Apparatus for securing an elongated handle to the back of a brush or the like

A handle assembly alternately securable to and releasable from a brush or the like of the type having a back with a substantially flat top, a bottom and opposite sides, with bristles or the like extending from the bottom thereof, comprising:

• an elongated handle having first and second ends;
• an elongated member having first and second ends with a first end face formed on the first end and a second end face formed on the second end and lying in a plane oblique to the longitudinal axis of said elongated member;
• means for securing the second end of said elongated handle to the first end of said elongated member;
• a first bore formed in said elongated member aligned along a line normal to the longitudinal axis of said elongated member and lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the second end face of said elongated member;
• a second bore formed in said member intermediate said first bore and the second end face thereof, said second bore being aligned along a line normal to the longitudinal axis of said elongated member;
• a rigid U-shaped member journaled at the medial portion thereof in said first bore and having hook means formed on each of the opposite ends thereof for engaging one side and the bottom of the back of the brush;
• a rigid hook member having a first end and a second end with hook means formed on the first end thereof for engaging the opposite side and the bottom of the back of the brush and with external threads formed on the second end thereof extending through said second bore;
• internally threaded nut means for engaging the external threads of the second end of said rigid hook member for drawing the hook means thereof and the two hook means of said U-shaped member into secure engagement with the opposite sides and the bottom of the back of the brush and mutually engaging the second end face of said elongated member with the top of the back of the brush.

A handle assembly alternately securable to and releasable from a brush or the like of the type having a back with a top, bottom and opposite sides, with bristles or the like extending from the bottom thereof, comprising:

• an elongated handle having first and second ends with a second end face formed on the second end and lying in a plane oblique to the longitudinal axis of said elongated handle;
• a first bore formed in said elongated handle aligned along a line normal to the longitudinal axis of said elongated handle and lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the second end face thereof;
• a second bore formed in said elongated handle intermediate said first bore and the second end face thereof, said second bore being aligned along a line normal to the longitudinal axis of said elongated handle;
• a rigid U-shaped member journaled at the medial portion thereof in said first bore and having hook means formed on each of the opposite ends thereof for engaging one side and the bottom of the back of the brush;
• a rigid hook member having a first end and a second end with hook means formed on the first end thereof for engaging the opposite side and the bottom of the back of the brush and with external threads formed on the second end thereof extending through said second bore;
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• internally threaded nut means for engaging the external threads of the second end of said rigid hook member for drawing the hook means thereof and the two hook means of said U-shaped member into secure engagement with the opposite sides and bottom of the back of the brush and mutually engaging the second end face of said elongated handle with the top of the back of the brush.

A handle assembly alternately securable to and releasable from a brush or the like of the type having a back with a top, bottom and opposite sides, with bristles or the like extending from the bottom thereof, comprising:

• an elongated handle having first and second ends;
• an elongated member having first and second ends with a first end face formed on the first end and a second end face formed on the second end with the second end face lying in a plane oblique to the longitudinal axis of said elongated member;
• means for securing the second end of said elongated handle to the first end of said elongated member;
• a first bore formed in said elongated member aligned along a line normal to the longitudinal axis of said elongated member and lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the second end face of said elongated member;
• a second bore formed in said elongated member intermediate said first bore and the second end face thereof, said second bore being aligned along a line normal to the longitudinal axis of said elongated member;
• a rigid U-shaped member journaled at the medial portion thereof in siad first bore and having hook means formed on each of the opposite ends thereof for engaging one side and the bottom of the back of the brush;
• a rigid hook member having a first end and a second end with hook means formed on the first end thereof for engaging the opposite side and the bottom of the back of the brush and with external threads formed on the second end thereof extending through said second bore;
• internally threaded nut means for engaging the external threads of the second end of said rigid hook member for drawing the hook means thereof and the two hook means of said U-shaped member into secure engagement with the opposite sides and bottom of the back of the brush and mutually engaging the second end face of said elongated handle with the top of the back of the brush.