# US 10,118,284 B2 · Rotating cap applied to the broomstick provided with an eyelet so that it can be hung to the wall > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,118,284 B2 - Document ID: US10118284B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/428,587 - Filed: 2012-11-07 - Published: 2015-08-27 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-07 - Applicants: Fass S.P.A. - Inventors: Celestino Niccolai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118284B2 ## CPC - B25G 1/08: with provision for storing tool elements - B23P 19/04: for assembling or disassembling parts - B25G 1/046: {with free-turning section at end of handle remote from tool} - B25G 3/04: with detachable or separate socket pieces (B25G3/12 takes precedence) - Y10T 29/49: Method of mechanical manufacture - B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B) - B23P: METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A broomstick for a broom includes a cap having a first part that is connected to an end of the broomstick and a second part provided with a hanging element configured to hang the broomstick to a wall. The connection between the first part of the cap and the broomstick is rotatable in such a way that the cap can rotate with respect to the broomstick and vice-versa, wherein, further, the cap is in a single piece in such a way that a rotation of the first part of the cap corresponds to a rotation of the second part of the cap. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An assembly of a cap and a broomstick for a broom comprising: a cap having a first part that is connected to an end of the broomstick and a second part provided with a hanging element configured to hang the broomstick to a wall, wherein said first part of the cap and the broomstick are rotatably coupled, enabling the cap, after coupling, to rotate with respect to the broomstick, and the broomstick to rotate with respect to the cap, while preventing a longitudinal sliding of the cap with respect to the broomstick, wherein the cap is made in a single piece, such that a rotation of the first part of the cap corresponds to a rotation of the second part of the cap, and wherein the first part of the cap and the broomstick are rotatably coupled by having a protuberance defined on the first part of the cap engage a circular notching defined in a body of the broomstick without any intermediate member or members between the cap and the broomstick, such to provide a direct contact between the cap and the broomstick. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly, as per claim 1, wherein a coupling between said protuberance and said circular notching is configured to have a sufficient clearance to allow said rotation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The assembly, as per claim 1, wherein said first part of the cap defines a channel into which an end of the broomstick without the intermediate members is inserted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The assembly, as per claim 1, wherein said first part of the cap is inserted into a channel obtained in an end portion of the broomstick. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The assembly, as per claim 4, wherein said channel is cylindrical. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The assembly, as per claim 1, wherein said hanging element (13) is in a shape of an eyelet or of a hook. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The assembly, as per claim 1, wherein the cap is made of plastic. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The assembly, as per claim 7, wherein the cap is manufactured by molding. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The assembly, as per claim 1, wherein said first part is an inferior part of the cap and said second part is a superior part of the cap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The assembly, as per claim 1, wherein said protuberance is a circular protuberance. ### Claim 11 A method of producing an assembly formed by a cap coupled to a broomstick, the method comprising: injecting into a mold a liquid material for forming a cap, the mold being configured to form the cap in a single piece, having a superior part and an inferior part, the superior part being provided with a hanging element and the inferior part having a first connection element shaped as a protuberance; providing a broomstick having a second connection element shaped as a circular notching defined in a body of the broomstick; and coupling the cap to the broomstick without any intermediate member or members therebetween so that the superior and the inferior parts are mutually rotatable while preventing a longitudinal sliding of the cap with respect to the broomstick. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The methods, as per claim 11, wherein said protuberance is a circular protuberance.