Patent ID: 7387222

Claim:
A bendable caulking nozzle extension device for use with a caulking tube having a nozzle, said extension device comprising: a radially enlarged proximal base portion; a distal tip portion; an elongated tube portion extending between said proximal base portion and said distal tip portion, and having a hollow passageway defined therein; a deformable stiffening element positioned on said elongated tube portion; said elongated tube portion being constructed from a flexibile, resilient material that may be repeatedly and forcibly deformed; said deformable stiffening element being constructed from a material that allows it to be repeatedly and forcibly deformed, whilst substantially retaining such deformed configuration after the removal of a deforming force; said proximal base portion having an attachment means positioned therewithin for releasably affixing said extension device to the nozzle of said caulking tube; said proximal base portion having an entrance aperture which permits caulking material to flow from said caulking tube into said hollow passageway; said distal tip portion having an exit aperture which permits said caulking material to flow from said hollow passageway through said exit aperture; said attachment means being formed from a base segment of said deformable stiffening element extending into said proximal base portion; said base segment of said deformable stiffening element comprises two or more ring sections; wherein each of said two or more ring sections is formed by the coiling of said deformable stiffening element around the interior circumference of said proximal base portion of said extension device, and each of said two or more ring sections are axially separated from one another.