Patent Application
20200315595
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The disclosure and prior art relates to DNA extractors and more particularly pertains to a new DNA extractor for extracting DNA without unearthing bodies.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a drill, a grabbing assembly, a viewer, a tunnel tube, and a resealer. The drill comprises a shaft having a plurality of shaft sections. Each of the plurality of shaft sections is selectively engageable with one another. The shaft is configured to attach to a drill. Each of a plurality of bits is selectively engageable with the shaft. The plurality of bits is configured to drill through earth and a coffin. The grabbing assembly comprises a handle having a control mechanism. An extension is coupled to the handle and the control mechanism extends through the extension. Each of a plurality of grabber attachments is selectively engageable with the extension and is in operational communication with the control mechanism of the handle. The control mechanism opens and alternatively closes each of the plurality of grabber attachments. The grabbing assembly is configured to grab a DNA sample from within the coffin. The viewer comprises a camera, a light coupled to the camera, and a data cable coupled to the camera. The data cable is configured to connect to a monitor or a personal electronic device. The tunnel tube receives the drill. The tunnel tube simultaneously receives the grabbing assembly and the viewer. The resealer is configured to patch the coffin.
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 grabbing assembly 16 comprises a handle 36, an extension 38, and a plurality of grabber attachments 40. The handle 36 may have a control mechanism 42, an end cap 44, a finger grip 46, and a handle spring 48. The control mechanism 42 may be a flex cable 50 coupled to the end cap 44. The handle spring 48 is coupled between the end cap 44 and the finger grip 46. The extension 38 may be a flex cable outer sheath 52 coupled to the finger grip 46. The flex cable 50 extends through the flex cable outer sheath 52. Each of the plurality of grabber attachments 40 is selectively engageable with the extension 38 and is in operational communication with the control mechanism 42 of the handle. The control mechanism 42 opens and alternatively closes each of the plurality of grabber attachments 40 by compressing the end cap 44 towards the finger grip 46. The handle 36 may alternatively comprise a grip section 54 with the controller being a pull loop 56 extending through the grip section 54 to engage the flex cable 50. The plurality of grabber attachments 40 comprises a standard grab claw 58, a spring-loaded grab claw 60, and an alligator clip claw 62. The spring-loaded grab claw 58 comprises a tubular housing 64. The tubular housing 64 is selectively engageable with the extension 38 of the grabbing assembly. A stop plate 66 is coupled within the tubular housing 64 and a compression spring 68 is coupled to the stop plate 66. The compression spring 68 has an attachment end 70 that is selectively engageable with the control mechanism 42 of the grabbing assembly. A claw rod 72 is coupled to the attachment end 70 and coaxially extends through the compression spring 68 and the stop plate 66. A pair of claws 74 is coupled to the claw rod 72. The pair of claws 74 has a retracted position 76 and an alternate extended position 78. The pair of claws 74 is forced shut by the tubular housing 64 in the retracted position, the pair of claws 74 is open in the alternate extended position 78. The compression spring 68 automatically returns the pair of claws 74 from the alternate extended position 78 to the retracted position 76. The alligator clip claw 62 comprises an alligator clip 80 having a pinch end 82, an open position 84, and an alternate closed position 86. A collar 88 is selectively engageable with the control mechanism 42 of the grabbing assembly and is selectively engageable with the pinch end 82 of the alligator clip to maintain the open position 84. The control mechanism 42 is used to remove the collar 88 from the alligator clip 80 to move to the alternate closed position 86. A clip holder 90 is coupled to the alligator clip 80. The clip holder 90 is selectively engageable with the extension 38 of the grabbing assembly. The grabbing assembly 16 is configured to grab a DNA sample from a corpse 92 within the coffin 34.
The saw 24 comprises a saw housing 94 having a distal end 96, a proximal end 98, an inside 100, and a channel 102 extending through to the inside 100. A return spring 104 is coupled within the inside 100. A saw blade 106 is coupled to the return spring 104. The saw blade 106 has a toothed side 108 that aligns with the channel 102 of the saw housing. A push rod 110 is coupled to the saw blade 106 and is slidably coupled through the proximal end 98 of the saw housing. A rod sheath 112 is coupled to the saw housing 94. The rod sheath 112 is coaxially disposed around the push rod 110 and is coupled to the proximal end 98 of the saw housing. The push rod 110 is used to move the saw blade 106 to compress the return spring 104, then the return spring 104 moves the saw blade 106 back when the pressure is released from the push rod 110 thus causing the saw blade 106 to reciprocate and cut.
The viewer 18 comprises a camera 114, a light 116, and a data cable 118. The camera 114 has a lens 120 and may be cylindrical with a first diameter 122. The light 116 is coupled to the camera 114 and may be cylindrical with a second diameter 124 substantially conforming to the first diameter 122. The light 116 has a through hole 126 to allow for the lens 120 to see. The data cable 118 is coupled to the camera 114 and may have a plug 128 that selectively engages an adaptor 130. The adaptor 130 is configured to connect to a monitor or a personal electronic device 132 and may be a USB adaptor. There may be a claw camera clip 134 to join the viewer 18 and the grabbing assembly 116. The claw camera clip 134 has a clip body 136 and a pair of guide wires 138. The clip body 136 has a camera slot 140 and a cable slot 142 extending through the clip body 136. The camera slot 140 selectively receives the camera 114 and the cable slot 142 selectively receives the flex cable outer sheath 52. The clip body 136 is coupled to the pair of guide wires 138.
The tunnel tube 20 receives the drill 14 and simultaneously receives the grabbing assembly 16 and the viewer 18. The resealer 22 may comprise a screen 146 having a resin side 148. The resin side 148 selectively engages with the shaft 28. The storage tube 26 has a carry handle 150 and an end cap 152. The end cap 152 seals and alternatively unseals the storage tube 26. The storage tube 26 receives the drill 14, the grabbing assembly 16, the viewer 18, the tunnel tube 20, the saw 24, and the resealer 22.
In use, the drill 14 is used with an auger drill bit 154 to dig through the earth until reaching the coffin 34 and then remove the drill. The tunnel tube 20 is then placed in the hole and the drill 14 is placed through the tunnel tube with a different drill bit of the plurality of bits 32 to drill through the coffin 34. The drill 14 is then removed and the viewer 18 and the grabbing assembly 16 are simultaneously placed through the tunnel tube 20 to extract the DNA sample. The viewer 18 and the grabbing assembly 16 are removed and the resealer 22 is then placed in the tunnel tube 20. The shaft 28 is used to push the screen 146 through the tunnel tube 20 and into the coffin 34. The shaft 28 is then lifted back out and the resin side 148 seals the coffin 34.
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.
