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US 6,886,585 B1Granted
Soft grip drain
AssigneeThe Patent Store LLC
InventorsL. Herbert King Jr., Glenn Hoffman
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Abstract
A tool having a hand gripping region for rotational attachment to an irrigation system with the tool having soft bumps thereon spaced from each other and affixed to the hand gripping region to cushion the user's hand as an irrigation component is field attached to an irrigation system.
Claims22
An irrigation component for controlling a fluid there through comprising:
- a rigid housing;
- a rigid rotatable member extending therefrom;
- a rigid peripheral surface on said rigid rotatable member;
- a hand gripping region on said rigid peripheral surface to enable a user to hand squeeze the hand gripping region to enable hand rotation of the rotatable member;
- a first soft bump located on the peripheral surface;
- and
- a second soft bump located on the rigid peripheral surface with said second soft bump spaced from and separated from said first soft bump to provide a cushioned hand gripping area with said cushioned hand gripping area softer to the touch than said rigid handing gripping area without the soft bumps to thereby reduce hand trauma when rotating said irrigation component.
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A field attachable irrigation component for controlling a fluid there through comprising:
- a rigid housing having a thread thereon;
- a rotatable member extending therefrom;
- a hand gripping region on said rotatable member, said hand gripping region having a peripheral surface to enable a user to hand squeeze the hand gripping region to provide for hand rotation of the rotatable member;
- and
- a set of soft compressible bumps softer than said peripheral surface, said soft compressible bumps extending outward from the peripheral surface to form a hand cushion on the hand gripping region as a user squeezes and rotates the hand gripping region on said rotatable member.
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An irrigation component for controlling a fluid there through comprising:
- a first rigid member, said first member having a set of ears protruding therefrom;
- a second rigid member having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface;
- a soft bump located on the outer peripheral surface of said second rigid member and being of a softer material that the outer peripheral surface;
- a second soft bump located on the outer peripheral surface with said second soft bump spaced from and separated from said first soft bump and being of a softer material that the outer peripheral surface, said first soft bump, said second soft bump and said outer peripheral surface providing a hand cushion softer to the touch than said outer peripheral surface without the soft bumps when rotating said irrigation component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.