through a one of a plurality of openings in the drain cover;
- the aromatic solid axial opening encircling a portion of the threaded bolt free end passing therethrough;
- the threaded bolt free end passing through the bottom and engaging a nut for releasably securing the retaining device under the drain cover.
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A method of eliminating odors emanating from a floor drain comprising:
- passing a threaded bolt free end downwardly through a drain cover opening;
- inserting a cylindrical aromatic solid having an axial opening therethrough into a perforate retaining device positioned to extend below the drain cover, the retaining device having a bottom and further defining a volume therein;
- passing the threaded bolt free end through the aromatic solid axial opening;
- engaging a nut with the threaded bolt free end thereby releasably attaching the retaining device to the drain cover;
- engaging the drain cover with the floor drain.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.