Sink drain treatment kit
AssigneeAmerican Technical Solutions, Inc.
InventorsGettys Haywood Knox, Robert James Sandee
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Abstract
A kit for use in treating a sink drain so that drain remains both open and clean includes an unclogging device and a strainer, which though packagable or stackable together would normally be used separately. The unclogging device can be used to concentrate the spray from a nozzle to assist in unclogging a drain. The strainer would normally reside in a sink drain to prevent debris from clogging or restricting the drain. One version of the strainer provides space for an air freshener that can be replaced. These kits also include a sealing stopper and a gasket.
Claims13
A kit for treating a sink, the kit comprising:
- an outer member including a central projection engageable with a spray nozzle for clearing a clogged drain;
- a strainer packageable within the outer member, and being removable therefrom, the strainer including a perforated base and a hollow central column, the central projection on the outer member being received within the hollow central column when the strainer is packaged within the outer member;
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- a stopper packaged on top of the strainer;
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- wherein the outer member and the strainer both include peripheral lips with the strainer peripheral lip laying on top of the outer member peripheral lip when components of the kit are in a packaged configuration the stopper being engagable with the peripheral lip of the strainer or the peripheral lip of the outer member, when the strainer is removed to close the sink drain in which components of the kit are disposable.
A drain treatment cluster comprising a plurality of stackable components separately useable to maintain a sink drain in a flowing condition, the cluster comprising a cylindrical outer member, a cylindrical strainer, and a stopper:
- the cylindrical outer member being for use in unclogging a stopped drain and including a central projection having a tapered inner surface extending upward from surrounding solid base, the tapered inner surface being engageable with a spray nozzle to concentrate injection of water from the spray nozzle into a stopped drain;
- the cylindrical strainer having an annular base with a hollow central column extending upwardly therefrom, a top section of the hollow central column and the annular base each having a plurality of perforations for straining debris before entrance into a sink drain when the cylindrical strainer is positioned therein;
- the stopper comprises a stopper that can be placed over a drain;
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- wherein a chemical cartridge is mountable within and to the hollow central column of the strainer so that the cylindrical outer member and the cylindrical strainer are stackable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.