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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Stephen S. Turner, Edelstein, IL (US);
Stephen S. Turner, Edelstein, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A drain cleaning device with a combination of elements which quickly removes upper-drain hair clogs from bathroom drains without taking the drain apart, and without handling offensive clogs. The drain cleaning device includes a handle section and a disposable drain cleaning section which snap together. The drain cleaning section has an extended rod portion with a multistrand wire core covered with a layer of thousands of miniature hair-grabbing, hook elements embedded in a textile material which covers the rod portion's entire length. In particular, the J-shaped hook elements are circumferentially oriented on the rod portion to snag hair while rotating the device. Also, a method of making the device by assembling the disposable rod section from a length of hook strip, a length of multistrand wire core, a hook-covered tip and a connector, which can then be connected to the handle section before use.