Public restroom toilet seat sanitizing apparatus

Abstract

A dispenser discharging antibacterial, self-drying disinfectant solution is suspended from an inside wall of a public rest facility stall to transport the solution through a length of tubing to an inlet port at a rear or side surface of a toilet seat in filling a hollow therein below an opening in the top surface of the seat in introducing the disinfectant solution to be spread about the top surface in cleansing it of any generally sexually transmitted germs, viruses and bacteria that might be present.

1 . The combination comprising: 
 a toilet seat on a commode within a walled-in stall of a public rest facility, said toilet seat having a hollow between top and bottom surfaces thereof;    a dispenser containing an antibacterial, self-drying disinfectant solution suspended from an inside wall of said stall;    an inlet port on one of rear and side surfaces of said seat communicating inwardly with said hollow;    a length of tubing extending between an outlet port of said dispenser and said inlet port on said seat;    an opening in said top surface of said seat overlying said hollow; and    means for actuating said dispenser to discharge said disinfectant solution from said dispenser through said tubing, said inlet port and said hollow to exit onto said top surface of said seat via said opening therein;    the apparatus being characterized in said disinfectant solution sanitizing said seat of generally sexually transmitted germs, viruses and bacteria.    
   
   
       2 . The combination of  claim 1  wherein said length of tubing is one of a plastic and stainless steel composition.  
   
   
       3 . The combination of  claim 2  wherein said length of tubing is of substantially ¼ inch outside diameter.  
   
   
       4 . The combination of  claim 1 , including a compression-fitted coupler between said inlet port and said length of tubing.  
   
   
       5 . The combination of  claim 4  wherein said inlet port is an NPT female thread.  
   
   
       6 . The combination of  claim 5  wherein said coupler is a ¼ inch inside diameter by ¼ inch NPT male thread compression 90°.  
   
   
       7 . The combination of  claim 6  wherein said coupler is one of a brass, plastic and stainless steel composition.  
   
   
       8 . The combination of  claim 1  wherein said dispenser includes a removable top for filling said dispenser to a 1-2 gallon capacity.  
   
   
       9 . The combination of  claim 8  wherein said means for actuating said dispenser includes a paddle responsive to an applied hand pressure pressing thereon for discharging a measured amount of disinfectant solution.