Patent ID: 6519785
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
A plunger device for clearing drains, comprising: a one piece, generally bottle-shaped, hollow main body with a generally circular opening to the hollow in one end, the plunger device comprising a curved body portion extending into a narrower neck portion, the neck portion ending in the circular opening, the opposite end of the plunger device being generally closed; the plunger device being substantially comprised of a flexible, sturdy, compressible material that returns to its general bottle shape following compression; the plunger device further comprising a detachable, portable pedestal comprising a bullet-shaped upper nose portion and a circular base portion; the base portion having a diameter that is greater than the diameter of the opening of the plunger device; the bullet-shaped nose portion of the pedestal having a diameter that is smaller than the inside diameter of the plunger device's opening, with the diameter of the pedestal gradually increasing to the bottom of the base portion; the bullet shaped nose portion being insertable in the opening of the plunger device.