PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a swab that has a composition of free bend deformation that can flexibly correspond to target parts such as an intraoral, an ear hole or a nasal cavity of an individual user when being used and that is convenient.SOLUTION: A swab 1 is configured such that a cotton ball 4 is attached to one end or both ends of a shaft 2, wherein the shaft 2 is formed to be a hollow shape by a plastic, and the shaft 2 is provided with a bellows 4 to compose the shaft 2 to have free flexion deformity. The cotton ball 4 can adopt a cotton ball for cosmetic formed to have a cone point shape. Moreover, the bellows 4 are formed in a plurality of places of the shaft 2. In addition, the shaft 2 can be formed by coupling two or more shaft materials 2a to be mutually extensible.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】個々の使用者の口内や耳孔若しくは鼻腔などの目的部位に対して、使用時に柔軟に対応できる折曲変形自在な構成を有し、使い勝手の良い綿棒を提供する。【解決手段】軸部2の一端部又は両端部に綿球4を取着して成る綿棒1において、軸部2をプラスチックにより中空状に形成するとともに、軸部2に蛇腹4を設けて軸部2を屈曲変形自在に構成する。前記綿球4は、先尖り形状に形成した化粧用の綿球を採用し得る。また、蛇腹4は軸部2の複数個所に形成される。さらに、軸部2は、複数本の軸材2aを互いに伸縮自在に連結して形成できる。【選択図】図1
