# US 8,739,348 B1 · Broom with curved or angled head

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- Number: US 8,739,348 B1
- Document ID: US8739348B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 13/717,190
- Filed: 2012-12-17
- Published: 2014-06-19
- Granted: 2014-06-03
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-17
- Applicants: Gordon Martin Currier
- Inventors: Gordon Martin Currier
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739348B1

## CPC

- A46B 5/02: specially shaped for holding by the hand
- A46B 5/0075: {being adjustable and stable during use}
- A46B 9/026: {where the surface of the brush body or carrier is not in one plane, e.g. not flat (A46B9/005 takes precedence)}
- A46B 2200/302: Broom
- A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)

## Abstract

The present invention relates to brooms, including dust mops and brushes, and in particular to push brooms and handheld whiskbrooms. The invention relates to a broom head frame having a left section, center section and right section where the left section and right section are at an angle to the center sections. The left and right sections can be adjustable.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A broom comprising:
a broom head frame having a front edge terminating in a front left end and a front right end, said frame having a left section, a right section and a center section with left portion of the front edge forming a part of said left section, a center portion of the front edge forming a part of the center section and a right portion of the front edge forming a part of the right section; said front edge having a front apogee point between said front left end and said front right end, and a front apogee tangent line; said front edge having a concave shape such that said left portion and said right portion each extend ahead of said front apogee tangent line by 20 degrees to 40 degrees and the length from said front left end to said front right end defining a frame length; said center section extends along said front apogee tangent line and comprising from 40 percent to 60 percent of said frame length, said left section comprising from 20 percent to 30 percent of said frame length and said right section comprising from 20 percent to 30 percent of said frame length,
a broom handle, the handle having a substantial verticality extending from the broom head frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The broom of claim 1 wherein said left portion and said right portion each extend ahead of said front apogee tangent line by from 22 degrees to 30 degrees.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The broom of claim 1 wherein said center section is about 50 percent of said frame length, said left section is about 25 percent of said frame length and said right section is about 25 percent of said frame length.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The broom of claim 1 wherein said left section and said right section are integrally connected to said center section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The broom of claim 1 wherein said frame further has a back edge terminating in a back left end and a back right end, wherein a left portion of the back edge forms a part of said left section, a center portion of the back edge forms a part of the center section and a right portion of the back edge forms a part of the right section; said back edge having a back apogee point between said back left end and said back right end, and a back apogee tangent line; said back edge having a concave shape such that said left portion of said back edge and said right portion of said back edge each extend behind said back apogee tangent line by from 10 degrees to 60 degrees.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The broom of claim 5 further comprising a dust mop head attached to said frame.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The broom of claim 5 wherein said frame further comprises a bottom surface having bristles mounted therein.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The broom of claim 1 wherein said frame is in the shape of a concave curve.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The broom of claim 1 further comprising a dust mop head attached to said frame.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The broom of claim 1 wherein said frame further comprises a bottom surface having bristles mounted therein.