Patent Application
20220211550
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The disclosure relates to anal hygiene device and more particularly pertains to a new anal hygiene device for anal hygiene.
The prior art relates to anal hygiene devices. Known devices are shaped and function similar to a feminine pad or a diaper. Such devices lack a shape that can be held within the user's buttocks adjacent the anus. These devices also lack an extraction string for easy, hygienic removal of the device after use.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a sponge body having a body top side, a body bottom side, a body front side, a body back side, a body left side, and a body right side. The body bottom side is larger than the body top side. The sponge body is an absorptive material configured to be inserted within a user's buttocks adjacent the anus to prevent transfer of fecal matter from the user's anus to a user's clothing. A tab is coupled to the body top side of the sponge body. An extraction string is coupled to the tab. The extraction string is pullable to remove the sponge body from the user's buttocks.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The body bottom side 16 may be larger than the body top side 14. The body bottom side 16 may have a bottom width 26 equal to three times a top width 28 of the body top side. The body bottom side 16 may have a bottom length 30 equal to four times the top width 28. The bottom width 26, the top width 28, and the bottom length 30 may be 1½ inch, ½ inch, and 2 inches, respectively.
The body bottom side 16 may have a medial recessed portion 32. The recessed portion 32 may be arcuate for optimal absorption and capture. The sponge body 12 is an absorptive material configured to be inserted within a user's buttocks 34 adjacent the anus 36 to prevent transfer of fecal matter from the user's anus 36 to a user's clothing. The medial recessed portion 32 may occupy at least 75% of the bottom length 30.
A tab 38 is coupled to the sponge body 12. The tab 38 is coupled to the body top side 14 and may be offset more proximal the body front side 18. The tab 38 has a semicircular top edge 40 for user comfort and an attachment aperture 42 extending from a tab front side 44 through a tab back side 46.
An extraction string 48 is coupled to the tab 38. The extraction string 48 is coupled through the attachment aperture 42 for optimal security. The extraction string 48 is pullable to remove the sponge body 12 from the user's buttocks in the most hygienic way possible.
In use, the sponge body 12 is inserted within the user's buttock 34 such that the body bottom side 16 faces the user's anus 36. The sponge body 12 is never to be inserted within the anus 36. When done, the extraction string 48 is used to remove the sponge body 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
