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Patent Pending — US App. No. 64/194,184

Empty the hair trap without touching hair.

A flat comb-ring drain catcher for stall showers.

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Cleaning a hair catcher means touching the hair.

Touch

There's no clean way to empty most catchers.

Fit

Popular catchers fit tub drains, not stall showers.

Pool

A full catcher can slow the drain.

How it's designed to work.

Set the ring.

1

Set the ring.

An adapter ring fits common 1.5 to 2 in stall drains (design target).

Catch the hair.

2

Catch the hair.

Hair wraps the comb teeth under a flat slotted cover, about 12 mm tall (target). Water flows through the slots.

Lift and twist.

3

Lift and twist.

Lift it by the fold-up tab and twist the cover over the bin. A stripper ring slides down the teeth and pushes the hair off.

Toss and set back.

4

Toss and set back.

The hair drops into the bin. No hand contact with the hair (design goal).

No-touch emptying (design goal)Stall-shower drains12 mm tall (target)Comb ring + stripper
No-touch emptying (design goal)Stall-shower drains12 mm tall (target)Comb ring + stripper
No-touch emptying (design goal)Stall-shower drains12 mm tall (target)Comb ring + stripper
No-touch emptying (design goal)Stall-shower drains12 mm tall (target)Comb ring + stripper

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Design targets

Goals for v1, not tested results.

Body
Flat slotted stainless cover over a comb ring, 12 mm or less above the tile (target)
Mechanism
Twisting the cover drives a stripper ring down the comb teeth to push the hair off
Handle
Fold-flat lift tab
Fit
Adapter rings for 1.5 to 2 in drains (target); stall drains first
Flow
Designed to keep draining when full (untested)
Status
Concept in development. No prototype yet.

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