Patent Application
20210237230
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The disclosure and prior art relates to drain accessing tool devices and more particularly pertains to a new drain accessing tool device for facilitating the removal of items from a drain.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a rod that has a first end, a second end and a peripheral surface extending between the first and second ends. A hook is attached to and extends away from the first end of the rod. A magnet is attached to the second end of the rod.
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
As best illustrated in
A hook 18 is attached to and extends away from the first end 14 of the rod 12. The hook 18 has a free end 20 and includes a first portion 22 and a second portion 24 wherein the second portion 24 includes the free end 20. A juncture of the first 22 and second 24 portions comprises a bend 28. As can be seen in
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A magnet 30 may be attached to the second end 16 of the rod 12. The magnet 30 is used to magnetically attract objects which are magnetically active so that they may be pulled out of drains or other areas. As can be seen in
A grip 34 is attached to the rod 12 and is positioned adjacent to the second end 16. The grip 34 comprises a raised member attached to and extending around the peripheral surface 17. The grip 34 may be formed in a helical pattern. The grip 34 may comprise a plastic material or an elastomeric material. The grip 34 may be comprised of a tacky material and/or compressible material to assist a person in holding onto the rod 12. To further facilitate retaining a grip 34 on the rod 12, a tether 36 may be attached to the rod 12 adjacent to the second end 16.
In use, the tool 10 is used to remove articles before they are fully lost down a drain 38 and more specifically before they reach the water trap. The articles may comprise, for example, rings, earrings, or other personal items. Additionally, the tool 10 may be used for removing hair and items before clogging of the drain 38 or reducing its ability to drain properly.
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.
