Patent ID: 6521190
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A collection apparatus comprising a collection container comprising a first interior portion, second interior portion and third interior portion, whereinthe first interior portion of the container extends from an open end to the second interior portion and defines a first central axis; the second interior portion extends inwardly and has a decreasing cross-sectional area from the first interior portion to the third interior portion, and defines a second central axis at an oblique angle with respect to the first central axis, the second interior portion being sized to engage bristles of a brush device having a body of bristles on a shaft and to urge the shaft of the brush device at an angle with respect to the first central axis; the third interior portion extends from the second interior portion and defines a closed end; and the first, second and third interior portions are sized and arranged to form an unencumbered straight line path from the open end to the closed end of the collection container.