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US 6,145,154 AGranted
Personal hygiene device
OwnerJosephine Blairinventor
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Abstract
A personal hygiene device for holding tissue or cloth for wiping and washing parts of the body that may be hard or impossible to reach due to a physical disabiliity. The personal hygiene device includes a first tube, a second tube telescopically extending from the first tube, and a clamping portion coupled to a free end of the second tube. The clamping portion is adapted for holding a tissue or cloth for wiping a body part.
Claims13
A personal hygiene device, comprising:
- an elongate shaft;
- a clamping portion coupled to an end of said shaft, said clamping portion being adapted for holding a wiping means for wiping a body part;
- wherein said clamping portion has a main portion and a pair of clamping arms pivotally coupled to said main portion such that said clamping arms may be selectively spread apart;
- and
- wherein each of said clamping arms has a finger extending therefrom, said fingers of said clamping portions angling away from each other, said main portion of said clamping portion having a generally V-shaped engaging member slidably engaging said fingers of said clamping arms, wherein movement of said engaging member towards said fingers forces said fingers together thereby spreading said clamping arms apart.
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A personal hygiene device, comprising:
- a first tube;
- a second tube telescopically extending from said first tube;
- a clamping portion coupled to a free end of said second tube, said clamping portion being adapted for holding a wiping means for wiping a body part;
- a locking means for preventing sliding of said second tube with respect to said first tube;
- said clamping portion having a main portion and a pair of clamping arms pivotally coupled to said main portion such that said clamping arms may be selectively spread apart;
- each of said clamping arms having a plurality of corrugations on inner surfaces thereof and positioned towards free ends thereof;
- each of said clamping arms having a resiliently deformable covering;
- each of said clamping arms having a finger extending therefrom, said fingers of said clamping portions angling away from each other;
- said main portion of said clamping portion having a generally V-shaped engaging member slidably engaging said fingers of said clamping arms, wherein movement of said engaging member towards said fingers forces said fingers together thereby spreading said clamping arms apart;
- said engaging member having a button extending through an outer housing of said main portion for pushing said engaging member towards said fingers;
- said engaging member having a pair of sleeves extending therefrom and receiving a pair of guide pins extending from said outer housing of said main portion for preventing pivoting of said engaging member with respect to said outer housing;
- wherein a spring is disposed between said fingers of said clamping arms for biasing said fingers apart;
- said clamping portion being selectively rotatable with respect to said second tube;
- a handle coupled to a free end of said first tube;
- said handle having a corrugated grasping portion;
- said handle having an arcuate guard portion extending from opposite ends of said grasping portion;
- and
- a hanging loop coupled to said handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.