Patent ID: 6588025
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
A toilet exhaust device for placement onto a standard commode having a movable toilet seat pivotally hinged to a bowl of the commode, said device comprising:a base mounted onto a top rear portion of the bowl of the commode; a vent chamber attached on top of said base of said device, said vent chamber including: a centrally disposed hollow core; an input vent collar defining an input vent hole; an output vent collar defining an output vent hole; a filter attached around said input vent collar, said filter in fluid communications between the air outside of said vent chamber and in fluid communications with said centrally disposed hollow core of said vent chamber; an on/off switch attached to said vent chamber; a spring attached to said on/off switch; and a plunger attached to said on/off switch and attached to said spring, said plunger is slidably connected to a back portion of the movable toilet seat, wherein when the movable toilet seat is pivotally moved upwardly to a horizontal lowered position then said plunger pushes into said on/off switch whereby placing said on/off switch in an enabled mode, when the movable toilet seat is pivotally moved into a vertical upright position then said spring pushes said plunger away from said on/off switch whereby retracting said plunger from said on/off switch thereby placing said on/off switch in an unenabled mode; a collection tube having a proximate and distal end, said proximate end of said collection tube is attached around said output vent collar, said collection tube is in fluid communications with said hollow core of said vent chamber; a housing, said housing including: a fore chamber; an aft chamber, said aft chamber is in fluid communications with said fore chamber; an electric fan attached to said housing, said electric fan defining the boundary between said fore and aft chambers of said housing; a input sleeve attached to said fore chamber of said housing, said input sleeve defining an input orifice, said input sleeve attached to said distal end of said collection tube, said input orifice of said input sleeve is in fluid communications with said hollow core of said vent chamber, said input orifice of said input sleeve is also in fluid communications with said fore chamber of said housing; an output sleeve attached to said aft chamber of said housing, said output sleeve defining an output orifice, said output orifice in fluid communications with said aft chamber; an activation switch attached to said housing, said activation switch is operatively connected to said electrical fan of said housing and operatively connected to said on/off switch of said vent chamber; an electrical cord attached to said housing, said electrical cord is operatively connected to said activation switch; and a plug attached to said electrical cord, said plug is operatively connected to said electrical cord; and a vent tube having a distal and proximate end, said proximate end of said vent tube attached to said output sleeve, said vent tube in fluid communications with said output orifice of said output sleeve of said aft chamber of said housing.