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US 2019/0239704 A1Published application
Cleaning devices with selectively flexible or rigid handles
AssigneeUnger Marketing International, LLC
InventorsWilliam Harrington, John A. Triunfo, Robert F. Smith
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Abstract
A cleaning device is provided that has a handle configured to provide flexion in a first orientation but to provide rigidity in a second orientation. In this manner, the user can use the handle in the first orientation to allow the cleaning device to flex into hard to reach places and can use the same handle in the second orientation to apply differing levels of cleaning force.
Claims12
A cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning head;
- a handle made from a polymer material, the handle having a first portion, a second portion, and a deflection zone therebetween, the deflection zone being resiliently flexible when forces are applied along a first axis but resists flexion when forces are applied along a different, perpendicular axis, the deflection zone having a rib integrally formed between the first portion and the second portion;
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- a member coupled to at least a first side of the rib, the first member being made from an elastomeric material.
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