Patent ID: 6513172
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A47K,E03D

Abstract:
A splatter shield adapted to be mounted on the rim of a toilet, said toilet comprising a toilet bowl with a rim and a seat hinged for rotation between a down position on the rim of the toilet bowl and an up position angularly displaced from the rim of the toilet bowl, said shield comprising:a clip adapted to engage the rim of a toilet a hinge means at the outboard edge of said clip a lever attached to said hinge and extending inward and downward into the bowl of said toilet said lever supporting a strike pad for absorbing the impact of a liquid stream impinging upon it said lever biased by a biasing means to rise away from said clip, thereby raising said pad to a use position said lever engageable against the underside of said seat to compress said biasing means when said seat is in a down position, thereby to move said pad to a non-use position within the bowl of said toilet.