ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,244, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hound Tech LLC (Westlake, Ohio).
"Portable air filtration assembly for toilets" was invented by Brian L. Machovina (Coral Gables, Fla.) and Eileen McHale (Avon Lake, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable assembly for filtering toilet bowl odors and aerosolized toilet waste which includes a housing, preferably having a removably connected first section and second section. When utilized, the housing is disposed adjacent a toilet bowl and including an inlet and an outlet. In use, the inlet is disposed in direct fluid communication with an interior of the toilet bowl and a filter assembly ...