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US 4,825,477 AGranted
Hair retriever tub drain device
OwnerJohn P. Arandainventor
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Abstract
A pair of spring loaded cylinders each supporting an upwardly projecting post mounted in a drain. A strainer is attached to the drain with the posts porjecting upwards through holes in the strainer. A disposable insert, having a hooked material such as VELCRO sheet on its lower surface, is mounted on a distal end of the posts. Foot pressure on a cover plate mounted on a top surface of the insert forces the VELCRO to contact the strainer and remove all impinged hair and debris.
Claims10
A tub drain device comprising:
- at least one spring loaded cylinder for mounting in a drain,
- a hollow cylindrical post projecting upwardly from an associated cylinder when not under stress,
- a strainer fixedly mounted over the drain, the post projecting upwardly through an associated hole in the strainer,
- a disposable insert having a top and bottom surface mounted on a portion of the post distal from the cylinder and spaced apart from the strainer by the post projecting from the spring loaded cylinder in a resting mode, the insert engaging a top surface of the strainer in an actuated mode when the post is depressed against the spring loaded cylinder,
- said disposable insert including a water impermeable hair and dirt pick up element attached to the bottom surface thereof, and
- a cover plate removably attached to the top surface of the disposable insert.
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A device that retrieves hiar accumulated atop a strainer for a drain, comprising:
- a disposable insert member having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a hair and dirt pick up means secured to said bottom surface;
- said insert member having a first position in vertically spaced relation to said strainer and a second position where the hair and dirt pick up means is in contacting relation to said strainer and hence in pick up engagement relation to hair and dirt atop said strainer;
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- biasing means maintaining said insert member in said first position until driven into said second position by an externally imparted downward force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.