Patent ID: 7062800

Claim:
A plunger for forcing debris through a trap of a toilet, the plunger comprising: a handle member is adapted for being gripped by a hand of a user; and a plunger portion being coupled to said handle member, said plunger portion being adapted for being positioned in the bowl of the toilet, said plunger portion being adapted for forcing a fluid down the trap of the toilet to force debris through the trap to allow the bowl of the toilet to drain; said plunger portion comprising a bulb member and a sleeve member united together, said sleeve member having an interior in fluid communication with an interior of said bulb member, said bulb member being coupled to said handle member; said bulb member being defined by a substantially spherical bulb wall and said sleeve member being defines by a substantially cylindrical sleeve wall extending from said bulb wall at a juncture, said sleeve wall terminating at a substantially circular end opening; said substantially cylindrical sleeve wall having a uniform diameter from said juncture with said substantially spherical bulb wall to said end opening of said sleeve wall; wherein said plunger portion comprises a flexible material, said flexible material being for permitting said plunger portion to conform to the trap and direct said fluid into the trap; wherein said sleeve member has a diameter less than a diameter of said bulb member; wherein said plunger portion comprises a plurality of annular rings, each of said annular rings outwardly extending from said sleeve member such that each of said annular rings is positioned substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said plunger portion, said annular rings are adapted for engaging the surface of the bowl to provide a seal between said sleeve member and the bowl of the toilet to inhibit the fluid forced from said bulb member from blowing back between said sleeve member and the bowl of the toilet; wherein each ring of said plurality of rings is substantially uniformly spaced from another ring of said plurality of rings; wherein said bulb wall has a substantially spherical interior surface and a substantially spherical exterior surface; wherein said sleeve wall has a substantially cylindrical interior surface and a substantially cylindrical exterior surface.