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US 11,019,905 B2Granted
Comb cleaning adapter and methods of use thereof
OwnerRuth Mercedes Gaon, Maya Arieli Vilkomirski +1inventors
InventorsRuth Mercedes Gaon, Maya Arieli Vilkomirski, Yoav Gaon
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Abstract
The disclosure relates in general to a comb cleaning adaptor. Specifically, the disclosure relates to an adapter for a comb, or an adapter integrated with a comb, operating between a retracted and extended positions, configured to be reversibly coupled to the comb allowing its removal and reciprocally articulate a cleaning head along the comb's teeth such that at the retracted position, the adapter is still coupled to the comb but does not interfere with the combing activity.
Claims19
A comb cleaning adapter, the adapter configured to reversibly operate between a retracted position and an expanded position, the adapter comprising:
- a. a platform having a distal end and a proximal end, configured to receive and engage a portion of a comb, the comb having a head portion and a plurality of elongated teeth extending from the head portion to a given length, the platform further comprising:
- i. a stage disposed centrally along the proximal end of the platform, the stage defining an opening configured to accommodate and engage the head portion of the comb;
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- ii. a pocket configured to engage and slidably couple to a portion of a cleaning head;
- b. an articulating lever slab having an apical side, a basal side, an anterior end, and a posterior end, hingedly coupled at the anterior end to the platform's proximal end, the articulating lever slab configured to rotate at a predetermined arc relative to the platform and further comprising:
- i. a cross bar disposed toward the anterior end of the articulating lever slab;
- ii. a pair of braces disposed on opposite sides along the anterior end and extending basally and anteriorly;
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- iii. a pair of knuckles disposed toward the posterior end of the articulating lever slab, each knuckle couple to a distal portion of a pair of articulating arms hingedly coupled to the knuckles;
- c. the cleaning head operably coupled to the articulating lever slab, and slidably coupled to the platform, the cleaning head further comprising an elongated slab extending distally from the lower surface of the cleaning head, the elongated slab configured to be engaged and slidably coupled within the pocket in the platform;
- d. the pair of articulating arms, wherein:
- i. each articulating arm has a proximal end hingedly coupled to the cleaning head and a distal end hingedly coupled to the knuckles on the articulating lever slab;
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- ii. each of the articulating arms has an internal side and an external side, with a pair of hinge pins disposed toward the distal end, extending from the internal side, wherein each hinge pin is configured to rotatably couple to each of the knuckles disposed toward the posterior end of the articulating lever slab;
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- e. a pair of vertical members disposed at equidistance from the stage along the proximal end of the platform, defining a recess configured to receive a portion of the articulating lever slab, wherein the cleaning head is configured to frictionally slidably couple to the plurality of elongated teeth of the comb, wherein rotation of the articulating lever slab along the predetermined arc is configured to articulate the cleaning head proximally along the plurality of the comb's teeth.
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An integrated comb cleaning adapter comprising:
- a. a platform having a distal end and a proximal end, having a plurality of elongated teeth extending from the distal end to a given length, in the platform further comprising:
- i. a stage disposed centrally along the proximal end of the platform, the stage defining an opening configured to accommodate and engage the head portion of the comb;
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- ii. a pocket configured to engage and slidably couple to a portion of a cleaning head;
- b. an articulating lever slab having an apical side, a basal side, an anterior end, and a posterior end, hingedly coupled at the anterior end to the platform's proximal end, the articulating lever slab configured to rotate at a predetermined arc relative to the platform and further comprising:
- i. a cross bar disposed toward the anterior end of the articulating lever slab;
- ii. a pair of braces disposed on opposite sides along the anterior end and extending basally and anteriorly;
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- iii. a pair of knuckles disposed toward the posterior end of the articulating lever slab, each knuckle couple to a distal portion of a pair of articulating arms hingedly coupled to the knuckles;
- c. the cleaning head operably coupled to the articulating lever slab, and slidably coupled to the platform, the cleaning head further comprising an elongated slab extending distally from the lower surface of the cleaning head, the elongated slab configured to be engaged and slidably coupled within the pocket in the platform;
- d. the pair of articulating arms, wherein:
- i. each articulating arm has a proximal end hinged coupled to the cleaning head and a distal end hingedly coupled to the corresponding knuckle on the articulating lever slab;
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- ii. each of the articulating arms has an internal side and an external side, with a pair of hinge pins disposed toward the distal end, extending from the internal side, wherein each of hinge pin is configured to rotatably couple to each of the knuckles disposed toward the posterior end of the articulating lever slab;
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- e. a pair of vertical members disposed at equidistance from the stage along the proximal end of the platform, defining a recess configured to receive a portion of the articulating lever slab, wherein the cleaning head is configured to frictionally slidably couple to the plurality of elongated teeth, wherein rotation of the articulating lever slab along the predetermined arc is configured to articulate the cleaning head proximally along the plurality of teeth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.