Patent Application
20220047057
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The disclosure relates to cleaning devices and more particularly pertains to a new cleaning device for cleaning and sanitizing under nails.
The prior art relates to cleaning devices for nails of the fingers and toes. Such prior art nail cleaning devices may comprise pointed rods, swabs impregnated with cleaning solutions, and dispensing devices with and without brushes.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a rod, which has a chamber, a channel, and a set of holes positioned therein. The holes are positioned proximate to a first end of the rod. The channel extends from the chamber to the set of holes so that the holes are in fluidic communication with the chamber. A liquid positioned is the chamber and is positioned to flow through the channel and the holes.
A plurality of bristles is engaged to and extends from the rod proximate to the first end. The rod is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user, positioning the user to manipulate the bristles under a nail of a finger or a toe to dislodge debris therefrom. The liquid is configured to flow onto the nail to flush the debris therefrom.
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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A liquid 22 is positioned the chamber 14 and is positioned to flow through the channel 16 and the holes 18. The liquid 22 may comprise alcohol, or other sanitizing fluid, such as, but not limited to, solutions of soap, chlorhexidine, and cetrimide.
A plurality of bristles 24 is engaged to and extends from the rod 12 proximate to the first end 20. The rod 12 is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user, positioning the user to manipulate the bristles 24 under a nail of a finger or a toe to dislodge debris therefrom. The liquid 22 is configured to flow onto the nail to flush the debris therefrom.
The rod 12 is bendable and the device 10 may comprise a shell 26, which lines the chamber 14 and contains the liquid 22. The shell 26 is frangible and is configured to be broken upon bending of the rod 12 so that the liquid 22 flows from the chamber 14 through the channel 16 and the holes 18.
An implement 28 is engaged to a second end 30 of the rod 12 and is configured to scrape under a nail. The implement 28 comprises a spade 32, which is rigid, or a prong 34, which is resiliently bendable. The spade 32 comprises plastic. The prong 34 comprises elastomer, rubber, or silicone.
In use, the rod 12 is grasped in a hand of the user and used to manipulate the bristles 24 under the nail to dislodge debris. The liquid 22 flows from the chamber 14 through the channel 16 and the holes 18 onto the nail to flush the debris from under the nail.
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 elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
