Shaped Brooms for Sweeping Concrete Curbs and Gutters

A shaped broom, comprising:

• a shaped rigid backing plate having a rectangular cross section with a width and a thickness, an overall length, an upper surface and an undersurface, the backing plate having two straight regions connected by a curved region;
• a bristle unit comprising an elastic and flexible backing having a rectangular cross section with a width the same as the width of the shaped rigid backing plate, an overall length the same as the overall length of the shaped rigid backing plate, an upper surface and an undersurface, with bristles extending orthogonally from all of the undersurface of the elastic and flexible backing of the bristle unit, providing a brushing surface at the end of the bristles away from the backing plate;
• and
• a handle connected by a connector mechanism to a point on the upper surface of the shaped rigid backing plate;
• wherein the upper surface of the bristle unit is joined to the undersurface of the backing plate by an adhesive along the full length of the undersurface of the backing plate.