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US 2023/0240435 A1Published application
Cleaning Assembly
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsKeith ALSBERG, Russell E. BELL, Benjamin MA, Julia BYRNE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a cleaning assembly having a handle and head portion. The head portion may be coupled to the handle portion. The coupling or engagement may include a fitment formed on or with the head portion and a collet assembly provided with a handle portion.
Claims20
A cleaning tool assembly comprising:
- a. an elongated handle extending from a first end to a second end;
- b. an actuation assembly housed within the elongated handle and configured to be operated by a user;
- c. a cleaning head having a fitment, the fitment comprising,
- i. a base having a first surface configured to contact a cleaning substrate and a second opposed surface,
- ii. a connection member extending from the base having an external surface portion, wherein the external surface portion extends from a base connection portion that connects the connection member to the base and a proximal surface opposite the base connection portion that truncates at the external surface portion and contacts a selected portion of the actuation assembly;
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- d. a collet having (i) an expandable collar configured to selectively couple to the connection member or decouple from the connection member by movement of the actuation assembly and (ii) defining a central axis;
- wherein the actuation assembly is moveable within the elongated handle to move the collet to selectively couple the fitment in a coupled configuration or decouple the fitment in a decoupled configuration;
- wherein the second end of the elongated handle includes an end surface defining an internal angle less than 90 degrees relative to the central axis;
- wherein the cleaning head is configured to tilt and to rotate relative to the elongated handle when selectively coupled.
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A cleaning tool assembly comprising:
- a. an elongated handle extending from a first end to a second end;
- b. a cleaning head having a fitment, the fitment comprising,
- i. a base having a first surface configured to contact a cleaning substrate and a second opposed surface,
- ii. a connection member having an outer surface portion, wherein the outer surface portion extends from a base connection portion that connects the connection member to the base and a proximal surface opposite the base connection portion that truncates the outer surface portion;
- c. an actuation assembly housed within the elongated handle and configured to be operated by a user;
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- d. a collet with an expandable collar configured to selectively couple to the connection member or decouple from the connection member by movement of the actuation assembly, wherein the collet defines a central axis;
- wherein the collet is moveable within the elongated handle to selectively couple the fitment in a coupled configuration or decouple the fitment in a decoupled configuration;
- wherein the actuation assembly is moveable within the elongated handle to move the collet to selectively decouple the fitment;
- wherein the cleaning head is configured to tilt up to 25 degrees relative to the central axis and to rotate relative to the collet in the coupled configuration.
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A cleaning tool assembly comprising:
- a. an elongated handle having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are selectively separable, wherein the elongated handle in an assembled configuration extends from a first end to a second end;
- b. a cleaning head having a fitment, the fitment comprising,
- i. a base having a first surface configured to contact a cleaning substrate and a second opposed surface,
- ii. a connection member having a substantially spherical outer surface portion, wherein the substantially spherical outer surface portion extends from a base connection portion that connects the connection member to a planar surface opposite the base connection portion that truncates the substantially spherical outer surface portion;
- c. an actuation assembly housed only within the first portion of the elongated handle and configured to be operated by a user, wherein the actuation assembly comprises a latch and a biasing member;
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- d. an engagement member with an expandable collet configured to selectively couple to the connection member in a coupled configuration or decouple from the connection member in a decoupled configuration by movement of the actuation assembly;
- wherein the collet includes (i) at least a first finger and a second finger that are formed in a biased decoupled configuration and (ii) a spur extending toward a central axis to engage the planar surface;
- wherein an exterior surface of at least the first finger and the second finger engage an internal surface of the elongated handle to achieve the coupled configuration;
- wherein the cleaning head is operable to rotate and tilt relative to the central axis when the collet is in the coupled configuration and coupled to the fitment;
- wherein the actuation assembly is moveable within the elongated handle to move the engagement member to selectively decouple the fitment by releasing the latch to allow the biasing member to move the engagement member to a decoupled configuration;
- wherein the actuation assembly comprises a plunger configured to engage the connection member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.