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US 12,059,112 B2Granted
Cleaning implement
OwnerJonathan Beaudryinventor
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Abstract
A cleaning implement in which a squeegee blade is linked to a handle through a resiliently deformable support arm so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle. A distance between a handle longitudinal axis and the squeegee blade varies when the support arm deforms. The support arm facilitates application on the surface of a force within a predetermined range by the squeegee blade.
Claims25
A cleaning implement, comprising:
- an elongated squeegee blade;
- a handle;
- and
- a support arm extending between the squeegee blade and the handle, the support arm supporting the squeegee blade spaced apart from the handle;
- wherein the support arm is resiliently deformable so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle, a distance between the handle and the squeegee blade varying when the support arm deforms;
- wherein the support arm includes a handle mounting portion extending from the handle, a blade support portion, the squeegee blade being mounted to the blade support portion, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween, the intermediate portion including a bend;
- wherein the handle is elongated and defines longitudinally opposed handle proximal and distal ends, a handle longitudinal longitudinal axis extending between the handle proximal and distal ends, the handle mounting portion extending along the handle, the handle mounting portion including an attached section and a detached section extending therefrom, the attached section being secured to the handle at a mounting location and the detached section being movable away from the handle with the attached section remaining attached to the handle by deforming the handle mounting portion, the detached section being closer to the handle proximal end than the mounting location, the intermediate portion extending from the detached section;
- and
- wherein the support arm is movable between an unstressed configuration, a first deformed configuration, and a second deformed configuration, wherein
- the unstressed configuration is achieved in the absence of external forces on the window cleaning implement;
- in the first deformed configuration, the detached section abuts against the handle and the intermediate portion is deformed relative to the unstressed configuration so that the squeegee blade is closer to the handle longitudinal axis than in the unstressed configuration;
- and
- in the second deformed configuration, the detached section is at least in part spaced apart from the handle and the intermediate portion is deformed relative to the unstressed configuration so that the squeegee blade is closer to the handle longitudinal axis than in the unstressed configuration.
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A cleaning implement, comprising:
- an elongated squeegee blade;
- a handle;
- and
- a support arm extending between the squeegee blade and the handle, the support arm supporting the squeegee blade spaced apart from the handle;
- wherein the support arm is resiliently deformable so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle, a distance between the handle and the squeegee blade varying when the support arm deforms;
- wherein the support arm includes a handle mounting portion extending from the handle, a blade support portion, the squeegee blade being mounted to the blade support portion, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween, the intermediate portion including a bend;
- wherein the handle is elongated and defines longitudinally opposed handle proximal and distal ends, a handle longitudinal longitudinal axis extending between the handle proximal and distal ends, the handle mounting portion extending along the handle, the handle mounting portion including an attached section and a detached section extending therefrom, the attached section being secured to the handle at a mounting location and the detached section being movable away from the handle with the attached section remaining attached to the handle by deforming the handle mounting portion, the detached section being closer to the handle proximal end than the mounting location, the intermediate portion extending from the detached section;
- the cleaning implement further comprising a lock movable along the handle mounting portion to selectively adjust a length of the detached section by maintaining the handle mounting portion and the handle adjacent to each other at the lock.
5 more elements
A cleaning implement, comprising:
- an elongated squeegee blade;
- a handle;
- and
- a support arm extending between the squeegee blade and the handle, the support arm supporting the squeegee blade spaced apart from the handle;
- wherein the support arm is resiliently deformable so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle, a distance between the handle and the squeegee blade varying when the support arm deforms;
- wherein the support arm includes a handle mounting portion extending from the handle, a blade support portion, the squeegee blade being mounted to the blade support portion, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween, the intermediate portion including a bend;
- and
- wherein the blade support portion is hinged to the intermediate portion and movable relative thereto over a predetermined movement range, a biasing element being provided between the blade support portion and the intermediate portion to bias the blade support portion towards an end point of the predetermined movement range.
5 more elements
A cleaning implement, comprising:
- an elongated squeegee blade;
- a handle;
- and
- a support arm extending between the squeegee blade and the handle, the support arm supporting the squeegee blade spaced apart from the handle;
- wherein the support arm is resiliently deformable so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle, a distance between the handle and the squeegee blade varying when the support arm deforms;
- and
- wherein the support arm is provided with a clip for clipping a nozzle thereto usable to spray a liquid towards the squeegee blade.
4 more elements
A cleaning implement, comprising:
- an elongated squeegee blade;
- a handle;
- and
- a support arm extending between the squeegee blade and the handle, the support arm supporting the squeegee blade spaced apart from the handle;
- wherein the support arm is resiliently deformable so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle, a distance between the handle and the squeegee blade varying when the support arm deforms;
- wherein the support arm includes a handle mounting portion extending from the handle, a blade support portion, the squeegee blade being mounted to the blade support portion, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween, the intermediate portion including a bend;
- wherein the handle is elongated and defines longitudinally opposed handle proximal and distal ends, a handle longitudinal longitudinal axis extending between the handle proximal and distal ends, the handle mounting portion extending along the handle, the handle mounting portion including an attached section and a detached section extending therefrom, the attached section being secured to the handle at a mounting location and the detached section being movable away from the handle with the attached section remaining attached to the handle by deforming the handle mounting portion, the detached section being closer to the handle proximal end than the mounting location, the intermediate portion extending from the detached section;
- and
- wherein the support arm is pivotable relative to the handle by at least 180 degrees about a pivot axis, the pivot axis being angled relative to the handle longitudinal axis.
6 more elements
A cleaning implement, comprising:
- an elongated squeegee blade;
- a handle;
- and
- a support arm extending between the squeegee blade and the handle, the support arm supporting the squeegee blade spaced apart from the handle;
- wherein the support arm is resiliently deformable so that the squeegee blade is movable relative to the handle, a distance between the handle and the squeegee blade varying when the support arm deforms;
- wherein the support arm includes a handle mounting portion extending from the handle, a blade support portion, the squeegee blade being mounted to the blade support portion, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween, the intermediate portion including a bend;
- wherein
- the intermediate portion defines an intermediate portion distal end and an intermediate portion proximal end;
- the blade support portion and the intermediate portion partially overlap;
- the blade support portion is fixed relative to the intermediate portion at a fixed location spaced apart from the intermediate portion distal end;
- the blade support portion and the intermediate portion are movable relative to each other at the intermediate portion distal end;
- and
- a biasing element extends between the blade support portion and the intermediate portion between the blade distal end and the fixed location, the biasing element biasing the intermediate and blade support portions away from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.