Patent ID: 6330723
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
An air freshening toilet seat for reception atop a toilet bowl, comprising:a toilet seat body defining a seating structure for accommodating a weight of a user, said toilet seat body having a generally annular shape which presents an inner periphery and an outer periphery, said toilet seat body including an enclosed compressible chamber disposed therewithin, said toilet seat body being constructed such that a volume of said compressible chamber is compressed when the weight of the user is applied thereto; andreceptacle structure defining at least one reception chamber disposed in said seating structure, said reception chamber having an open input end disposed on a laterally accessible portion of said outer periphery of said toilet seat body and at least one opening in communication with said compressible chamber, said reception chamber being configured for receiving and removably accommodating an air freshening element containing an air freshening agent inserted through said input end and for at least partially restricting movement of the air freshening element held within said reception chamber, such than when the freshening element is received in said receiving chamber, a sufficient amount of air freshening agent is directed into the atmosphere about the user in response to a forced passage of air through said reception chamber generated by a compression of said compressible chamber resulting from the weight of the user being applied to said toilet seat body, the air freshening cartridge being slidably receivable in said reception chamber through said input end, said input end including a retaining lip for contactingly engaging a lower portion of an end of the cartridge to inhibit unintentional dislodgment thereof from the reception chamber when held therein.