Splash guard toilet riser

Abstract

A splash guard toilet riser apparatus having a wall having a front portion has a concave indentation to reduce splash during toilet use. The splash guard toilet riser has a rear wall with a depressed elevation to allow for access to clean a toilet riser user. The splash guard toilet riser constructed of foam material and adapted to sit atop a toilet during use of a toilet.

Claims

1. A splash guard toilet riser apparatus comprising a wall having: an inner perimeter surface wall; an outer perimeter surface wall; a top portion; a bottom portion; a front portion; a back portion; a first side portion; a second side portion; and a void space; said first side portion opposes said second side portion, said first side portion and said second side portions are disposed between the front portion and the back portion; said void space is disposed between the first side portion and the second side portion and said void space is disposed between the front portion and the back portion; said front wall portion has a front wall height, said first side wall portion has a first side wall height, said second side wall portion has a second side wall height and said back wall portion has a back wall height; and said back wall height is less than said front wall height, said first wall height and said second wall height; said front portion comprises a concave indentation into the inner perimeter surface wall.

2. The splash guard toilet riser apparatus of claim 1, wherein the riser apparatus comprises an EVA foam selected from the group consisting of 70-90 Shore A and 40-60 Shore A.

3. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 1, wherein the riser apparatus comprises EVA foam 70-90 Shore A.

4. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 1, wherein the riser apparatus comprises EVA foam 40-60 Shore A.

5. The splash guard toilet riser apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion comprises a foam material.

6. The splash guard toilet riser apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion comprises an EVA foam selected from the group consisting of 70-90 Shore A and 40-60 Shore A.

7. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion comprises EVA foam 70-90 Shore A.

8. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 5, wherein the wall further comprises a lip attached to and circumferentially extending below the bottom portion of the wall.

9. A splash guard toilet riser apparatus comprising a wall having: an inner perimeter surface wall; an outer perimeter surface wall; a top portion; a bottom portion; a front portion; a back portion; a first side portion; a second side portion; and a void space; said first side portion opposes said second side portion, said first side portion and said second side portions are disposed between the front portion and the back portion; said void space is disposed between the first side portion and the second side portion and said void space is disposed between the front portion and the back portion; and said top portion of the wall comprises: a front top portion disposed above the front portion of the wall; a first side top portion disposed above the first side portion of the wall; a second side top portion disposed above the second side portion of the wall; and a back top portion disposed above the back portion of the wall, said back top portion is disposed lower than said first side top portion and lower than said second side top portion.

10. The splash guard toilet riser apparatus of claim 9, wherein said front portion comprises a concave indentation into the inner perimeter surface wall.

11. The splash guard toilet riser apparatus of claim 9, wherein the riser comprises an EVA foam selected from the group consisting of 70-90 Shore A and 40-60 Shore A.

12. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 9, wherein the riser comprises EVA foam 70-90 Shore A.

13. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim of claim 9, wherein the riser comprises EVA foam 40-60 Shore A.

14. The splash guard toilet riser apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion comprise a foam material.

15. The splash guard toilet riser apparatus of claim 14, wherein the wall further comprises a lip attached to and circumferentially extending below the bottom portion of the wall.

16. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 14, wherein the foam material comprises EVA foam 70-90 Shore A.

17. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 14, wherein the foam material comprises EVA foam 40-60 Shore A.

18. A splash guard toilet riser apparatus comprising a wall having: an inner perimeter surface wall; an outer perimeter surface wall; a top portion; a bottom portion; a front portion; a back portion; a first side portion; a second side portion; and a void space; said multiplicity of cavities disposed between the outer perimeter surface wall and the inner perimeter surface wall and said multiplicity of cavities extending from the bottom portion of the wall toward the top portion of the wall; said first side portion opposes said second side portion, said first side portion and said second side portions are disposed between the front portion and the back portion; said void space is disposed between the first side portion and the second side portion and said void space is disposed between the front portion and the back portion; said front wall portion has a front wall height, said first side wall portion has a first side wall height, said second side wall portion has a second wall height and said back wall portion has a back wall height; said back wall height is less than said front wall height, said first wall height and said second wall height said front portion further comprises a concave indentation into the inner perimeter surface wall.

19. The splash guard toilet apparatus of claim 18, wherein the wall further comprises a lip attached to and circumferentially extending below the bottom portion of the wall.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention can be best understood by those having ordinary skill in the art by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

(2) FIG. 1 illustrates a back and top side perspective view of one embodiment of the instant invention.

(3) FIG. 2 illustrates a front and top side perspective view of one embodiment of the instant invention.

(4) FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B illustrate a back and bottom side perspective view at slightly different angles of two embodiments of the instant invention, one not having a multiplicity of cavities and the other having a multiplicity of cavities.

(5) FIG. 4 illustrates a front planar view of one embodiment of the instant invention.

(6) FIG. 5 illustrates a side planar view of one embodiment of the instant invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND DRAWINGS

(7) Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Throughout the following detailed description, the same reference characters refer to the same or similar elements in all Figures. In this detailed description, reference is to a few embodiments of the instant invention, as illustrated in the accompanying and above-referenced drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process steps and/or structures have not been described in detail in order to not unnecessarily obscure the present invention.

(8) FIG. 1 comprises one embodiment of the instant invention that depicts a splash guard toilet riser apparatus 1 comprising a wall 2 having an inner perimeter surface wall 3, an outer perimeter surface wall 4, a top portion 5, a front portion 6, a back portion 7, a first side portion 8, a second side portion 9, and a void space 10. The first side portion 8 opposes the second side portion 9. The first side portion 8 and said second side portion 9 are disposed between the front portion 6 and the back portion 7. The void space 10 is disposed between the first side portion 8 and the second side portion 9 and the void space 10 is disposed between the front portion 6 and the back portion 7.

(9) FIG. 1 depicts the back portion 7 that comprises a depressed elevation 11 of the wall 2. The front portion 6 comprises a concave indentation 12 into the inner perimeter surface wall 3.

(10) FIG. 2 comprises one embodiment of the instant invention that depicts the splash guard toilet riser apparatus 1 comprising the wall 2 having the inner perimeter surface wall 3, the outer perimeter surface wall 4, the top portion 5, the front portion 6, the back portion 7, the first side portion 8, the second side portion 9, and the void space 10. The first side portion 8 opposes the second side portion 9.

(11) In FIG. 2, the first side portion 8 and the second side portion 9 are disposed between the front portion 6 and the back portion 7. The void space 10 is disposed between the first side portion 8 and the second side portion 9 and the void space 10 is disposed between the front portion 6 and the back portion 7.

(12) Similar to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 depicts the back portion 7 that comprises the depressed elevation 11 of the wall 2. The front portion 6 comprises the concave indentation 12 into the inner perimeter surface wall 3.

(13) FIG. 3A comprises another embodiment of the instant invention that depicts the splash guard toilet riser apparatus 1 comprising the wall 2 having the inner perimeter surface wall 3, the outer perimeter surface wall 4, the bottom portion 13, the front portion 6, the back portion 7, the first side portion 8, the second side portion 9, and the void space 10. The first side portion 8 opposes the second side portion 9. The first side portion 8 and the second side portion 9 are disposed between the front portion 6 and the back portion 7. The void space 10 is disposed between the first side portion 8 and the second side portion 9 and the void space 10 is disposed between the front portion 6 and the back portion 7.

(14) FIG. 3A depicts the back portion that comprises the depressed elevation 11 of the wall 2. The front portion 6 comprises a concave indentation 12 into the inner perimeter surface wall 3. And FIG. 3A depicts the lip 14 attached to and extending below the bottom portion 13 of the wall 2.

(15) FIG. 3B depicts yet another embodiment of the instant invention, the splash guard toilet riser apparatus 1, from a slightly different angle than FIG. 3A. FIG. 3B comprises an embodiment similar to the embodiment depicted in FIG. 3A, except in the embodiment of FIG. 3B, there are depicted a multiplicity of cavities 15 which are disposed between the outer perimeter surface wall 4 and the inner perimeter surface wall 3. The multiplicity of cavities 15 extend from the bottom portion 13 of the wall 2 toward the top portion 5 (not depicted).

(16) FIG. 4 depicts a front planar view of another embodiment of the instant invention showing the splash guard toilet riser apparatus 1 having the wall 2 having the outer perimeter surface wall 4, the front portion 6, the top portion 5, the first side portion 8, the second side portion 9, the bottom portion 13 and the lip 14. In actual use the lip 14 fits into the top and inner portion of a toilet bowl and the bottom portion 13 of the wall 2 sits atop the toilet.

(17) FIG. 5 depicts a side planar view of another embodiment of the instant invention showing the splash guard toilet riser apparatus 1 having the wall 2 having the outer perimeter surface wall 4, the front portion 6, the top portion 5, the back portion 7, the second side portion 9, the bottom portion 13 and the lip 14.

(18) In one embodiment of the instant invention, the apparatus is comprised of foam. In other embodiments of the instant invention, the first side portion and the second side portion are comprised of a foam material. In many embodiments of the instant invention, the foam comprises a foam material selected from the group consisting of EVA foam 70-90 Shore A and EVA foam 40-60 Shore A.

(19) The terms “certain embodiments”, “an embodiment”, “embodiment”, “embodiments”, “the embodiment”, “the embodiments”, “one or more embodiments”, “some embodiments”, and “one embodiment” mean one or more (but not all) embodiments unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “including”, “comprising”, “having” and variations thereof mean “including but not limited to”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The enumerated listing of items does not imply that any or all of the items are mutually exclusive, unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “a”, “an” and “the” mean “one or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise.

(20) While this invention has been described in terms of several embodiments, there are alterations, permutations, and equivalents, which fall within the scope of this invention. Furthermore, unless explicitly stated, any method embodiments described herein are not constrained to a particular order or sequence. Further, the Abstract is provided herein for convenience and should not be employed to construe or limit the overall invention, which is expressed in the claims. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims be interpreted as including all such alterations, permutations, and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.