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US 11,898,338 B2Granted
Drain cleaning device
OwnerStephen S. Turner, Scott I. Turnerinventors
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Abstract
A drain cleaning device for removing debris from a drain is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the drain cleaning device includes a handle section, an elongated rod section having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed relative to the first end, the first end of the elongated rod section being connected to the handle section; and a tip section connected to the second end of the elongated rod section, the tip section including a central core portion and a plurality of protruding elements integrally formed with the central core portion, the plurality of protruding elements configured to grab and collect debris from the drain pipe.
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A drain cleaning device for removing debris from a drain, the drain cleaning device comprising:
- a handle section, the handle section including an upper handle portion and a lower handle portion, the upper handle portion being spaced apart from the lower handle portion along a length of the drain cleaning device, the upper handle portion configured to accommodate a first hand of a user during a spinning of the drain cleaning device by the user, the lower handle portion configured to accommodate a second hand of the user during the spinning of the drain cleaning device by the user, and the lower handle portion comprising a lower hourglass-shaped portion for facilitating the spinning of the drain cleaning device by the user, the lower hourglass-shaped portion being inwardly tapered from both ends such that a smallest cross-sectional area of the lower handle portion is centrally located on the lower handle portion;
- an elongated rod section having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed relative to the first end, the first end of the elongated rod section being connected to the handle section;
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- a tip section connected to the second end of the elongated rod section, the tip section including a central core portion and a plurality of protruding elements extending from the central core portion, at least some of the plurality of protruding elements being in a form of a plurality of hook elements with free ends that point in generally opposite directions, and the plurality of protruding elements are configured to grab and collect debris from the drain pipe.
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A drain cleaning device for removing debris from a drain, the drain cleaning device comprising:
- a handle section;
- an elongated rod section having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed relative to the first end, the first end of the elongated rod section being connected to the handle section, the elongated rod section not containing any ribs or protruding elements between the first and second ends of the elongated rod section;
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- a tip section connected to the second end of the elongated rod section, the tip section including a central core portion and a plurality of protruding elements integrally formed with the central core portion, the central core portion having a longitudinal axis, the plurality of protruding elements being in a form of a plurality of micro-hook elements that are molded as one piece with the central core portion such that the plurality of micro-hook elements extend from an outer circular wall surface of the central core portion in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the central core portion, at least some of the plurality of micro-hook elements having free ends that point in generally opposite directions, and the plurality of protruding elements are configured to grab and collect debris from the drain pipe.
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A drain cleaning device for removing debris from a drain, the drain cleaning device comprising:
- a handle section, the handle section including an upper handle portion, a lower handle portion, and a diagonal handle portion, the upper handle portion being spaced apart from the lower handle portion along a length of the drain cleaning device, the diagonal handle portion connecting the upper handle portion to the lower handle portion, the upper handle portion configured to accommodate a first hand of a user during a spinning of the drain cleaning device by the user, and the lower handle portion configured to accommodate a second hand of the user during the spinning of the drain cleaning device by the user, the lower handle portion comprising an hourglass-shaped portion for facilitating the spinning of the drain cleaning device by the user, the hourglass-shaped portion being inwardly tapered from both ends such that a smallest cross-sectional area of the lower handle portion is centrally located on the lower handle portion, and the lower handle portion further comprising a sleeve member rotatably disposed about the hourglass-shaped portion of the lower handle portion, the sleeve member configured to be grasped by the second hand of the user during the spinning of the drain cleaning device by the user such that a remainder of the drain cleaning device is able to be rotated relative to the sleeve member while the sleeve member is held stationary by the second hand of the user;
- an elongated rod section having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed relative to the first end, the first end of the elongated rod section being connected to the handle section;
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- a tip section connected to the second end of the elongated rod section, the tip section including a central core portion and a plurality of protruding elements integrally formed with the central core portion, at least some of the plurality of protruding elements being in a form of a plurality of hook elements with free ends that point in generally opposite transverse directions, and the plurality of protruding elements are configured to grab and collect debris from the drain pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.