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US 11,998,153 B2Granted
Handheld cleaning apparatus
OwnerKenneth Postinventor
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus having a handle and a cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a base pivotably connected to the handle, a body affixed to the base and opposite the handle; and a cleaning material removably secured via clinging to the body opposite of the base and free of direct attachment to the base. The cleaning apparatus may find particular use in cleaning one or more surfaces which may include wiping, sweeping, dusting (e.g., dry, damp, or both), mopping (e.g., dry, damp, wet, or a combination), scrubbing, polishing, the like, or any combination thereof.
Claims20
A cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a) a handle;
- and
- b) a cleaning head having:
- i) a base pivotably connected to the handle, wherein the base has a two-dimensional profile shape, wherein the base includes a bottom surface opposing an upper surface, and wherein the base is pivotably connected to the handle at the upper surface;
- ii) a body affixed to the bottom surface of the base and opposite the handle, wherein the body is formed of a compressible material, and wherein the body has a two-dimensional profile shape which is the same as the two-dimensional profile shape of the base;
- iii) one or more cleaning materials removably secured via clinging directly to the compressible material of the body and opposite of the base while being free of direct attachment to the base;
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- wherein the cleaning head is free of any additional attachments and attachment aids such that the one or more cleaning materials are removably secured to the compressible material solely via clinging;
- wherein the body comprises one or more body materials, and the one or more body materials comprise one or more foams, sponges, hook and loop material, or a combination thereof, and
- wherein the one or more cleaning materials include one or more inorganic materials organic materials, or both, and wherein the one or more cleaning materials comprise a plurality of fibers;
- and
- wherein the clinging is due to attraction and attachment of the plurality of fibers of the one or more cleaning materials to the one or more body materials at one or more faces of the body.
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A kit for a cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a) a handle;
- b) a cleaning head having:
- i) a base configured to be pivotably connected to the handle, wherein the base has a two-dimensional profile shape, wherein the base includes a bottom surface opposing an upper surface, wherein the base is pivotably connected to the handle at the upper surface, and wherein the two-dimensional profile shape is a shape which includes at least one or more corners, and wherein at least one of the one or more corners is angled downward away from the handle and relative to a central portion of the base;
- a body affixed to the bottom surface of the base and configured to be opposite the handle, wherein the body is formed of a compressible material, wherein the body has a two-dimensional profile shape which is the same as but larger than the two-dimensional profile shape of the base such that an upper face of the body, which is affixed to the bottom surface of the base, projects away from and is exposed from the base;
- c) one or more cleaning materials configured to be removably secured via clinging directly to the compressible material of the body and opposite of the base while being free of direct attachment to the base;
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- wherein the cleaning head is free of any additional attachments and attachment aids such that the one or more cleaning materials are removably securable to the compressible material solely via clinging;
- wherein the body comprises one or more body materials, and the one or more body materials comprise one or more foams, sponges, hook and loop material, or a combination thereof;
- and
- wherein the one or more cleaning materials include one or more inorganic materials, organic materials, or both, and wherein the one or more cleaning materials comprise a plurality of fibers;
- and
- wherein the clinging is due to attraction and attachment of the plurality of fibers of the one or more cleaning materials to the one or more body materials at one or more faces of the body, including at a bottom face opposite the upper face and at the upper face where exposed from the base.
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A method for using a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface comprising:
- a) assembling the cleaning apparatus, including applying one or more cleaning materials to a body;
- such that the one or more cleaning materials are removably secured via clinging to the body and free of direct attachment to a base, wherein the cleaning apparatus includes:
- i) a handle;
- and
- ii) a cleaning head having:
- the base pivotably connected to the handle, wherein the base has a two-dimensional profile shape, wherein the base includes a bottom surface opposing an upper surface, wherein the base is pivotably connected to the handle at the upper surface, and wherein the two-dimensional profile shape is a shape which includes at least one or more corners which are angled downward away from the handle and relative to a central portion of the base;
- the body affixed to the base and opposite the handle, wherein the body is formed of a compressible material, wherein the body has a two-dimensional profile shape which is the same but larger than the two-dimensional profile shape such that an upper face of the body, which is affixed to the bottom surface of the base, projects away from and is exposed from the base;
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- the one or more cleaning materials;
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- b) cleaning the surface by wiping, sweeping, dusting, mopping, scrubbing, polishing, or a combination thereof with the one or more cleaning materials;
- wherein the body comprises one or more body materials, and the one or more body materials comprise one or more foams, sponges, hook and loop material, or a combination thereof;
- wherein the one or more cleaning materials include one or more inorganic materials, organic materials, or both, and wherein the one or more cleaning materials comprise a plurality of fibers;
- and
- wherein the clinging is due to attraction and attachment of the plurality of fibers of the one or more cleaning materials to the one or more body materials at one or more faces of the body, including at a bottom face opposite the upper face and at the upper face where exposed from the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.