Ear cleaner device
AssigneeQuest Products, LLC
InventorRichard Carl Olson
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Abstract
An ear cleaning device is provided for removing debris from an ear. In one form, the ear cleaning device includes a shaft, a head connected to the shaft, and a contiguous pocket structure of the head. The contiguous pocket structure includes a plurality of pockets that may be configured to receive debris. In another form, the ear cleaning device has a handle, a bulbous cleaner connected to the handle, and a solid inner core of the bulbous cleaner. The bulbous cleaner has two or more spaced, longitudinal walls disposed outward of the inner core that are configured to remove debris with turning of the ear cleaning device about a longitudinal axis of the device.
Claims14
An ear cleaning device having a central, longitudinal axis, the ear cleaning device comprising:
- an elongate body having a unitary, one-piece construction, the body including a pair of ear cleaners at opposite ends of the body, the body including a handle intermediate the ear cleaners;
- at least one ear cleaner of the pair of ear cleaners including an elongate head configured to fit in a human ear, the head having a length extending along the longitudinal axis;
- the head having a bulbous exterior shape;
- the head including an inner shaft and a helical thread extending about the inner shaft;
- the head having a trailing end connected to the handle and a leading end opposite the trailing end;
- the helical thread of the head comprising:
- a leading turn of the helical thread adjacent the leading end of the head, the leading turn having a first width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- a trailing turn of the helical thread adjacent the trailing end of the head, the trailing turn having a second width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
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- an intermediate turn of the helical thread intermediate the leading turn and the trailing turn along the length of the head, the intermediate turn having a third width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis that is larger than the first width and is larger than the second width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.