Patent ID: 9359751
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: E03C,E03D

Claim Text:
1. A plumbing trap flushing device for use with one of a drain in a sink, an overflow drain in a basin, a drain in a bathtub, an overflow drain in a bathtub and the like, the drain having an affixed flanged strainer and a trap, and the flushing device having two opposite ends, comprising: a first end having a connector releasably attachable to a tap; a bendable conduit in flow communication with the connector and having an outside diameter; and a second end having a nozzle in flow communication with the distal end of the conduit, the nozzle having a nozzle inside diameter less than the inside diameter of the bendable conduit, the nozzle having a nozzle body, a proximal end and a distal end relative to the nozzle body whereby the water exits the distal end of the nozzle in a stream, wherein the nozzle has a nozzle outside diameter along entire lengths of the nozzle body from the nozzle proximal end to the distal end, the nozzle outside diameter along said entire lengths of the nozzle body being no greater than the outside diameter of the bendable conduit; wherein the bendable conduit and the second end of the flushing device are dimensioned to fit through the affixed flanged drain strainer and down into the trap without sealing engagement with the trap such that in use, air and water freely flow around the bendable conduit and nozzle into and out of the drain.