Patent ID: 7797768
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
1. A splash guard for containing the contents of a toilet having a toilet bowl, a rim, and a toilet seat, during plunging said toilet bowl with a plunger having an elongated handle and a plunger bulb, comprising: a substantially ovular pliable shield having a top side, a bottom side, a peripheral edge and a blunted posterior end, said pliable shield having a size from 5-20% greater than the size of said toilet seat; a drape member having an upper edge, a bottom edge, and a distance between said upper edge and said bottom edge of 3 to 8 inches; and a resilient element; the top edge of the drape member circumferentially affixed to the peripheral edge of the pliable shield at a seam, said resilient element being tensioned and operatively affixed along the length of said seam but said elastic element not being affixed across the seam at said blunted end; said pliable shield further having a minor opening sized and positioned for slideably receiving a plunger handle, whereby when the splash guard is positioned on the underside of the toilet seat and the resilient element is stretched outwardly, and then upwardly to engage the top of the toilet seat, the top of the pliable shield covers the bottom of the toilet seat and is held in position by the tension in the resilient member, and when the toilet seat is in the down position, the drape member drapes down sufficiently into the toilet bowl and in proximity to said rim so as to shield the rim from receiving splashes or waste during said plunging with said plunger handle having inserted through the minor opening from the bottom side of said shield.