Patent ID: 7725960

Claim:
A disposable drain filter for trapping and removing debris from a drain, said disposable drain filter comprising: a central shaft having a first end region and a second end region, wherein said shaft is flexible to permit said shaft to bend to allow insertion and removal of said disposable drain filter, wherein said first end region is affixed to a looped handle for insertion and removal of said disposable drain filter from the drain; and a plurality of fin snaring discs and barb snaring discs are arranged in an alternating manner along said shaft with a first fin snaring disc preceding a first barb snaring disc thereby forming an alternating sequence of snaring discs, wherein each of said fin and barb snaring discs having a central opening to accommodate said shaft, said central opening being defined by a hollow tube having a height, wherein said second end region of said shaft is inserted through said hollow tubes and is affixed to a washer to secure said fin and barb snaring discs from exiting said shaft, wherein each of said fin snaring discs comprises of a plurality of fins which radially emanate from said hollow tube, wherein each fin has a narrow first end region affixed to a midpoint of the height of said hollow tube and a wide second end region, wherein each fin is defined by a flat upper wall and a pair of side walls, said flat upper wall defining a base that faces said looped handle in the insertion configuration and said side walls taper down to meet at a single point thereby forming a wedge, wherein a plurality of upward extending protrusions protrude from the junctions of said upper walls and side walls to grip debris flowing down the drain, wherein each barb snaring disc comprises a plurality of bristle extensions which radially emanate from said hollow tube, wherein said bristle extensions have a multitude of bars protrude from said bristle extensions to further grip debris flowing down the drain, wherein said bristle extensions are dimensioned to permit the bard snaring discs to make minimal contact with the inner walls of the drain to stabilize the filter thereby preventing said disposable drain filter from moving down the vertical drain pipe after insertion, wherein said disposable drain filter is dimensioned to take a resting position above the trap region of the drain of a shower drain.