Surgery – Swab including handle with absorbent material at end thereof
Reexamination Certificate
1998-11-19
2001-08-21
Ruhl, Dennis (Department: 3761)
Surgery
Swab including handle with absorbent material at end thereof
C015S176200, C015S209100, C015S244400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06277090
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to swabs and more particularly pertains to a new nose cleaning system for removing dust and debris from a nasal orifice of a user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of swabs is known in the prior art. More specifically, swabs heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art swabs include U.S. Pat. No. 4,935,001; U.S. Pat. No. 5,531,671; U.S. Pat. No. 3,443,562; U.S. Pat. No. 4,934,011; U.S. Pat. No. 3,508,547; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 332,658.
In these respects, the nose cleaning system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removing dust and debris from a nasal orifice of a user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of swabs now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new nose cleaning system construction wherein the same can be utilized for removing dust and debris from a nasal orifice of a user.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new nose cleaning system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the swabs mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new nose cleaning system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art swabs, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises at least one resilient plastic linear handle having a linear cylindrical configuration. The linear handle is equipped with a pair of coaxial ends each having a reduced diameter and a plurality of external threads formed therein for reasons that will soon become apparent.
FIG. 6
shows an optional resilient plastic T-shaped handle having a linear gripping portion and a linear intermediate portion having a length and a diameter greater than that of the gripping portion. The intermediate portion of the T-shaped handle has a first end integrally coupled to a central extent of the gripping portion and extends therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith. The intermediate portion is further equipped with a coaxial second end having a reduced diameter and a plurality of external threads formed therein.
FIGS. 4-6
show a plurality of detachable deformable nose tips each having a resilient plastic base including a cylindrical sleeve. The cylindrical sleeve has an interior space with a plurality of internal threads formed therein and an opening for allowing threaded engagement of the sleeve with the external threads of one of the handles. As shown in
FIG. 5
, an ellipsoid is mounted on an end of the sleeve opposite the opening such that foci of the ellipsoid reside along an axis of the sleeve. Each deformable nose tip further has a foam outer layer defining an outer surface with a hemispherical inboard extent and a tapering generally frusto-conical outboard extent which terminates in an arcuate apex. Ideally, the foam outer layer is at least twice as thick along the outboard extent thereof with respect to the inboard extent thereof. Associated therewith is a plurality of resilient nose tips each including a cylindrical sleeve having an interior space with a plurality of internal threads similar to the previous deformable nose tips. In contrast, the resilient nose tips are equipped with a planar elliptical portion mounted on an end of the sleeve opposite the opening such that foci of the elliptical portion reside along an axis of the sleeve.
FIG. 8
shows a package with a rectangular configuration having a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of side edges. The package includes a hanging aperture formed in a central extent of the top edge thereof. Further, a linear recess is formed in the package adjacent to the bottom edge thereof for releasably receiving the linear handle. The linear recess has a semispherical recess formed adjacent a central extent thereof for facilitating the removal of the linear handle. The package further includes a plurality of spaced pairs of rows of generally circular recesses formed therein between the top edge and the linear recess. Each pair of rows has recesses of a unique size corresponding to the sizes of the nose tips for removably receiving the same therein.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new nose cleaning system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the swabs mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new nose cleaning system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art swabs, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new nose cleaning system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new nose cleaning system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new nose cleaning system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such nose cleaning system economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new nose cleaning system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new nose cleaning system for removing dust and debris fro
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