Device for holding a sampling sponge

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9925647
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13294168

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A device for swabbing a surface and collecting a substance therefrom comprises a handle and a sponge releasably mounted to the handle. The handle includes at least one gripping member adapted to engage the sponge and retain the sponge mounted to the handle in a first position of the gripping member, the gripping member being adapted upon pressure exerted on an actuator to move the gripping member to a sponge-release position thereof for releasing the sponge from the handle. Typically, there are provided two opposed gripping members, wherein the pressure is exerted by a user's fingers on each gripping member and towards one another. The gripping members are actuated to the sponge-release position without requiring that the user substantially moves his/her hand and fingers longitudinally along the handle.

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LABPLAS INC1950 BOMBARDIER SAINTE-JULIE QUEBEC J3E 2J9

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chevigny, Alain Val-Morin, CA 8 24
Lafond, Danielle Mont Saint-Hilaire, CA 17 200
Scally, May L St. Mathias sur Richelieu, CA 8 25
Therrien, Louis Sainte-Julie, CA 4 16

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