Plunger system and method
OwnerJustin Lanierinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for a plunger for unclogging a toilet. A plunger system comprising an elongated cylinder, a flexible material at a first end of the elongated cylinder, an air reservoir located inside the cylinder having an outlet extending through the flexible material, and a valve adapted to release compressed air stored inside the air reservoir through the outlet. The flexible material is capable of being expanded to seal the exit port of a toilet. A method for unclogging a toilet with a plunger device comprising the following steps: inserting a first end of a plunger device into an exit port of the toilet, expanding a flexible material attached to the first end of the plunger device to seal the exit port, and releasing a bolus of air into the exit port past the flexible material to unclog the toilet.
Claims18
A device for unclogging a toilet comprising:
- an elongated cylinder;
- a flexible material at a first end of the elongated cylinder and capable of being inserted into an exit port of the toilet and then expanded to seal the exit port of the toilet;
- an air reservoir located inside the cylinder having an outlet extending through the flexible material;
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- a valve adapted to release air stored inside the air reservoir through the outlet.
A method of unclogging a toilet, comprising the following steps:
- inserting a first end of a plunger device into an exit port of the toilet;
- expanding a flexible material attached to the first end of the plunger device to seal the exit port;
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- releasing a bolus of air into the exit port past the flexible material to unclog the toilet.
A device for unclogging a toilet comprising:
- an elongated cylinder;
- a flexible material at a first end of the elongated cylinder;
- an air reservoir located within the elongated cylinder and in communication with the flexible material;
- a valve located within the flexible material and in communication with the air reservoir;
- a nozzle extending outside the flexible material and in communication with the air reservoir;
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- a handle attached to a second end of the elongated cylinder adapted to be moved in an upstroke and a down-stroke, wherein pressure within the air reservoir is increased during both the upstroke and down-stroke, the flexible material is inflated when the pressure increases, the valve is opened during a down-stroke releasing a bolus of air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.