| US 7,610,635 B2 | ||
| Drain cleaner | ||
| Marissa A. K. Schultz, Racine, Wis. (US); Emily Schoenfelder, Buffalo, N.Y. (US); and David H. Roland, Middleton, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, Wis. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/746,205. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0276392 A1, Nov. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. E03C 1/23 (2006.01); A47K 1/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 4—689 [4/294; 4/295] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A drain cleaner for use with a drain assembly including a drain pipe having a U-joint and a flange coupled to the drain
pipe and defining a drain inlet, the drain cleaner comprising:
a stopper head having a seal sized to engage the drain inlet and an inlet passage extending from an inlet port formed in a
top surface of the stopper head to an outlet port formed in a bottom surface of the stopper head;
a cap removably coupled to the inlet port;
a conduit coupled to the stopper head with a proximal end in fluid communication with the stopper inlet passage and a distal
end, an internal passage extending between the conduit proximal end and conduit distal end, the conduit distal end being sufficiently
spaced from the conduit proximal end so that the conduit distal end is disposed in the drain pipe when the stopper head is
adjacent the drain inlet, the conduit being formed of a material that is sufficiently flexible to navigate a drain pipe path;
and
a drain cleaning composition supported below the stopper head bottom surface and positioned such that the conduit defines
a partition between the conduit internal passage and the drain cleaning composition.
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