Granted Patent B2

US 12,478,506 · App. 18/411,270 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inventor: Richard Carl Olson (Deerfield Beach, FL)

Assignee: Quest Products, LLC

A61F11/006A61F2240/001A61F2250/0014A61F2250/0037

Abstract

Claims (26)

1 . An ear cleaner comprising:

an elongated handle having a length;

a spoon that is configured to fit in a human ear;

a disc connecting the spoon and the handle;

the handle having a cross-section perpendicular to the length that varies along the length of the handle;

a gripping portion of the handle having a first thickness; and

a transition portion of the handle intermediate the gripping portion and the disc, the transition portion having a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

2 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the gripping portion of the handle has a first cross-sectional area; and

wherein the transition portion has a second cross-sectional area that is larger than the first cross-sectional area.

3 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the transition portion has a thickness that increases as the transition portion extends away from the gripping portion and toward the disc.

4 . The ear cleaner of claim 3 wherein the transition portion has a third thickness greater than the second thickness.

5 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the cross-section of the transition portion of the handle increases in cross-sectional area as the transition portion extends away from the gripping portion and toward the disc.

6 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the handle includes a groove extending along the length of the handle.

7 . The ear cleaner of claim 6 wherein the handle comprises:

a pair of longitudinal edges on opposite sides of the groove; and

wherein the gripping portion of the handle includes a curved surface extending from one of the longitudinal edges to the other.

8 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the transition portion of the handle includes a reinforcing member extending transverse to the length of the handle.

9 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the gripping portion of the handle includes longitudinal edges extending parallel to the length of the handle; and

wherein the transition portion of the handle includes at least one edge extending transverse to the longitudinal edges of the gripping portion.

10 . The ear cleaner of claim 9 wherein the at least one edge of the transition portion of the handle comprises a pair of edges extending transverse to the length of the handle.

11 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the handle includes a groove and the gripping portion of the handle includes a surface portion defining at least a portion of the groove; and

wherein the transition portion of the handle includes a reinforcing member upstanding from the surface portion.

12 . The ear cleaner of claim 1 wherein the spoon has a bowl and includes two arcuate edges, a leading juncture connecting the arcuate edges, and a trailing juncture connecting the arcuate edges across the bowl from the trailing juncture.

13 . The ear cleaner of claim 12 wherein the leading juncture is lower than the trailing juncture.

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

15 . The ear cleaner of claim 14 wherein the ear cleaner is made of plastic.

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Continuity (4)

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