US 12,232,605 B1
Fully adjustable personal reach-extending device for manual scratching, cleansing and shaving
Michael Elfenbein, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by Michael Elfenbein, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/395,535.
Application 18/395,535 is a division of application No. 16/392,052, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,980,282.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/661,429, filed on Apr. 23, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A46B 5/00 (2006.01); A47K 7/02 (2006.01); A61H 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A46B 5/0095 (2013.01) [A47K 7/028 (2013.01); A61H 7/003 (2013.01); A47K 7/022 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1253 (2013.01); A61H 2205/081 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-functional personal care device, the device comprising:
a handle;
a personal care attachment; and
a flexible connecting member attached to the handle at one end of the connecting member, and a second end of the connecting member terminating in a means for releasably fastening the connecting member to the personal care attachment; the handle further comprising a grip surface and an opening, the grip surface being proximate where the handle is joined to the connecting member, and the opening is proximate an end of the handle not joined to the connecting member; and wherein the means for releasably fastening the connecting member is a connector;
wherein the connector comprises
a base, the base having an aperture therethrough, a pair of sidewalls attached to the base, the sidewalls connected at one end by an arcuate member, the arcuate member being attached to the connecting member, the base further comprising a connector release mechanism therein, the connector release mechanism extending through the base aperture, and the sidewalls each having an upper region, the upper region of one sidewall extending inward and toward the upper region of the other sidewall, the upper regions extending over the base to form guide rails for retaining a pair of walls of a plug from the personal care attachment; and
wherein the connecting member comprises a plurality of segments, a first segment being attached to the handle near the grip surface, wherein each segment comprises a ball at a first end of the segment, and a socket at the second end of the segment, and wherein the ball of the first segment is received in the socket of a second segment, and the connecting member terminates in the connector.