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US 12,239,216 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.
Claims17
A cleaning device, comprising:
- a handle having a first end and an opposing second end, the second end having an end opening in communication with an axially aligned bore therein, the handle being substantially straight;
- a cleaning implement depending from the first end the handle;
- a nested detail cleaning device removably disposed within the axially aligned bore through the end opening;
- a flexible neck positioned to allow flexion of the handle and configured to rotate about the handle;
- and
- a collar having a feature including a longitudinal region configured to enable linear movement of the collar and a rotational region configured to enable rotational movement of the collar.
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A cleaning device, comprising:
- a handle having a first end and an opposing second end, the second end having an end opening in communication with an axially aligned bore therein;
- a cleaning implement depending from the first end the handle;
- and
- a nested detail cleaning device removably disposed within the axially aligned bore through the end opening,
- wherein the handle comprises a first opening and the nested detail cleaning device comprises a second opening, the first opening extending through a sidewall of the handle and in communication with the axially aligned bore, wherein, in an assembled position, the first and second openings are in registration with one another and allow a user to apply a force onto the nested detail cleaning device to force the nested device into or out of the handle.
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A cleaning device, comprising:
- a handle having a first end and an opposing second end, the second end having an end opening in communication with an axially aligned bore therein, and a pair of elongated openings at the second end,
- a cleaning implement depending from the first end the handle;
- and
- a nested detail cleaning device removably disposed within the axially aligned bore through the end opening, the nested detail cleaning device comprises a corresponding pair of protrusions, wherein, in an assembled position, the pair of elongated openings receive the pair of protrusions therein and allow a user to apply a force to the pair of protrusions to insert or remove the nested detail cleaning device from the handle in a longitudinal direction of the handle.
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A cleaning device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a cleaning implement depending from one end the handle;
- a detail cleaning device nested within a free end of the handle opposite the cleaning implement;
- and
- wherein the handle comprises a pair of elongated openings at the free end and the nested detail cleaning device comprises a corresponding pair of protrusions, wherein, in an assembled position, the pair of elongated openings receive the pair of protrusions therein and allow a user to apply a force to the pair of protrusions to insert or remove the nested detail cleaning device from the handle in a longitudinal direction of the handle.
2 more elements
A cleaning device, comprising:
- a handle having a first end and an opposing second end, the second end having an end opening in communication with an axially aligned bore therein;
- a cleaning implement depending from the first end the handle;
- a nested detail cleaning device removably disposed within the axially aligned bore through the end opening,
- wherein the nested detail cleaning device includes a first cleaning member at a first end and a second cleaning member at a second end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.