System for venting odors from a toilet bowl

Abstract

Systems for venting odors from a toilet bowl include a toilet having a bowl defining a headspace and having a plumbing connection to a vent stack, a plurality of micro-vacuum pumps in fluid communication with the headspace of the bowl of the toilet and in fluid communication with the vent stack. The fluid communication with the vent stack can include a saddle configured to mount to the vent stack. The saddle has an elongate seat that includes a plurality of tubular taps extending therethrough at an orientation transverse to a longitudinal axis of the saddle, and a means for attaching the elongate seat to the vent stack. When the saddle is mounted to the vent stack, each of the tubular taps creates fluid communication between the interior of the vent stack and one each of the plurality of micro-vacuum pumps.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for venting odors from a toilet bowl comprising:
 a toilet having a bowl defining a headspace and having a plumbing connection to a vent stack;   a housing enclosing one or more micro-vacuum pumps in fluid communication with the headspace of the bowl of the toilet and in fluid communication with an environment exterior to a bathroom housing the toilet;   a plurality of hoses within the housing and connected to the one or more micro-vacuum pumps, wherein two hoses of the plurality of hoses are connected to a first of the one or more-micro vacuum pumps and each of the two hoses exit the housing;   wherein at least one of the plurality of hoses are positioned proximate and in fluid communication with the headspace of the toilet.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hoses are in fluid communication with the headspace of the toilet through a toilet seat. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hoses are clamped to the rim of the toilet bowl for fluid communication with the headspace. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more micro-vacuum pumps are configured to turn on when the toilet is flushed and to run for a predetermined period-of-time. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein one or more micro-vacuum pumps are electrically wired to a switch in the bathroom configured to turn the one or more micro-vacuum pumps on and off at will. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein one or more micro-vacuum pumps are electrically wired to a plug configured to be plugged into an electrical outlet by a user. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more spacers connected to a bottom surface of a toilet seat and having a trough configured to receive one or more of the one or more hoses to orient an open end thereof toward the headspace. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the trough is C-shaped. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the trough includes an elbow. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more closed rings or open C-shaped clips mounted to a bottom surface of a toilet seat and configured to receive one of the one or more hoses therein.