Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Flow line or nozzle attached or carried handgrip or handle – Finger- or hand-attached or worn
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-29
2001-01-30
Kashnikow, Andres (Department: 3752)
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Flow line or nozzle attached or carried handgrip or handle
Finger- or hand-attached or worn
C239S211000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06179229
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the extremely difficult and challenging task of trying to wash one's pet or any animal where typically a garden hose or otherwise indoor/outdoor pressure nozzle, sprayer or shower type technology exists. Animals typically detest this sensation of being blasted with high pressure water from a distance and will typically try desperately to escape to end this sensation, possibly necessitating the use of a severe and dangerous restraint mechanism, or a very poor wash or even worse, poor rinse. In addition to above, a problem exists where a hand is needed to hold the pet, another hand is needed to apply the water and another hand needed to scrub the object. This represents either a 3 handed person or a more than one-person effort.
Typically, animals in question, such as canines, horses, pigs, etc. continuously incorporate fat and oil compounds into their fur, in some cases 2 layers of fur, offering them inherent effective water repellency which furthers the complications of achieving one's goal of a fast, effective and complete wash and rinse.
Additionally, in current common situations, where the shampoo is simply applied directly to the wet or dry oily, water repellant, surface hair of the animal, then water applied to the said water resistant hair, the majority of the shampoo simply washes off the surface and does not penetrate or clean the inner hair and skin.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a washing apparatus, comprising a housing made of a durable material and including a liquid inlet port and a plurality of elongated finger-like rigid extensions adapted for physical contact with the object being washed, each extension being in fluid communication with the liquid inlet port and including one or more orifices at the tips of the extensions for a liquid to pass therethrough out of the housing from a source of liquid, a valve near the liquid inlet port for introduction of a shampoo into the housing and adjustably controlling the flow of said liquid into the housing and an adapter engageable with the liquid inlet port for permitting removable engagement of the housing with the source of liquid. The flow of the liquid exiting the housing through the orifices is adjustable so as to replicate the physical contact of the extensions against the object being washed.
The housing preferably includes a handle portion opposite the finger-like extensions.
REFERENCES:
patent: Re. 30350 (1980-07-01), Peterson et al.
patent: 1534208 (1925-04-01), Gibson
patent: 1558930 (1925-10-01), Schuck
patent: 3964686 (1976-06-01), Lopez
Kashnikow Andres
McDermott & Will & Emery
Nguyen Dinh Q.
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