Patent ID: 6158077
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A personal hygiene appliance for persons having limited hand reach or body mobility which functions as a hand extension to permit said persons to clean their perineal area with a firmly grasped tissue paper in a preferred orientation at an extended position from the hand after defecation or urination, said appliance comprisinga rigid extension handle having formed at a first end thereof a hand grip for accurately extending and positioning said tissue paper proximate said perineal area prior to contact therewith and at the second opposite end thereof a means for grasping said tissue paper, said handle and said grasping means being formed and interconnected with a curvature to position said grasping means at an orientation approximately at a right angle to said hand grip, said grasping means being comprised of at least two flexible fingers which are inherently biased toward each other and form a partially generally spherical surface at their distal ends whereby said fingers can be separated by force to permit the insertion of a portion of a tissue paper therebetween and when said fingers are released to return to said partially spherical biased configuration whereby said tissue paper is firmly grasped therebetween and is retained therein and thereon to resist extraction forces which can be imposed upon said tissue paper by closure forces of the human body portions surrounding said perineal area, said fingers being formed of a molded flexible material having a base secured to said handle and said fingers secured to and projecting from said base to combine into a rounded partially generally spherical projection when disposed in said biased position.