US 12,320,109 B2
Toilet freshener and nightlight
Bryce Johnson, Sandy, UT (US); and Ryan Relyea, Sandy, UT (US)
Assigned to Homemation, Inc., Sandy, UT (US)
Filed by Homemation, Inc., Sandy, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,757.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/246,717, filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086582 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. E03D 9/00 (2006.01); A47K 13/30 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21W 131/30 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 9/007 (2013.01) [A47K 13/30 (2013.01); F21V 23/0464 (2013.01); F21V 23/0471 (2013.01); F21V 33/004 (2013.01); F21W 2131/30 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet freshener system comprising:
a housing having a body and an arm:
the body comprising a top and a bottom:
an actuator mechanism;
a motion sensor for detecting movement near the body, the motion sensor being disposed on top of the body;
a void for receiving a fragrance dispensing container; and
a catch disposed in the housing for selectively engaging a fragrance dispensing container when the fragrance container is disposed in the body to selectively prevent the fragrance container from being withdrawn from the body and wherein the catch has a release disposed on the bottom of the catch such that pressing on the release moves the catch out of engagement with the fragrance dispensing container;
and the arm having a portion extending from the top of the body generally perpendicular to the body such that when the body is disposed vertically, the portion of the arm where the arm is attached to the body extends horizontally, and wherein the motion sensor extends to a position higher than the portion of the arm which extends horizontally from the body.
 
5. A toilet freshener system comprising:
a housing having a body and an arm:
the body comprising:
a motion sensor for detecting movement near the body, the motion sensor being disposed on top of the body;
a void for receiving a fragrance dispensing container; and
a catch disposed in the housing for selectively engaging a fragrance dispensing container when the fragrance container is disposed in the body to selectively prevent the fragrance container from being withdrawn from the body and wherein the catch has a release disposed on the bottom of the catch such that pressing on the release moves the catch out of engagement with the fragrance dispensing container; and
the arm extending horizontally from the top of the body with motion sensor being disposed higher than the arm as the arm it extends horizontally from the body such that when the arm is disposed on the toilet bowl the motion sensor is higher than the toilet bowl, and wherein the arm comprising a light, a sensor for determining if a person is sitting on a toilet on which the toilet freshener is mounted, and a dispenser for releasing fragrance into the toilet.
 
10. A toilet freshener comprising:
a body and an arm extending from the body, the arm being sufficiently flexible to be bent so that the arm will hold the body to the side of a toilet bowl, at least one of the body and the arm having, or being configured to receive, a fragrance dispensing container, and a motion sensor disposed on the body the motion sensor extending above the body and the arm when the toilet freshener is mounted on a toilet bowl, wherein the body has a void for receiving a fragrance dispensing container and a catch for engaging the fragrance dispensing container and preventing removal of the fragrance dispensing container from the body while the catch is engaging the fragrance dispensing container, and wherein the catch has a release disposed on the bottom of the catch such that pressing on the release moves the catch out of engagement with the fragrance dispensing container.
 
24. A toilet freshener comprising:
an arm for mounting the toilet freshener on a toilet; and
a body having a void therein for received a fragrance container and a catch disposed in the housing for selectively engaging a fragrance dispensing container when the fragrance container is disposed in the body to selectively prevent the fragrance container from being withdrawn from the body and wherein the catch has a release disposed on the bottom of the catch such that pressing on the release moves the catch out of engagement with the fragrance dispensing container to thereby allow the fragrance container to be removed from the void.