Shower drain box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10415228-B2
Application number	US-201715712805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2017
Priority date	Sep 22, 2016
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A drain or sump box features a combination of a housing, a pump, a float switch and a deodorant bar retainer. The housing may include a housing floor and a wall structure attached thereto and configured to receive and contain waste water. The pump is arranged in the housing to respond to signaling for pumping the waste water from the housing. The float switch is arranged in the housing to sense the level of the waste water and provide the signaling to turn the pump on when the waste water exceeds a certain level. The deodorant bar retainer is arranged in the housing in the housing to receive and retain a deodorant bar for preventing, reducing or masking waste water odor and associated bacteria causing the waste water odor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drain or sump box, comprising:
a housing having a housing floor and a housing wall structure attached thereto and configured to receive and contain waste water;
a pump configured or arranged in the housing to respond to signaling for pumping the waste water from the housing;
a float switch configured or arranged in the housing to sense the level of the waste water and provide the signaling to turn the pump on when the waste water exceeds a certain level, and to turn the pump off when the waste water is below the certain level; and
a deodorant bar retainer configured or arranged in the housing, having a deodorant bar retainer wall structure with at least one retainer wall attached to the housing floor and the housing wall structure to receive and retain a deodorant bar for preventing, reducing or masking waste water odor and associated bacteria causing the waste water odor.

2. The drain or sump box according to claim 1 , wherein the drain or sump box is a shower drain box for configuring in a boat, recreational vehicle or aircraft.

3. The drain or sump box according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one retainer wall comprises two retainer walls arranged substantially at a right angle to contain the deodorant bar in a box-like structure.

4. The drain or sump box according to claim 1 , wherein the drain or sump box comprises a strainer scoop structure arranged and extending from the housing floor configured to catch hair and other debris in the waste water.

5. The drain or sump box according to claim 4 , wherein the strainer scoop structure comprises two or more strainer supports arranged and extending from the housing floor configured to support a strainer for catching hair and other debris in the waste water.

6. The drain or sump box according to claim 1 , wherein the drain or sump box comprises one or more inlets/outlet ports configured to receive the waste water from one or more of a shower, a sink, an ice maker, an A/C unit or a refrigerator, and to provide pumped waste water from the housing.

7. The drain or sump box according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more inlets/outlet ports include threaded inlets/outlet ports.

8. The drain or sump box according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing comprises one or more toe rails extending from an outside wall; and
the drain or sump box comprises one or more toe-rail mounting brackets configured to fasten the one or more toe rails to flooring of a boat, recreational vehicle or aircraft with a single screw/fastener.

Assignees

• Flow Control LLC

Inventors

• Irving Michael H

Classifications

• E03F5/18 Primary

  Tanks for disinfecting, neutralising, or cooling sewage (arrangements in tanks as to the biological or chemical aspect C02F) · CPC title

• E03F1/008

  Temporary fluid connections for emptying mobile sewage holding tanks, e.g. of trailers, boats · CPC title

• E03D11/11

  Bowls combined with a reservoir, e.g. containing apparatus for disinfecting or for disintegrating · CPC title

• E03F5/107

  Active flow control devices, i.e. moving during flow regulation · CPC title

• E03F7/103

  with a tank featuring one or more partition walls · CPC title