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US 2020/0346338 A1Published application
Vent Cleaner
OwnerMichael Apolaya, Timothy Blackburn +3inventors
InventorsMichael Apolaya, Timothy Blackburn, Ryan Amonette, Stanley McCabe DeLuna-Dabrowski, Elizabeth Butterfield
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Abstract
A vent cleaner that is easily adjustable with a simple squeezing action. The trigger on the handle of the vent cleaner, is squeezed to extend it to the desired height required. The general purpose of the invention is to provide a tool for a user at ground level to conveniently clean a vent that is at an elevated position relative to the user. The vent cleaner can accommodate a plurality of attachments via the C-joint end.
Claims8
An extendable tool for vent cleaning comprising:
- a handle housing adapted to be moved from a i) rest position;
- to ii) a deployed position, the handle housing is biased to the rest position by a biasing member;
- a linkage mechanism coupled to the handle housing and configured to be placed into i) an extended position when the handle housing is in the deployed position, and ii) a retracted position when the handle housing is in the rest position, the linkage mechanism having a selective plurality of linkages configured to add lengths to the link mechanism for a predetermined length of the vent;
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- an attachment member coupled to the linkage mechanism, the attachment member adapted to be coupled to a cleaning apparatus selected from the group consisting of a brush, a vacuum hose, a vacuum brush, and a vacuum nozzle.
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A method of cleaning vents, comprising:
- coupling a cleaning tool to an extendable tool for vent cleaning, the extended tool for vent cleaning comprising:
- a handle housing adapted to be moved from a i) rest position;
- to ii) a deployed position, the handle housing is biased to the rest position by a biasing member,
- a linkage mechanism terminating with an activation handle coupled to the handle housing and configured to be placed into i) an extended position when the handle housing is in the deployed position, and ii) a retracted position when the handle housing is in the rest position, the linkage mechanism having a selective plurality of linkages configured to add lengths to the link mechanism for a predetermined length of the vent, and
- an attachment member coupled to the linkage mechanism, the attachment member adapted to be coupled to a cleaning apparatus selected from the group consisting of a brush, a vacuum hose, a vacuum brush, and a vacuum nozzle;
- placing the cleaning tool within the vent;
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- squeezing the activation handle against the handle housing to thereby articulate the plurality of linkages to thereby extend the cleaning tool to the extended position within the vent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.