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US 12,484,741 B2Granted
Hygienic wand for toileting applications
OwnerDelma Ezellinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for toileting applications can include a handle having a grip end and an opposed clamp end that are spaced along a first axis. A clamp can be coupled to the clamp end of the handle. The clamp can have opposed gripping elements that are elongate along a longitudinal axis. The opposed gripping elements can be configured move toward and away from each other along a clamping axis. The opposed gripping elements can cooperate to define an application surface. The application surface can have a concavity in a direction away from the handle. An actuator can be configured to move the opposed gripping elements toward and away from each other.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a handle having a grip end and an opposed clamp end that are spaced along a first axis;
- a clamp having a longitudinal axis and a first end and a second end that are spaced along the longitudinal axis, wherein the clamp is coupled to the handle and positioned at the clamp end of the handle, the clamp having opposed gripping elements that are elongate along the longitudinal axis, wherein the opposed gripping elements are configured to move toward and away from each other along a clamping axis to grip and release bathroom tissue, wherein the opposed gripping elements cooperate to define an application surface that is configured to face a portion of a body of a person and bias the bathroom tissue against the portion of the body of the person, wherein the application surface is an arcuate surface having a concavity facing away from the handle, wherein the arcuate surface extends from the first end to the second end of the clamp, wherein the arcuate surface is elongate along the longitudinal axis, wherein the clamp comprises a pair of opposed gripping surfaces that are configured to grip bathroom tissue therebetween, and wherein each gripping element of the opposed gripping elements comprises a respective gripping surface of the pair of gripping surfaces;
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- an actuator that is configured to move the opposed gripping elements toward and away from each other.
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A method comprising:
- positioning bathroom tissue between opposed gripping elements of a clamp of an apparatus comprising:
- a handle having a grip end and an opposed clamp end that are spaced along a first axis;
- the clamp, wherein the clamp has a longitudinal axis and a first end and a second end that are spaced along the longitudinal axis, wherein the clamp is coupled to the handle and positioned at the clamp end of the handle, wherein the opposed gripping elements are elongate along the longitudinal axis, wherein the opposed gripping elements are configured to move toward and away from each other along a clamping axis to grip and release the bathroom tissue, wherein the opposed gripping elements cooperate to define an application surface that is configured to face a portion of a body of a person and bias the bathroom tissue against the portion of the body of the person, wherein the application surface comprises is an arcuate surface having a concavity facing away from the handle, wherein the arcuate surface extends from the first end to the second end of the clamp, wherein the arcuate surface is elongate along the longitudinal axis, wherein the clamp comprises a pair of opposed gripping surfaces that are configured to grip bathroom tissue therebetween, and wherein each gripping element of the opposed gripping elements comprises a respective gripping surface of the pair of gripping surfaces;
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- an actuator that is configured to move the opposed gripping elements toward and away from each other;
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- actuating the actuator to move the opposed gripping elements toward one another to grip the bathroom tissue with the opposed gripping elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.