Patent ID: 7676856
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
1. A device for controlling odor from a toilet bowl of a toilet, the device comprising: a) a housing; b) a canister having means having an opening for providing a substantially fixed predetermined amount of an odor treating spray when the means having an opening is moved relative to and toward the canister a predetermined amount, the odor treating spray being stored within the canister in a pressurized state as a fluid; c) a mount on the housing for removably holding the canister outside the bowl, in a friction fit and enabling the means having an opening to move relative to the canister; d) means on the housing for mounting the device on a rim of the toilet bowl; e) a resilient member on the housing for biasing a seat of the toilet in an upward direction when the seat is empty, and f) a link member for moving down to actuate the means having an opening in response to someone sitting on the seat to move the seat down against the bias of the resilient member, the link member causing relative downward movement of the means having an opening to the canister to actuate the means having an opening to emit the odor treating spray, wherein the link member has fixed thereto a conduit having a first end for communicating with the means having an opening of the canister and having a spray outlet at a second end for providing an odor treating spray into the bowl, and g) wherein the link member and conduit are initially disposed out of communication with the means having an opening, and wherein in response to the relative movement of the link member and conduit downward, the conduit communicates with and actuates the means having an opening to cause fluid for the odor treating spray to be emitted from the canister through the means having an opening and up into the first end of the conduit and to be sprayed from the second end of the conduit.