# US 11,896,519 B2 · Assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction

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- Number: US 11,896,519 B2
- Document ID: US11896519B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/816,909
- Filed: 2020-03-12
- Published: 2020-07-02
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-12
- Assignees: David R. Riedel
- Applicants: David R Riedel
- Inventors: David R Riedel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896519B2

## CPC

- A61F 7/00: Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body (hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N)
- A61F 7/0085: {Devices for generating hot or cold treatment fluids}
- A61F 2007/0028: {Rectum}
- A61F 2007/0067: {of sweat}
- A61F 2007/0236: {for the lower part of the trunk, e.g. panty}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

An assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction including a case having a plurality of walls, the case being opened by an air input port; an air tube having upper and lower ends wherein the tube's upper end forms a dorsal extension communicating with an opening in the flexible skin contact plate mounted on the case, the plate ventrally overlying the air tube; an air conduit housed within the case, the conduit having input and output ends communicating with the case's air input port and with the air tube; an electric motor and air impeller combination housed within the case, the combination being adapted for moving air through the air conduit; an electric battery within the case; and a matrix of electric conductors operatively interconnecting the electric motor and the electric battery.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction comprising:
(a) a case having a plurality of walls, the case being opened by an air input port, the case having a ventral end;
(b) an air tube having an upper end, a lower end, and a medial portion spanning between said ends, said tube extending downwardly from and ventrally overlying the case's ventral end;
(c) a downwardly opening “U” hook having a ventral arm, said arm comprising a flexible skin contact plate ventrally overlying the air tube's medial portion;
(d) an air conduit within the case, said conduit having an input end communicating with the case's air input port and having an output end communicating with the air tube's upper end;
(e) an electric motor and air impeller combination within the case, said combination being adapted for moving air through the air conduit;
(f) an electric battery within the case; and
(g) a matrix of electrical conductors operatively interconnecting the electric motor and the electric battery.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 1 further comprising a fabric boot covering the flexible skin contact plate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 2 further comprising an on/off switch and a recharging socket, said switch and said socket being operatively incorporated within the matrix of electrical conductors.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 3 wherein the on/off switch is supported upon a lateral case wall.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 4 wherein the recharging socket is supported upon a lower case wall.

### Claim 6

An assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction comprising:
(a) a case having a plurality of walls, the case being opened by an air input port, the case having a ventral end;
(b) an air tube having an upper end, a lower end, and a medial portion spanning between said ends, said tube extending downwardly from the case's ventral end;
(c) a flexible skin contact plate ventrally overlying the air tube's medial portion;
(d) fabric boot covering the flexible skin contact plate;
(e) an air conduit within the case, said conduit having an input end communicating with the case's air input port and having an output end communicating with the air tube's upper end;
(f) an electric motor and air impeller combination within the case, said combination being adapted for moving air through the air conduit;
(g) an electric battery within the case; and
(h) a matrix of electrical conductors operatively interconnecting the electric motor and the electric battery; and
(i) a dorsal extension having a dorsal end, said extension being formed wholly with an upper end of the flexible skin contact plate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 6 further comprising a downward extension formed wholly with the dorsal end of the dorsal extension, said downward extension being fixedly attached to the ventral end of the case.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 7 wherein the flexible skin contact plate, the second extension, and the downward extension form a downwardly opening “U” hook.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 8 wherein the “U” hook forms a laterally extending waistband receiving throat, wherein the case has a lateral dimension, and wherein said throat's lateral extension is substantially equal to the case's lateral dimension.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 7 wherein the flexible skin contact plate has a peripheral edge, and wherein the boot comprises an elastic peripheral hem adapted for engaging said peripheral edge.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 10 wherein the air tube comprises flexible plastic.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 11 wherein the plurality of walls comprises a ceiling having a dorsal end, and further comprising a shirttail engaging flange fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from said dorsal end.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 11 wherein the plurality of walls comprises a segmented dorsal wall, wherein one of said dorsal wall's segments is displaced ventrally with respect to another of said dorsal wall's segments, and wherein the one of the dorsal wall's segments ventrally bounds a shirttail clearance space.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 13 further comprising a screen covering the case's air input port.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The assembly for gluteal cleft moisture reduction of claim 14 wherein the battery is rechargeable.