Patent ID: 6233750
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
A toilet bowl ventilating apparatus, including:a housing having an interior cavity forming an air flow channel, the air flow channel having an inlet and an outlet;a receptacle for filter medium positioned across the air flow channel between the inlet and the outlet, such that air flowing from the inlet to the outlet must pass through filter medium positioned in the receptacle;a fan communicating with the air flow channel;a power supply;a switch for selectively supplying power from the power supply to the fan, whereby the fan moves air in the inlet, along the air flow channel through the filter medium and out the outlet; andan elongate plinth-like mounting arm having a first end and a second end, the first end being secured at a mid-point of the housing, the mounting arm having an air flow passage communicating with the inlet and extending from the first end toward the second end, the mounting arm having at least one bolt receiving aperture extending therethrough whereby the mounting arm is mountable to toilet seat mounting bolts of a toilet bowl, the mounting arm having an outwardly and downwardly extending elongated intake passage intersecting the air flow passage, such that the intake passage extends down into the toilet bowl, the intake passage being flexibly adjustable over 180 degrees to a selected orientation, thereby enabling the intake passage to change orientation depending upon whether the housing is positioned on the left side or the right side of the toilet bowl.