Urine backsplash device
View Patent ↗A device that mitigates urine backsplash in most types of conventional urinals. The device includes low-impact angled plates (or fins) to facilitate deflection and mitigate splash back from urine streams. In an aspect, a plurality of flexible or rigid plates are angled towards a user (e.g., sixty degrees), which allows for the urine stream to plane or glide across the respective plate surfaces and not splash back on the user.
1. A urine backsplash, comprising:
at least two legs that mount a plurality of plates substantially parallel to one another, wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to receive a stream of urine and direct flow of the streamed urine along a downward plane of the respective plates, and mitigate backsplash of the urine to a user, wherein bottom portions of the plurality of plates rest on a urine cake.
2. The urine backsplash of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to form an angle from a plane supporting the backsplash and towards the user that is within the range of 10-85 degrees.
3. The urine backsplash of claim 1 , further comprising a urine cake.
4. The urine backsplash of claim 1 further comprising a reservoir to house a urine cake.
5. The urine backsplash of claim 1 , further comprising a set of sensors that detect presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.
6. The urine backsplash of claim 5 , further comprising a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that trigger upon the set of sensors detecting presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.
7. A urine backsplash device, comprising:
at least two legs that mount a plurality of plates substantially parallel to one another, wherein the plurality of plates are oriented to receive a stream of urine and direct flow of the streamed urine along a downward plane of the respective plates, and mitigate backsplash of the urine to a user;
a memory that has stored thereon computer executable components;
a processor that executes the following computer executable components:
a sensor component that senses the stream of urine; and
an alignment component that activates one or more servo motors to adjust angle of at least one of the plates.
8. The urine backsplash device of claim 7 , wherein the alignment component adjusts the angle of the fins to reduce pressure applied to the fins by the urine stream.
9. The urine backsplash device of claim 7 , further comprising a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that trigger upon the set of sensors detecting presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.
10. The urine backsplash device of claim 7 , further comprising an audio component that emits sound upon the sensing component detecting presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.
11. The urine backsplash device of claim 7 further comprising a reservoir to house a urine cake.
12. The urine backsplash of claim 7 , further comprising a set of sensors that detect presence of fluid striking at least one of the plurality of plates.