Toilet stool ventilating means

Claim 1

An improved toilet stool mounted on a supporting surface and including a generally annular conduit seat having an exit aperture and intake openings in communication with the inside of the toilet bowl, said seat circumscribing the upper rim of said toilet bowl when in a lowered position, a tank having a flushing liquid and means connected therein to supply the flushing liquid to the toilet bowl through a discharge conduit, the improvement being a ventilating means which comprises: a. an adapter plate situated underneath said tank and having said conduit seat pivotally attached thereto and including a structure defining a conduit which is in communication with said exit aperture of said seat, said adapter plate is horizontally attached to the rear of said seat and is essentially aligned therewith when said seat is in a lowered position, said adapter plate conduit discharging at a point disposed underneath one end portion of said tank, b. means for conducting normally contaminated air into the outside atmosphere communicably connected with means for removing said normally contaminated air from the inside of said toilet bowl through said intake openings, said exit aperture, said conduit of said adapter plate, in order stated, for passing it through said means for conducting into the outside atmosphere, c. means mounted with said means for conducting to prevent the backflow of contaminated air into said toilet bowl, and d. switch means connected to said rim and electrically operably connected to said means for removing such that pressure exerted on the top of said seat operates said switch means to activate said means for removing.