Urinal Screen With Variable-Height Anti-Splash Bristles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional urinal screens with indicia regions lack anti-splash features, posing a splash risk due to the absence of bristles and openings, and are typically positioned away from the urine stream to minimize this risk but not completely eliminate it.
Innovation Solution
A urinal screen design with a main body featuring varying bristle heights and densities, including an indicia region with shorter, more densely spaced bristles and potentially different shaped openings, to create a visually distinct area that maintains anti-splash functionality while allowing for graphical information display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a flat region without bristles and openings is created to display indicia, then visual clarity of indicia is improved, but anti-splash functionality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating an indicia region with bristles of different height and spacing characteristics compared to the main body. The indicia region has shorter bristles with smaller spacing between them, creating a visually distinct area that maintains anti-splash functionality while enabling clear visibility of indicia.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the indicia region is positioned away from the center to minimize splash risk, then splash risk is reduced, but the risk is not completely eliminated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the bristle characteristics (height and spacing) in the indicia region. The bristles in the indicia region are shorter and more densely spaced compared to the main body, which changes the local anti-splash parameters to provide protection even when the indicia region is positioned in areas more likely to receive urine streams.
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AI summary
A urinal screen include a main body that has a plurality opening and bristles or protrusions that act to prevent splash of a stream of fluid incident on the urinal screen. The bristles have a regular pattern in height and spacing. There is also an indicia region in which the bristles have a different height, spacing, and arrangement pattern compared to those of the main body that is visually distinct from the main body region. The bristles of the indicia region can be arranged in a particular shape, such as a logo or alphanumeric characters.