Patent Publication Number: US-11389573-B2

Title: Ear water suction apparatus

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to aural water removal devices and more particularly pertains to a new aural water removal device for removing water from within ears. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mouthpiece that has a principal opening extending into a mouth portion and a stem aperture extending from the principal opening through a stem portion. A tubing that has a connector portion and a bifurcated portion comprising a right branch and a left branch is coupled to the mouthpiece. A distal end of the connector portion is coupled around the stem portion of the mouthpiece. A pair of ear tubes comprising a right ear tube and a left ear tube coupled to the right branch and the left branch, respectively, is coupled to the tubing. A pair of ear buds comprising a right bud and a left bud each having a canal aperture coupled around an ear end of the right ear tube and the left ear tube, respectively, is coupled to the pair of ear tubes. The pair of ear buds is configured to be inserted within a user&#39;s ears. The canal aperture of each of the pair of ear buds, the pair of ear tubes, the tubing, and the stem aperture of the mouthpiece are all in fluid communication. The user thus is able to create suction through the canal aperture of each of the pair of ear buds with her mouth on the principal opening of the mouthpiece to draw water from her ears. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of an aural water removal suction apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom plan view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new aural water removal device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the aural water removal suction apparatus  10  generally comprises a mouthpiece  12  that has a principal opening  14  extending into a cup-shaped mouth portion  16  and a stem aperture  18  extending from the principal opening  14  through a stem portion  20 . The principal opening  14  of the mouthpiece  12  has a rounded lip  22  continuously extending around a perimeter thereof. A tubing  24  that has a connector portion  21  and a horseshoe-shaped bifurcated portion  28  comprising a right branch  30  and a left branch  32  is coupled to the mouthpiece  12 . A distal end  34  of the connector portion  21  is coupled around the stem portion  20  of the mouthpiece  12 . A pair of ear tubes  36  comprising a right ear tube  38  and a left ear tube  40  is coupled to the right branch  30  and the left branch  32  of the tubing  24 , respectively. Each of the ear tubes  36  has a straight portion  42  partially coupled within the tubing  24  and a bent portion  44  orienting a thin portion  45  of an ear end  46  to lie perpendicular with the straight portion  42 . A pair of ear buds  48  is coupled to the pair of ear tubes  36 . Each of the ear buds  48  has a rounded back side  50 , a front side  52 , and a tapered side wall  54  extending therebetween. The pair of ear buds  48  comprises a right bud  58  and a left bud  60  each having a canal aperture  56  extending from the front side  52  through the back side  50 . The canal aperture  56  of each of the right bud  58  and the left bud  60  is coupled around the thin portion  45  of the ear end of the right ear tube  38  and the left ear tube  40 , respectively. The pair of ear buds  48  is configured to be inserted within a user&#39;s ears. The tubing  24  is flexible such that the pair of ear tubes  36  moves between a crossed position  64  and an alternative wear position  66 . The bifurcated portion  28  is biased to return the ear tubes  36  to the crossed position  64 . The ear tubes  36  thus apply pressure on the ear buds  48  within the user&#39;s ears in the wear position  66 . The canal aperture  56  of each of the pair of ear buds  48 , the pair of ear tubes  36 , the tubing  24 , and the stem aperture  20  of the mouthpiece  12  are all in fluid communication. 
     In use, the user is able to create suction through the canal aperture  56  of each of the pair of ear buds  48  with her mouth on the principal opening  14  of the mouthpiece  12  to draw water from her ears. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.