Method for cleaning pierced earlobes

Abstract

A strand of flexible monofilament nylon or nylon-like material which is folded in half so that the two ends meet and are parallel. The ends are bonded by heating and melting the strands to form a single stem from the two strands, the stem having a greater stiffness than the single strand alone. The melting simultaneously creates a rounded tip at the end of the stem. The ends of the strand are joined so that a loop remains open at the fold. The stem is sufficiently stiff so that it can be fed through a pierced ear hole with the rounded end of the stem facilitating feeding the stem through the hole. The loop, which normally is open is compressed as the stem is pulled out the opposite side of the ear. The resilience of the loop is sufficient to permit it to remain slightly expanded so that its greater diameter "scrapes" the ear hole as it passes through. The loop resiles to its original shape as it exits the ear hole.

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