Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Using solid work treating agents
Reexamination Certificate
2001-04-09
2003-05-06
Gulakowski, Randy (Department: 1746)
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Using solid work treating agents
C015S210100, C604S335000, C604S385190, C604S385201, C604S348000, C604S284000, C004S449000, C004S450000, C004S679000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06558472
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cleaning device for the anus and more particularly pertains to allowing a person to effectively clean themselves after a bowel movement.
The use of personal hygiene devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, personal hygiene devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of facilitating personal hygiene 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.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,875,512 to Lathan discloses a device capable of cleaning waste from the anal area of a user comprised of a handle with an ejection assembly. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,647,090 to Yang and 5,648,083 to Blieszner disclose additional personal care compositions and devices.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a cleaning device for the anus for allowing a person to effectively clean themselves after a bowel movement.
In this respect, the cleaning device for the anus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing a person to effectively clean themselves after a bowel movement.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved cleaning device for the anus which can be used for allowing a person to effectively clean themselves after a bowel movement. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of personal hygiene devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved cleaning device for the anus. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved cleaning device for the anus which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a cylindrical portion comprised of a flexible material. The cylindrical portion has an open upper end, a closed lower end, and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. The closed lower end is concave defining a central alignment point.
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, of course, 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.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cleaning device for the anus which has all the advantages of the prior art personal hygiene devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cleaning device for the anus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cleaning device for the anus which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved cleaning device for the anus 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 a cleaning device for the anus economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved cleaning device for the anus for allowing a person to effectively clean themselves after a bowel movement.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cleaning device for the anus including a cylindrical portion comprised of a flexible material. The cylindrical portion has an open upper end, a closed lower end, and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. The closed lower end is concave defining a central alignment point.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Goldstein & Lavas P.C.
Kornakov M.
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