Patent ID: 7331066

Claim:
A modified toilet bowl to ventilate noxious odors emanating therefrom, comprising: an interior surface; an exterior surface; a toilet bowl rim having an upper rim comprising a first upper rim duct cast therein; a toilet seat and lid positioned on the upper rim; a plurality of air intake openings from the upper rim duct to the toilet bowl interior surface; non-collapsible, flexible hollow tubular means of uniform diameter running throughout the upper rim duct within the toilet bowl rim running throughout the upper rim, the flexible hollow tubular means communicating with the toilet bowl interior surface via the air intake openings from the upper rim duct to the toilet bowl interior surface, whereby the flexible hollow tubular means and openings provide an integral, waterproof and airtight passageway from the toilet bowl interior surface through the upper rim; a vent pipe connected to the flexible hollow tubular means and having an end extending from the toilet bowl exterior surface; a hollow flexible tubing having two ends with a first end connected to the vent pipe end extending from the toilet bowl exterior surface, and a second flexible tubing end; hollow tubular means connected to the second flexible tubing end; one-way valve means within the hollow tubular means; airflow means in line with the hollow tubular means; and activation means for the airflow means opening the one-way valve means.