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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Danielle Lafond, Mont Saint-Hilaire, CA;
May L. Scally, St. Mathias sur Richelieu, CA;
Louis Therrien, Sainte-Julie, CA;
Alain Chevigny, Val-Morin, CA;
Danielle Lafond, Mont Saint-Hilaire, CA;
May L. Scally, St. Mathias sur Richelieu, CA;
Louis Therrien, Sainte-Julie, CA;
Alain Chevigny, Val-Morin, CA;
LABPLAS INC., Sainte-Julie, CA;
Abstract
A device for swabbing a surface and collecting a substance therefrom comprises a handle and a sponge releasably mounted to the handle. The handle includes at least one gripping member adapted to engage the sponge and retain the sponge mounted to the handle in a first position of the gripping member, the gripping member being adapted upon pressure exerted on an actuator to move the gripping member to a sponge-release position thereof for releasing the sponge from the handle. Typically, there are provided two opposed gripping members, wherein the pressure is exerted by a user's fingers on each gripping member and towards one another. The gripping members are actuated to the sponge-release position without requiring that the user substantially moves his/her hand and fingers longitudinally along the handle.