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 extending from the central core portion, the plurality of protruding elements configured to grab and collect debris from a drain pipe.
Claims19
A drain cleaning device for removing debris from a drain, the drain cleaning device comprising:
- a detachable handle section having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion of the detachable handle section being configured to be coupled to a proximal end portion of a drain cleaning stick;
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- the drain cleaning stick including:
- 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 detachable 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, the plurality of protruding elements being arranged in multiple rows on the tip section, at least one row of the multiple rows comprising T-shaped projections spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal length of the tip section, and the plurality of protruding elements configured to grab and collect debris from the drain pipe.
A drain cleaning device for removing debris from a drain, the drain cleaning device comprising:
- a handle section, the handle section including at least one of:
- (i) an ergonomic handle body portion configured to fit comfortably into a hand of a user, and (ii) an offset handle portion with a handle segment that is offset relative to a central longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning device, the handle section configured to accommodate the hand of the user during the spinning of the drain cleaning device by 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 extending from the central core portion, the plurality of protruding elements being arranged in multiple rows on the tip section, at least one row of the multiple rows comprising T-shaped projections spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal length of the tip section, and the plurality of protruding elements configured to grab and collect debris from the drain pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.