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US 5,715,850 AGranted
Personal ear cleaning device
AssigneeToddling Products (Proprietary) Limited
InventorEtienne G. Markgraaf
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Abstract
This invention relates to an ear cleaning device in the form of an elongate member having a collecting formation at one end and a handle at its opposite end. A stop formation is located intermediate the handle and the collecting formation. Intermediate the stop formation and the collecting formation is a resiliently deformable, soft plug of cleaning material for engaging and cleaning the ear surface in the region of the entrance to the ear canal.
Claims16
An ear cleaning device comprising an elongate member formed at one end having an operative end with a collection formation, and an opposite end with a handle;
- a stop formation intermediate the ends of the elongate member adapted to limit the extent to which the operative end can be inserted into an ear canal;
- and, positioned between the stop formation and the collection formation, a resiliently deformable, soft plug of cleaning material for engaging and cleaning the ear surface in the region of the entrance to the ear canal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.