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US 12,396,754 B2Granted
Tick removal and encapsulation device
OwnerWilliam Tomalinasinventor
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Abstract
A tick removal and capturing device of embodiments of the disclosed technology includes a first end and a second end removably attachable to the first end, with a pivot point attached there-between. A removably attached combination of the first and second ends form a tick removal head and a tick encapsulation chamber, the chamber disposed between the tick removal head and the pivot point. The tick encapsulation chamber is adapted to substantially fully encapsulate a tick therein in the removably attached combination.
Claims19
A tick removal and capturing device, comprising:
- a first linear portion in a shape of a rectangular prism comprising a first end and a second end;
- a second linear portion, removably attachable along a longest linear extent thereof to a longest linear extent of said first linear portion, in a shape of a rectangular prism comprising a first end and a second end;
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- a U-shaped pivot point attached to said second ends of said first and said second linear portions comprising a thinnest portion at a center thereof;
- wherein said first ends of said first and second linear portions comprise a tick remover head;
- wherein said first end of said first linear portion comprises a concave semi-circle;
- wherein said first end of said second linear portion comprises a majority of a concave circle;
- wherein in an arrangement where said first and second linear portions are removably attached along longest linear extents thereof, a hollow within said first linear portion and a corresponding hollow within said second linear portion reversibly form a tick encapsulation chamber;
- wherein, in said removably attached configuration, said tick remover head is covered by a head cover, said head cover substantially forming a seal over a seam between said first end of said first linear portion and said first end of said second linear portion.
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A tick removal and capturing device, comprising:
- a first linear portion in a shape of a rectangular prism comprising a first end and a second end;
- a second linear portion, removably attachable along a longest linear extent thereof to a longest linear extent of said first linear portion, in a shape of a rectangular prism comprising a first end and a second end;
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- a U-shaped pivot point attached to said second ends of said first and said second linear portions comprising a thinnest portion at a center thereof;
- wherein said first ends of said first and second linear portions comprise a tick remover head;
- wherein said first end of said first linear portion comprises a concave semi-circle;
- wherein said first end of said second linear portion comprises a majority of a concave circle;
- wherein in an arrangement where said first and second linear portions are removably attached along longest linear extents thereof, a hollow within said first linear portion and a corresponding hollow within said second linear portion reversibly form a tick encapsulation chamber;
- wherein at least one of said first and second linear portions further comprises a second pivot point between extreme ends thereof, being a pivot point between said first end of said at least one linear portion away from said other linear portion.
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A tick removal and capturing device, comprising:
- a first linear portion in a shape of a rectangular prism comprising a first end;
- a second linear portion in a shape of a rectangular prism comprising a second end removably attachable to said first end;
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- a pivot point between said first and said second ends;
- wherein a removably attached combination of said first end and said second end forms a tick removal head and a tick encapsulation chamber, said chamber disposed between said tick removal head and said pivot point and adapted to substantially fully encapsulate a tick therein in said removably attached combination;
- wherein said tick removal head comprises at least one element disposed on said first end and at least one element disposed on said second end;
- wherein in said removably attached combination said tick removal head is covered by a head cover, said head cover substantially forming a seal over a seam between edges of said at least one element of said tick removal head disposed on said first end and said at least one element of said tick removal head disposed on said second end.
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