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US5116347:
Tick remover for people and animals
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Butler, Robert B.; Mahopac, NY 10541
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1992-05-26
/ 1991-01-29
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| Application Number: |
US1991000647241
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| IPC Code: |
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A61B 17/50;
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IPC-7:
A61B 17/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
606/131;
081/300;
081/418;
606/205;
606/207;
606/210;
D22/122;
Original:
606/131;
606/205;
606/207;
606/210;
081/300;
081/418;
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| Field of Search: |
606/131,205-209,210
081/9.4,318,328,415-420,424.5,300-315
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| Priority Number: |
| 1991-01-29 |
US1991000647241 |
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| Abstract: |
A simple hand-held implement for removing ticks and other ectoparasites or small undesirable objects from the cutaneous areas and clothing of humans and animals.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Pellegrino, Stephen C.; Dawson, Glenn K.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A plier for removing ticks from humans and animals comprising two rotatably interconnected mating halves, said plier having a pivot located between two mutually opposed jaws at one end of the plier and two mutually opposed handles at the other end of the plier, so that when said handles are squeezed said jaws are enabled to engage a tick, with said tick having a snout imbedded in said human or animal, a possibly swollen posterior, and a narrow area between said imbedded snout and possibly swollen posterior, with
- (A) said mutually opposed jaws being similar in shape and having thin co-operating jaw edges which coalign along substantially their entire length, with
- said jaw edges having a base at an end nearest said pivot and a tip at an end farthest from said pivot, with said jaw edges curving slightly upward in side profile from said base to said tip, and
- said jaw edges being dull, non-cutting, non-overlapping, and having convex-shaped cross sections along substantially their entire length,
- said jaw edges forming a thin gap between them when they engage said tick, with said thin jaw edge gap adapted to be approximately as wide as said tick's narrow area between its imbedded snout and possibly swollen posterior;
- (B) said mutually opposed jaws curving upward in a direction away from said coaligning jaw edges to form a cavity between said jaws when said handles are squeezed, with
- said cavity being configured to loosely hold a fully engorged tick,
- said cavity having a curved upper rim which is substantially thinner than said cavity's width,
- said cavity having no opening below said rim other than said thin jaw edge gap when said jaw edges engage said tick; and
- (C) said mutually opposed handles having integrally formed co-operating stops between said handles, with
- said stops consisting solely of two mutually opposed surfaces that are nonadjustable, have only one setting, and have no movable or separable parts,
- said stops having a length that is substantially greater than their maximum width, and
- said stops serving to maintain said thin jaw edge gap when said jaw edges engage said tick when said handles are squeezed.
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