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US 2017/0150857 A1Published application
Hand-operable vacuum device
OwnerDel LATHIMinventor
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Abstract
This patent relates to devices that can be manipulated by a user to expel or draw in a material. In one example, a hand-operable vacuum device can include an interface portion configured to contact a material. The hand-operable vacuum device can also include a deformable portion that extends along an axis that passes through the interface portion and wherein the deformable portion includes at least one longitudinally-oriented resilient structure that extends generally parallel to the axis.
Claims12
A device, comprising:
- an interface portion defining an opening;
- and,
- an elongate deformable portion extending along an axis, wherein the elongate deformable portion includes multiple longitudinally-oriented resilient structures that extend generally parallel to the axis,
- wherein a user can squeeze the elongate deformable portion into a manipulated configuration to reduce a volume of the device and the multiple longitudinally-oriented resilient structures bias the elongate deformable portion back to a resting configuration that expands the volume of the device.
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A device, comprising:
- an deformable portion extending along an axis, the deformable portion including longitudinally-oriented resilient structures that extend generally parallel to the axis and are configured to expand a volume of the deformable portion back to a resting configuration in an instance where a user releases pressure on the deformable portion;
- an interface portion extending along the axis and defining an opening;
- and,
- a transition interface that secures the interface portion to the deformable portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.