Painting and cleaning multi-tool
OwnerFrank Passafiumeinventor
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Abstract
This cleaning tool has a shape that includes an angle, a flat bottom surface and rounded front protuberances, and can be attached to any pole, either directly at the cleaning tool's receiving opening, or using the provided adaptor between the cleaning tool and pole. The cleaning tool is covered with a washable and removable microfiber sock, or a sanding or scrubbing pad is attached to hook material on the flat side of the tool. When the cleaning tool is attached to the opposite end of a painter's pole from the paint roller, a painter can seamlessly paint and clean errant drips without switching tools, by reversing the assembly.
Claims20
A painting and cleaning assembly, comprising a cleaning tool and a removable covering, wherein:
- said cleaning tool comprises a cylindrical back portion having an axis and a receiving opening;
- and a front portion having a generally semicylindrical shape, with an axis and a flat planar bottom surface, and two protuberances having a generally triangular prism shape;
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- said front portion's flat bottom surface is partially covered with hook material;
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- said two protuberances share the flat planar bottom surface of the remainder of the said front portion, and extend diagonally forward and outward from either side of the said front portion;
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- said removable covering covers at least the said hook material of the cleaning tool's bottom surface;
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- wherein the said axis of the said cylindrical back portion of the cleaning tool, as it extends upward, forms an angle with the said front portion's axis, as the front portion's axis extends behind the tool, and the said angle is between 25 and 55 degrees.
A method of assembling a painting and cleaning multi-tool, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a cleaning tool which comprises a cylindrical back portion having an axis and a receiving opening;
- and a front portion having a generally semicylindrical shape, with an axis and a flat planar bottom surface, and two protuberances having a generally triangular prism shape;
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- selecting a removable covering;
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- installing said removable covering on said cleaning tool;
- wherein said front portion's flat bottom surface is partially covered with hook material;
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- wherein said two protuberances share the flat planar bottom surface of the remainder of the said front portion, and extend diagonally forward and outward from either side of the said front portion;
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- wherein said removable covering covers at least the said hook material of the cleaning tool's bottom surface;
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- wherein the said axis of the said cylindrical back portion of the cleaning tool, as it extends upward, forms an angle with the said front portion's axis, as the front portion's axis extends behind the tool, and the said angle is between 25 and 55 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.