IP Library Granted Patent US 10,531,986
Granted Patent B2
US 10,531,986 · App. 15/655,332 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Ear cleaner

Inventor: Richard Carl Olson (Mundelein, IL)
Assignee: Quest Products, LLC
A61F11/006A61F2240/001A61F2250/0014A61F2250/0037
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Patent No.
US 10,531,986
App. No.
15/655,332
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ear cleaner is provided that includes an elongated handle, a spoon, and a disc intermediate the spoon and the disc.

Claims (30)

1. An ear cleaner comprising:

an elongated handle having a length;

a finger-engaging groove of the handle extending along the length of the handle;

a spoon; and

a disc is intermediate the handle and the spoon;

wherein the handle includes a pair of longitudinal edges on opposite sides of the finger-engaging groove that are separated by the finger-engaging groove and extend along the length of the handle; and

an inwardly-extending surface of the handle extending into the handle transverse to the length, the inwardly-extending surface connecting the longitudinal edges and defining at least a portion of the finger-engaging groove.

2. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the finger-engaging groove of the handle extends for a majority of the handle.

3. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the handle includes an outwardly curved portion extending from one of the longitudinal edges.

4. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the spoon includes a bowl having a slot, the slot having a length extending parallel to the length of the handle.

5. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the spoon includes a bowl having an upper front outer edge and an upper rear outer edge, the upper front outer edge being lower than the upper rear outer edge.

6. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the handle has a first cross-section dimension perpendicular to the length adjacent the disc, the ear cleaner further comprising:

a thin portion having a second cross-section dimension perpendicular to the length spaced from the disc that is smaller than the first cross-section dimension.

7. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the ear cleaner has a unitary, one-piece construction.

8. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the ear cleaner has an overall length and further comprises a thin portion, the handle being intermediate the thin portion and the disc; and

wherein the thin portion has a cross-sectional dimension normal to the overall length that is less than a cross-sectional dimension of the handle normal to the overall length.

9. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the handle includes an outwardly curved portion extending from one of the longitudinal edges.

10. The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the ear cleaner has a unitary, one-piece construction.

11. The ear cleaner of claim 1 further comprising a ramp extending from the inwardly-extending surface of the handle to the disc.

12. An ear cleaner comprising:

an elongated handle having a length;

a groove of the handle extending along the length of the handle;

a spoon; and

a disc is intermediate the handle and the spoon,

wherein the handle includes a pair of longitudinal edges on opposite sides of the groove that extend along the length of the handle,

wherein the longitudinal edges each include a first portion that extends parallel to the first portion of the other longitudinal edge and a second portion that extends toward the second portion of the other longitudinal edge.

13. The ear cleaner of claim 12 wherein the groove of the handle extends for a majority of the handle.

14. The ear cleaner of claim 12 wherein the spoon includes a bowl having a slot, the slot having a length extending parallel to the length of the handle.

15. The ear cleaner of claim 12 wherein the spoon includes a bowl having an upper front outer edge and an upper rear outer edge, the upper front outer edge being lower than the upper rear outer edge.

16. The ear cleaner of claim 12 wherein the handle has a first cross-section dimension perpendicular to the length adjacent the disc and a second cross-section dimension perpendicular to the length spaced from the disc that is smaller than the first cross-section dimension.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2024
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: QUEST PRODUCTS, LLC; ORAHEALTH, LLC
Reel/Frame 066628/0917 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2024
From: QUEST PRODUCTS, LLC; ORAHEALTH, LLC; TEC LABORATORIES, INC. (T/B/K/A TEC LABORATORIES, LLC)
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066579/0931 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2020
From: QUEST PRODUCTS, LLC; ORAHEALTH, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 053005/0089 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2020
From: FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A.), AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: QUEST PRODUCTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 052992/0819 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2018
From: QUEST PRODUCTS, LLC
To: MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 045554/0360 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 21, 2018
From: CLINERE PRODUCTS, LLC
To: QUEST PRODUCTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 044987/0298 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: OLSON IP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: CLINERE PRODUCTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 044851/0780 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2017
From: OLSON, RICHARD CARL
To: OLSON IP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 043157/0562 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 29567975 · Jun 14, 2016
Related Publication 20170354541A1 · Dec 14, 2017
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