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US 12,458,134 B2Granted
Folding broom-cleaning-storage apparatus
OwnerJohn McCarthyinventor
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Abstract
Improved folding broom-cleaning-storage apparatus for cleaning are provided. The folding broom-cleaning-storage apparatus comprises components to form a variety of broom configurations. The apparatus comprises folding components which may be assembled and disassembled quickly and simply. The apparatus comprises a case which may be used as a separate dustpan, and which may be connected to the broom configurations for use, and which may store the broom components when the broom components are disassembled. The apparatus may comprise shaped bristles, which may be arranged in layers, and offer improvements in efficiency when used.
Claims2
A folding broom-cleaning-storage apparatus, comprising:
- a case comprising a bottom, a first side, a second side, a back-side, a top, a cover, and a cover-handle receiver;
- the case comprising a front opening;
- and
- wherein the cover is rotatably affixed to the case with a cover hinge;
- a handle, the handle comprising:
- a proximal end and a handle-cover coupler situated at the proximal end;
- a distal end and a handle-brush coupler situated at the distal end;
- and a plurality of handle-sections which are hollow;
- and a handle-elastic-item running through the plurality of handle-sections;
- and
- a brush, the brush comprising:
- a plurality of bristles;
- a brush frame;
- and a brush-handle shaft;
- and a brush axis;
- wherein the brush-handle shaft reversibly couples with the handle-brush coupler;
- and
- wherein the plurality of bristles comprises a plurality of shaped bristles, and wherein each of the plurality of shaped bristles comprises a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, a first surface, and a second surface, and the plurality of shaped bristles are attached at the top of each of the plurality of shaped bristles to each other, comprising a layer of the plurality of shaped bristles, and wherein each of the plurality of shaped bristles are attached to one or more adjacent shaped bristles, of the plurality of shaped bristles, at the bottoms of the shaped bristles;
- and
- wherein the brush comprises a plurality of layers, and wherein at least some of the plurality of shaped bristles of a first layer of the plurality of layers are non-symmetric, so that the first layer has non-symmetric shaped bristles oriented in a particular direction, and wherein some or all of the plurality of layers are arranged with the non-symmetric shaped bristles of each such layer in the particular orientation of each such layer.
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A folding broom-cleaning-storage apparatus, comprising:
- a case comprising a bottom, a first side, a second side, a back-side, a top, a cover, and a cover-handle receiver;
- the case comprising a front opening;
- and
- wherein the cover is rotatably affixed to the case with a cover hinge;
- a handle, the handle comprising:
- a proximal end and a handle-cover coupler situated at the proximal end;
- a distal end and a handle-brush coupler situated at the distal end;
- and a plurality of handle-sections which are hollow;
- and a handle-elastic-item running through the plurality of handle-sections;
- and
- a brush, the brush comprising:
- a plurality of bristles;
- a brush frame;
- and a brush-handle shaft;
- and a brush axis;
- wherein the brush-handle shaft reversibly couples with the handle-brush coupler;
- and
- wherein the plurality of bristles comprises a plurality of shaped bristles, and wherein each of the plurality of shaped bristles comprises a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, a first surface, and a second surface, and the plurality of shaped bristles are attached at the top of each of the plurality of shaped bristles to each other, comprising a layer of the plurality of shaped bristles, and wherein each of the plurality of shaped bristles are attached to one or more adjacent shaped bristles, of the plurality of shaped bristles, at the bottoms of the shaped bristles;
- and
- wherein the brush comprises a plurality of layers, and each of the plurality of layers comprises a layer top, together a plurality of layer tops;
- and wherein the brush frame comprises a plurality of layer-top-retainers, wherein each of the plurality of layer tops and at least one of the plurality of layer-top-retainers are disposed to securely and reversibly fit together, and wherein the brush frame comprises a brush-bristle-stop-end and a brush-bristle-open-end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.