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US 11,006,738 B2Granted
Cleaning devices having selectively flexible or rigid handles
AssigneeUnger Marketing International, LLC
InventorsWilliam Harrington, Susanna Stone, Kenneth John Paolini
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Abstract
A cleaning device is provided that includes a handle, a cleaning implement, a flexible neck, and a collar. The cleaning implement depends from one end the handle. The flexible neck is positioned to allow flexion of the handle. The collar moves with respect to the flexible neck between a first position where movement of the flexible neck is unrestricted by the collar and a second position where movement of the flexible neck is restricted by the collar.
Claims14
A cleaning device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a cleaning implement depending from one end the handle;
- a flexible neck positioned to allow flexion of the handle in both a first orientation and a second orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the handle, the second orientation rotated relative to the first orientation, wherein the flexible neck provides a first level of flexion in the first orientation and a second level of flexion in a second orientation the first level of flexion being different than the second level of flexion, wherein the flexible neck is a single unitary member comprising an upper region, a lower region, and a rib that are formed together with an elastomeric member over at least portions of the rib;
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- a collar movable with respect to the flexible neck between a first position where movement of the flexible neck is unrestricted by the collar and a second position where movement of the flexible neck is restricted by the collar, wherein the collar has a first locking feature and the handle has a second locking feature complementary to the first locking feature, and the first locking feature cooperates with the second locking feature to selectively retain the collar in one of the first position and the second position.
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A cleaning device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a cleaning implement depending from one end the handle;
- a flexible neck positioned to allow flexion of the handle, wherein the flexible neck is a single unitary member comprising an upper region, a lower region, a rib that connects the upper region and the lower region and an elastomeric member overlapping at least a portion of the rib, wherein at least one property of the elastomeric member varies about a periphery of the rib;
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- a collar movable with respect to the flexible neck between a first position and a second position wherein in the first position, movement of the flexible neck is unrestricted by the collar and in the second position, movement of the flexible neck is restricted by the collar, wherein the collar has a first locking feature and the handle has a second locking feature complementary to the first locking feature, and the first locking feature cooperates with the second locking feature to selectively retain the collar in one of the first position and the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.