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US 5,661,868 AGranted
Portable, collapsible broom
OwnerD'Ann S. Panagakos, Jo Beth Aldrich +1inventors
InventorsD'Ann S. Panagakos, Jo Beth Aldrich, Peter E. Panagakos
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Abstract
A portable, collapsible broom is provided. The broom has a telescoping handle that is movable between a fully extended position and a collapsed position. A mechanism is provided for maintaining the handle in the fully extended position thereof as well as in the collapsed position thereof. A brush portion is disposed at one end of the handle, and a dust pan is detachably carried by the handle. A flap is hingedly connected to the dust pan such that in a closed position the dust pan and the flap cover the brush portion.
Claims17
A portable, collapsible broom, comprising:
- a telescoping handle means that is movable between a fully extended position and a collapsed position;
- means for maintaining said handle means in said fully extended position thereof as well as in said collapsed position thereof;
- a brush portion disposed at one end of said handle means;
- a dust pan that is detachably carried by said handle means;
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- a flap hingedly connected to said dust pan such that in a closed position said dust pan and said flap thereof cover said brush portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.