Patent Application
20210196297
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The disclosure relates to nose clearing devices and more particularly pertains to a new nose clearing device for cleaning a user's nostrils.
The prior art relates to nose clearing devices. The prior art discloses a bore cleaning tool that includes a plurality of cleaning head, each with a plurality of flared edges, for cleaning a bore. The prior art discloses a variety of cleaning sticks which include a pair of cleaning pads for inserting into bodily openings. In each instance the pair of cleaning pads on the cleaning stick are similar to each other. In another instance the prior art discloses a cleaning stick with a pair of different cleaning ends, one comprising a pad and one comprising a closed loop. The prior art also discloses a variety of mechanized cleaning devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tube that is insertable into a nostril of user. A swab is coupled to the tube and the swab can be inserted into the user's nostril. The swab is comprised of a fluid absorbent material for absorbing fluid mucous from the user's nostril. A shovel is coupled to the tube and the shovel can be inserted into the user's nostril. The shovel lies on a plane that is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tube. In this way the shovel can engage, and subsequently remove, dried mucous from the user's nostril.
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 swab 24 is coupled to the tube 12 and the swab 24 can be inserted into the user's nostril. The swab 24 is comprised of a fluid absorbent material to absorb fluid mucous from the user's nostril. The swab 24 is positioned on the second end 16 of the tube 12 and the swab 24 has a distal end 26 with respect to the tube 12 and an outer surface 28. The swab 24 is elongated between the second end 16 and the distal end 26, and the outer surface 28 is continuously arcuate about a centerline of the swab 24 such that the swab 24 has an ovoid shape. The swab 24 may be comprised of foam rubber, cotton fiber, or any other absorbent material that is sufficiently soft for comfortably engaging the user's mucous membranes.
A shovel 30 is provided and the shovel 30 is coupled to the tube 12 for inserting into the user's nostril. The shovel 30 lies on a plane that is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tube 12. In this way the shovel 30 can engage, and subsequently remove, dried mucous from the user's nostril. The shovel 30 has a top surface 32 and a perimeter edge 34 extending therbetween. The top surface 32 is concavely arcuate with respect to the perimeter edge 34 such that the shovel 30 forms a bowl.
The top surface 32 is coupled to the first end 14 of the tube 12 and the first end 14 is centrally positioned on the top surface 32. The perimeter edge 34 curves around the first end 14 of the tube 12 such that the shovel 30 has an ovoid shape with a narrow end 36 and a wide end 38. The shovel 30 is oriented such that an axis extending between the narrow end 36 and the wide end 38 is oriented collinear with a longitudinal axis of the second portion 22 of the tube 12. In this way the narrow end 36 enhances engaging the dried mucous.
In use, the tube 12 is gripped and the swab 24 is inserted into the user's nostril to clean the nostril and to absorb fluid mucous in the nostril. In this way the user can clean their nostril without introducing bacteria from their fingers into their nostril. The shovel 30 can be inserted into the user's nostril to dislodge, a subsequently remove, dried mucous from the user's nostril. The shovel 30 facilitates the same benefit of the swab 24 with respect to limiting bacteria introduced to the nostril.
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.
