Patent ID: 7300632

Claim:
A swab testing device having a container containing a diluent, a cap detachably mounted on an opening of the container, an elongating stick secured to or integral with the cap, and a cotton swab connected to a leading end of the stick and immersed in the diluent when the container opening is closed with the cap, characterized in that: (a) the underside of said cap includes a downward hollow tube having an inside diameter slightly greater than an outside diameter of said stick, and said hollow tube is provided with a plurality of inward projections cooperating with each other to surround and support said stick, thereby providing a plurality of communicating channels communicatable with an interior of said container and also communicatable with atmosphere by an aperture formed on said cap; (b) said cap also includes a lid by which said aperture may be opened and closed; and (c) any liquid in said container may be discharged through said plurality of communicating channels and said aperture, when said lid is opened to communicate said plurality of communicating channels with atmosphere through said aperture, even when said container opening remains closed with said cap.