ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,792, issued on May 27.
"Toilet infectious airborne particulate filtration and disinfection systems" was invented by Clayton Punnett (Neptune Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet infectious airborne particulate filtration and disinfection system is provided. The system includes a modified toilet seat assembly, with circumferentially arranged grooves on an underside of the modified toilet seat assembly. The system also includes a seat air filtration unit configured to mate with the grooves. The system further includes a modified toilet lid assembly, with grooves on an underside of the lid. The system includes a lid air f...