Plunger for clearing a clogged drain
OwnerWallace Schneiderinventor
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Abstract
A plunger for clearing a clogged drain. The plunger includes a cup, a user-gripping handle, and a water-shielding cap. The cup is resiliently collapsible and has an uppermost wall with air-escaping throughbores that allow air trapped in the cup to escape therethrough when the cup is driven downwardly over the clogged drain so as to increase hydraulic efficiency of water in the clogged drain. The user-gripping handle extends upwardly from the cup. The water-shielding cap is attached to the user-gripping handle, just above the cup. The diameter of the water-shielding cap is such so as to allow the water-shielding cap to extend radially outwardly past the air-escaping throughbores so as to shield a user from the water escaping with the air when the cup is driven downwardly over the clogged drain.
Claims18
A plunger for clearing a clogged drain, comprising:
- a) a cup being resiliently collapsible and having air-escaping throughbores therethrough, and for engaging the clogged drain;
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- b) a user-gripping handle extending upwardly from said cup;
- further comprising a water-shielding cap attached to said user-gripping handle, above said cup, wherein said cup has:
- i) a top wall that is circular-shaped and horizontally-oriented;
- and
- ii) a side wall that is frusto-conically-shaped and depends from said top wall thereof to a bottom thereof that is open, wherein said user-gripping handle further has a cap-receiving groove that is circular-shaped, horizontally-oriented, and extends completely circumferentially therearound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.