US2016312452A1PendingUtilityA1

Tool for removing unwanted items from plumbing

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Mar 30, 2015Filed: Mar 29, 2016Published: Oct 27, 2016
Est. expiryMar 30, 2035(~8.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Michael W. Perry
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Abstract

A tool for removing unwanted items from plumbing including at least two angled passageways, such as that found in a toilet. The tool comprises an elongated body including a flexible sheath made of a music wire extendable coil, and a flexible steel inner core comprising at least three radially outward flexing flat steel pieces, the body being lax.

Claims

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1 . A tool for removing unwanted items from plumbing including at least two angled passageways, such as that found in a toilet, the tool including an elongated body comprising a flexible sheath made of a music wire extendable coil, and a flexible steel inner core including at least three radially outward flexing steel pieces, the body being lax. 
     
     
         2 . A tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the tool further includes a knob attached to the core for translating the core relative to the sheath. 
     
     
         3 . A tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath further includes a handle attached to the sheath. 
     
     
         4 . A tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the core is a wire and wherein the steel pieces are attached to the wire at an end of the wire with a solid connector. 
     
     
         5 . A tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath at one end is enlarged relative to the remainder of the sheath. 
     
     
         6 . A tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheath is made from music wire of about 0.02 inches in diameter. 
     
     
         7 . A tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the claws are each made of  301  flexible stainless steel about 0.015 inches thick. 
     
     
         8 . A tool for removing unwanted items from plumbing including at least two angled passageways, such as that found in a toilet, the tool including an elongated body comprising a flexible sheath made of a music wire extendable coil, a flexible steel inner core including at least three radially outward flexing flat steel pieces, the body being lax, a knob attached to the core for translating the core relative to the sheath, and the sheath includes a handle attached to the sheath. 
     
     
         9 . A tool according to  claim 8 , wherein the core includes a wire and wherein the steel pieces are attached to the wire at an end of the wire with a solid connector. 
     
     
         10 . A tool according to  claim 8 , wherein the sheath at one end is enlarged relative to the remainder of the sheath. 
     
     
         11 . A tool according to  claim 8 , wherein the sheath is made from music wire of about 0.02 inches in diameter. 
     
     
         12 . A tool according to  claim 8 , wherein the claws are each made of  301  flexible stainless steel about 0.015 inches thick.

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