Handle for disposable brush or mop head
AssigneeDustbane Products Limited/Les Produits Dustbane Limitee
InventorDennis A. Hammond
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Abstract
A permanent handle for a disposable brush or mop head. The handle comprises an elongated hollow body having a bottom and top end, the bottom end to releasably frictionally engage a disposable brush or mop head and secure it in working position on the handle body. When it is desired to change the head, a plunger longitudinally movable within the elongated body is manipulated by the user to bear against a portion of the brush or mop head and dislodge it from frictional engagement with the body. In this manner the operator can avoid touching a soiled brush or mop head when removing it from the handle for replacement.
Claims9
A handle for a disposable brush or mop head comprising:
- (a) an elongated hollow handle body having bottom and top ends, the bottom end to releasably frictionally engage a disposable brush or mop head and secure it in working position on the handle body;
- (b) an elongated plunger having bottom and top ends and being longitudinally movable between an operative position wherein the plunger is to bear against a portion of the brush or mop head when secured in working position to dislodge it from engagement with the elongated hollow body, and an inoperative position in which the plunger is not to bear against a portion of the brush or mop head when the latter is secured in working position on the handle body;
- the hollow body and plunger being of cylindrical construction, the outer diameter of the plunger being slightly less than the inner diameter of the outer body to provide a flush but slidably movable fit of the plunger with respect to the cylindrical body, the bottom end of the plunger being slightly outwardly flared and, in said operative position, extending beyond the bottom end of the elongated body, the flare of the bottom end of the plunger preventing the bottom end of the plunger from being drawn past the body's bottom end;
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- (c) plunger actuation means secured to the plunger and operatively exposed for manipulation by the operator, to cause movement of the plunger between said operative and inoperative positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.