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Methods and devices for increasing urine stream accuracy
11626032 · 2023-04-11 · ·

A floating device acting as a target for enhancing the accuracy of a urine stream. When placed inside a toilet bowl, the target provides visual stimulation and cognitive reinforcement in response to contact with urine. The target may comprise a hull with a cavity. A reactive substance may be placed in the cavity of the hull. The reactive substance may provide a visual stimulation or cognitive reinforcement when contacted by the urine stream. A top portion may be fit against the hull to retain the reactive substance in the cavity of the hull. A barrier layer may cover at least a portion of the hull and/or the top portion. The barrier layer may be semi-permeable or selectively permeable to water when contacted by a urine stream from a user.

Temperature-controlled urinal module to prevent odors
11655624 · 2023-05-23 ·

A urinal module for installation in public toilets or private bathrooms, with the purpose of avoiding or reducing bad odors through the cooling of the contact surface of the urinal, where it impacts with the urine by the use of a cooling closed-circuit by direct expansion that includes a condensing unit and an electronic system of temperature control that are located in an external cabinet, separated from the urinal module. A centrally arranged water reservoir feeds the urinal module, each of which comprises a cooling streamer that leaves the condenser, enters through the back of the urinal closest to the cabinet and makes a journey through the inner back of the urinal to the point of contact with the lower reservoir of the same, resuming to the same point of entry of the urinal, from where it leaves, containing heated gas and returns to the compressor to achieve the closed-loop cooling effect. The temperature control of the urinal manages to form a thin ice protective layer, which will prevent the urine from vaporizing and, therefore, can be perceived by the sense of smell.

Systems, methods, and devices relating to a urinal
11686081 · 2023-06-27 ·

Systems, methods, and devices relating to urinal, in some examples having a movable portion able to pivot from a generally closed to a generally open position. The urinal may have a drain line engaged with a proximal end of the funnel for conveying urine and rinse water into a sewer line or a toilet bowl and a rinse line coupled with a water supply for rinsing urine therein. The urinal may be movable with the assistance of one or more sensors that may automatically signal other electrical or mechanical components to move one or more portions of the urinal, and may be include elements that seal portions of the urinal when not in use or during cleaning to reduce gas or liquid escaping from the urinal system.

Splash and Noise Reduction Assembly for Toilets
20230193612 · 2023-06-22 ·

A splash and noise reduction assembly for a toilet includes a pad coupled to a connection arm. The connection arm may clamp around and/or grip the rim of the bowl of a toilet. The pad may be held flush against the inner surface of the toilet bowl and may include protrusions. These protrusions may disrupt the momentum of a urine stream from a standing user, preventing and/or reducing splashing and/or noise. The connection arm may clamp around and/or grip various portions of the rim of the bowl of the toilet so that the splash and noise reduction assembly may be positioned variously around the bowl of the toilet. The connection arm may hold the pad against the inner surface of the toilet bowl above the typical water line, but still in the path of water dispensed from the rim during flushing such that ordinary flushing cleans the pad.

FLOOR SHIELD
20170314250 · 2017-11-02 ·

Disclosed herein is a floor shield which can be located above the floor below a urinal. The floor shield can protect a user's clothing, such as shoes and pants, from being soiled while using a urinal. In some embodiments, the floor shield can have a liquid absorbing mat contained between frame elements. The absorbing mat can easily be removed and replaced when the mat is dirty.

SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING BIOMATERIAL IN A VESSEL
20220054110 · 2022-02-24 ·

A system for hands-free collection of biomaterials, such as urine, in a vessel disposed below a closable port, the vessel being sealable by an at least partially automated sealing mechanism, the sealed vessel being transferable to a storage area. In general terms this application is directed to a hands-free, biomaterial collection system that is it least partially automated. In one aspect, a biomaterial collection system comprises a biomaterial capture area including a port, a collection area disposed below the capture area, a vessel disposed in the collection area and aligned with the port, and a sealing mechanism disposed in the collection area for sealing the vessel.

ANTI-OVERFLOW TOILET WITH AN INTERNAL DIVERTING WALL DIVERTING FLUSH WATER FROM A SECONDARY DRAIN INLET
20170314249 · 2017-11-02 ·

A toilet includes a bowl including a supply water plenum providing the water to the basin, a primary drain fluidly connecting and terminating at a drain passage and a secondary drain fluidly connecting the supply water plenum to the sewer drainage pipe. The secondary drain is separate from the primary drain and includes at least one secondary drain inlet that is disposed within the supply water plenum, a second drain channel, and a second drain outlet. The inlet permits rising waste water to flow from the supply water plenum into the second drain channel and out of the second drain outlet to the sewer drainage pipe separately from the waste water of the primary drain. The supply water plenum also includes a diverting wall located upstream of the secondary drain inlet configured to divert water flowing from upstream from flowing into the inlet.

Urinal screen
11255081 · 2022-02-22 ·

The present invention is a urinal screen that includes a main body having an extended upper surface, a corresponding extended lower surface, and a marginal edge portion integral with an surrounding the upper surface and the lower surface; a plurality of spaced apart apertures formed to extent through the main body to provide fluid communication between the upper surface and the lower surface of the main body; and a two-sided spreading layer attached to the main body for accepting a urine sample on a upper side and passing the sample to a lower side, opposite and each side containing a reagent that can react with glucose in the urine sample, as it passes through the two-sided spreading layer, to cause a color change in the reagent.

CARTRIDGE FOR A URINAL OUTLET
20170284074 · 2017-10-05 ·

A removable cartridge for a low or zero water urinal outlet comprises a body comprising a side wall including one or more locking projections projecting out from the wall. One or more resilient elements are provided in the wall and each resilient element includes one of the locking projections.

Splash Screen
20170218612 · 2017-08-03 ·

This invention relates to a urinal screen includes a partially top half covered surface of the urinal screen placed by a means for detaching, a plurality of slits is placed on a bottom half of the urinal screen and a plurality of detachable adhesive tabs to adhere the urinal screen on a plurality of sides from a top to bottom end of a front portion of a urinal. Further, the plurality of detachable adhesive tabs is an adhesive strip having a peel off back.