Patents by Inventor Vernon F. Ricard

Vernon F. Ricard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5179737
    Abstract: An odor removing device for toilets includes an odor collector secured to the conventional hinge posts of a toilet bowl. The odor collector has a single inlet opening and is connected in communicating relation to a downwardly convex auxiliary venturi housing which overlays the conventional bathroom ceiling fan. An air stream is introduced centrally into the auxiliary venturi and produces a venturi effect to thereby cause rapid evacuation of the noxious gases, steam and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Inventor: Vernon F. Ricard
  • Patent number: 5136729
    Abstract: An odor removing device for toilets includes an odor collector secured to the conventional hinge posts of a toliet bowl. The odor collector has a single inlet opening and is connected in communicating relation to a downwardly convex auxiliary venturi housing which overlays the conventional bathroom ceiling fan. An air stream is introduced centrally into the auxiliary venturi and produces a venturi effect to thereby cause rapid evacuation of the noxious gases, steam and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Inventor: Vernon F. Ricard
  • Patent number: 4882790
    Abstract: An odor removing device for toilets includes an L-shaped member which is attached to the lower surface of a toilet seat and which defines a collection chamber having a plurality of openings therein. An elongate flexible hose has one end thereof connected to the L-shaped member and has the other end thereof connected to the connector element of a housing. The housing is secured to the ceiling in overlying relation to a conventional ceiling fan and closes the inlet of the ceiling fan. When the ceiling fan is energized, gases and air will be removed by the odor removing device through the L-shaped member into the flexible hose and thereafter into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Inventor: Vernon F. Ricard