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US 12,532,993 B2Granted
Handle and fitment assembly
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsStefan Brown, Benjamin Ma, Russell E. Bell
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Abstract
Discloses is an assembly for providing a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly may include multiple portions, such as a handle portion and a cleaning portion. The cleaning assembly may further include a disposable head portion that may be engaged and disengaged from the handle assembly.
Claims16
A cleaning tool assembly comprising:
- a. a handle assembly extending from a proximal end to a distal terminal end;
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- b. a removable cleaning head comprising:
- i. a cleaning substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and
- ii. a fitment connected to the cleaning substrate, the fitment has a top flange structure secured to the top surface of the cleaning substrate;
- wherein the handle assembly includes:
- a wand having a handle at a proximal portion and a distal end surface at a distal portion;
- an engagement member with a flexible collar, the engagement member extends to the distal terminal end of the handle assembly and is configured to be coupled to the fitment or decoupled from the fitment of the removable cleaning head;
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- an actuation mechanism, the actuation mechanism includes an axially movable projection member axially movable relative to the engagement member having a distal engagement end configured to directly engage and contact the fitment of the removable cleaning head and eject the removable cleaning head from the engagement member of the handle assembly;
- wherein the distal engagement end of the axially movable projection member is configured to extend out and beyond the distal end surface of the wand as the axially movable projection member moves axially relative to the engagement member so that an exposed distal surface of the distal engagement end of the axially moveable projection member directly contacts the fitment;
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- wherein axial movement of the exposed distal surface of the distal engagement end of the axially movable projection member directly against the fitment ejects and removes the removeable cleaning head from the engagement member of the handle assembly.
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A cleaning tool assembly comprising:
- a cleaning head having a recessed connection portion;
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- an handle assembly extending from a proximal end to a distal terminal end, the handle assembly includes:
- a wand having a handle at a proximal portion and a distal end surface at a distal portion,
- a flexible engagement member configured to engage the recessed connection portion of the cleaning head, and
- an axially movable projection member axially movable relative to the flexible engagement member having a distal engagement end surface configured to directly engage and contact the cleaning head upon moving axially relative to the flexible engagement member;
- wherein the distal engagement end surface of the axially movable projection member is configured to extend out of and beyond the distal end surface of the wand as the axially movable projection member moves axially and beyond the distal end surface of the wand to directly engage and contact the cleaning head with the distal engagement end surface;
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- wherein axial movement of the distal engagement end surface of the axially movable projection member directly against the cleaning head ejects and removes the cleaning head from the flexible engagement member of the handle assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.