Appliance for a Toilet Having a Flush Responsive Audio Player

Abstract

An appliance for a toilet having a flush responsive audio player plays preselected audio content keyed in response to a toilet flush event, the audio content having a meaning that is meant to induce a predetermined response in the user of the toilet. The preselected audio content may be pre-installed audio content, user-selected and installed audio content and/or user-generated, custom audio content. Any preselected audio content of copyrighted or un-copyrighted material may be employed in accord with the principles of the present invention

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An appliance for use in proximity to a toilet that transforms the bathroom experience into a more enjoyable and/or informative experience, comprising:
 a flush responsive audio player having a library of at least one track of preselected audio content that is operative in response to flushing of the toilet to play a track of its library of at least one track of audio content in such a way as to key the playing of the track of audio content to the flush sound made by the toilet so that the user experiences two sounds in close succession, initially the flush sound, incident to toilet use, and subsequently the track of audio content keyed to respond to the flush event, the track of audio content having a meaning that is meant to induce a predetermined response in the user of the toilet.   
     
     
         2 . The invention of  claim 1 , wherein the audio content keyed to the flush sound is meant to induce one of humor, to be motivational, and to be propaedeutic of good hygienic practices. 
     
     
         3 . The invention of  claim 1 , further including a casing providing a protective housing for the flush responsive audio player that is adapted for removable mounting to the toilet. 
     
     
         4 . The invention of  claim 1 , wherein the preselected audio content of the library of preselected audio content includes pre-installed audio content. 
     
     
         5 . The invention of  claim 1 , wherein the preselected audio content of the library of preselected audio content includes user-installed audio content. 
     
     
         6 . The invention of  claim 1 , wherein the preselected audio content of the library of preselected audio content includes user-generated custom audio content. 
     
     
         7 . The invention of  claim 3 , further including means for mounting the housing casing to the toilet. 
     
     
         8 . An appliance for a toilet having a flush responsive audio player, comprising:
 a portable housing adapted for use with a toilet;   a flush event sensor responsive to evacuation of water from the toilet to provide a flush event signal representative that the toilet has been flushed; and   means mounted to the housing and coupled to the flush event sensor operative in response to a flush event signal to play preselected audio content keyed to respond to the flush event such that the user experiences two sounds in close succession, initially the flush sound, incident to toilet use, and subsequently the track of audio content keyed to respond to the flush event, the track of audio content having a meaning that is meant to induce a predetermined response in the user of the toilet.   
     
     
         9 . The invention of  claim 8 , wherein the portable housing includes a clamshell housing and means for removably mounting the clamshell housing to the toilet. 
     
     
         10 . The invention of  claim 8 , wherein the toilet has a water tank and wherein the flush event sensor includes an elongated wire adapted to extend from the housing into the water tank, where the conductor's of the elongated wire normally are submerged when the elongated wire is inserted in the tank. 
     
     
         11 . The invention of  claim 8 , wherein said play means includes a sound controller including a processor and an audio speaker carried by a printed circuit board. 
     
     
         12 . The invention of  claim 11 , wherein a memory storing a library of audio content is operatively coupled to the processor of the sound controller. 
     
     
         13 . The invention of  claim 12 , wherein the memory is internal memory and the library is at least one track of pre-installed audio content. 
     
     
         14 . The invention of  claim 12 , wherein the memory is external memory and the library is at least one track of user-selected audio content. 
     
     
         15 . The invention of  claim 12 , further including a microphone operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is internal memory and wherein the library includes at least one track of custom audio content user-generated by recording custom audio content via the microphone and storing it in internal memory.