Nasal Drip Absorbing Device
OwnerKurt Engel, Jami Taylorinventors
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Abstract
A nasal drip absorbing device for absorbing mucous from a nose of a user includes a nose clip that has a medial portion and a pair of leg portions. The pair of leg portions can be inserted into a respective nostril of the nose of the user having the medial portion extending across a septum of the nose of the user. A pair of cylindrical pads is each disposed on a respective one of the leg portions. Each cylindrical pad is positioned within a respective nostril of the nose of the user when the pair of leg portions is inserted into the respective nostril. Each cylindrical pad is comprised of a fluid absorbent material to absorb the mucous when each cylindrical pad is positioned within the respective nostril.
Claims12
A nasal drip absorbing device for absorbing mucous that drips from a nose of a user when the user is suffering from a nasal infection, the device comprising:
- a nose clip having a medial portion extending between and being oriented perpendicular to a pair of leg portions such that said nose clip has a U-shape wherein each leg portion of said pair of leg portions of said nose clip is configured to be inserted into a respective nostril of the nose of the user having said medial portion of said nose clip extending across a septum of the nose of the user;
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- a pair of cylindrical pads, each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads being disposed on a respective one of said leg portions of said pair of leg portions of said nose clip wherein each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads is configured to be positioned within a respective nostril of the nose of the user when said pair of leg portions of said nose clip is inserted into the respective nostril, each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads being comprised of a fluid absorbent material wherein each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads is configured to absorb said mucous when each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads is positioned within the respective nostril.
A nasal drip absorbing device for absorbing mucous that drips from a nose of a user when the user is suffering from a nasal infection, the device comprising:
- a nose clip having a medial portion extending between and being oriented perpendicular to a pair of leg portions such that said nose clip has a U-shape wherein each leg portion of said pair of leg portions of said nose clip is configured to be inserted into a respective nostril of the nose of the user having said medial portion of said nose clip extending across a septum of the nose of the user, said nose clip having a first end and a second end and an outer surface extending between said first end and said second end, said outer surface having a front side and an inwardly facing side, said inwardly facing side lying on a plane being oriented perpendicular to said front side, said nose clip having a pair of first bends, said pair of first bends being spaced apart from each other, said medial portion of said nose clip being defined between said pair of first bends, each first bend of said pair of first bends being spaced from a respective one of said first end and said second end, each leg portion of said pair of leg portions being defined between a respective first bend and said respective one of said first end and said second end, said nose clip having a pair of second bends, each second bend of said pair of second bends intersecting a respective first bend, each second bend of said pair of second bends having a radius of curvature being offset ninety degrees from a radius of curvature of each first bend of said pair of first bends, said front side of said outer surface corresponding to said medial portion lying on a plane being oriented at an angle with said front side of said outer surface corresponding to each leg portion of said pair of leg portions wherein said medial portion is configured to be spaced from a philtrum of the user when each leg portion of said pair of leg portions is extended into the respective nostril of the nose of the user, said nose clip having a pair of third bends, each third bend of said pair of third bends being positioned between a respective second bend and a respective one of said first end and said second end, each third bend of said pair of third bends being positioned closer to said respective one of said first end and said second end than said respective second bend, said inwardly facing side of said outer surface of said nose clip corresponding to each leg portion of said pair of leg portions which extends between a respective second bend and a respective third bend lying on a plane being oriented parallel to each other wherein each leg portion of said pair of leg portions is configured to be positioned on opposite sides of the septum of the nose of the user when each leg portion of said pair of leg portions is inserted into the respective nostril of the nose of the user, each third bend of said pair of third bends curving in an opposite direction from a respective first bend wherein each of said first end and said second end of said nose clip is configured to inhibit touching the septum of the nose of the user when each leg portion of said pair of leg portions is inserted into the respective nostril of the nose of the user;
- a pair of disks, each disk of said pair of disks having a bottom surface and a top surface, said bottom surface of each disk of said pair of disks being coupled to a respective one of said first end and said second end of said nose clip wherein each disk of said pair of disks is configured to close a respective nostril of the nose of the user when each leg portion of said pair of leg portions is inserted into the respective nostril to inhibit mucous from dripping out of the respective nostril;
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- a pair of cylindrical pads, each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads being disposed on a respective one of said leg portions of said pair of leg portions of said nose clip wherein each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads is configured to be positioned within a respective nostril of the nose of the user when said pair of leg portions of said nose clip is inserted into the respective nostril, each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads being comprised of a fluid absorbent material wherein each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads is configured to absorb the mucous when each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads is positioned within the respective nostril, each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads having a bottom end and a top end and an exterior surface extending between said top end and said bottom end, said exterior surface of a respective cylindrical pad being continuously arcuate about an axis extending between said top end and said bottom end of said respective cylindrical pad such that each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads has a cylindrical shape wherein each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads is configured to conform to a shape of the respective nostril, said bottom end of each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads being coupled to said top surface of a respective disk, each cylindrical pad of said pair of cylindrical pads having a diameter being less than a diameter of said respective disk.
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