# US 11,304,583 B2 · Joist and baseboard apparatus

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- Number: US 11,304,583 B2
- Document ID: US11304583B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/511,259
- Filed: 2019-07-15
- Published: 2021-01-21
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-07-15
- Applicants: Lynda Lee Whittington
- Inventors: Lynda Lee Whittington
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11304583B2

## CPC

- A47L 13/16: Cloths; Pads; Sponges (metal scraping sponges A47L13/07)
- A47L 13/00: Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings (brushes, their handles or fastenings A46B, B25G; scrapers for finishing work on buildings E04F21/00)
- A47L 13/254: Plate frames
- A47L 13/257: for mops made of sponge material
- A47L 13/258: of adjustable or foldable type
- A47L 13/38: Other dusting implements {(using adhesive surfaces A47L25/005)}
- B05C 17/00: Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42})
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
- B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08)

## Abstract

A ceiling joist and panel grove cleaner apparatus, which provides a means for applying constant cleaning positioning pressure upon both ceiling joists edges and panel groves. The cleaner apparatus comprises a mop flat head applicator with a pivotable hinged application guide, a swivel mount, a handle, an interchangeable joist-cleaning pad, and, an interchangeable panel-grove cleaning pad.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A joist and baseboard apparatus comprising:
a handle assembly with a first end and a second end, the first end terminating with a swivelable joint;
a plate assembly including: a first guide plate connected to the swivelable joint and a second guide plate hingeably joined to the first guide plate;
one or more pad members including attachment sides and cleaning sides, the one or more cleaning pad members attachable to the first and second guide plates via the attachment sides;
the cleaning sides are securable in at least the following discrete positions: 90 degrees relative of one another, co-planar relative to one another, and 270 degrees relative to one another.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The joist and baseboard apparatus according to claim 1, the swivelable joint is tensionable.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The joist and baseboard apparatus according to claim 1, the one or more pad members configured to clean surfaces or apply a coating to a surface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The joist and baseboard apparatus according to claim 1, the handle assembly configured to telescope.