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US 9,872,599 B2Granted
Shoe cleaning device with a mounded pinchgrip
OwnerJethro Lionel Bennettinventor
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Abstract
A compact handheld cleaning device 10 comprises a cleaning element 12; a motor 16 for driving the cleaning element 12; and a housing 14 for housing the motor 16; wherein the housing 14 is shaped to form a mounded pinchgrip 38 and wherein the housing 14 is lesser in height than a diameter and/or width of the device 10. Preferably the device is pressure-activated via pinching and/or squeezing of the mounded pinchgrip.
Claims22
A compact handheld cleaning device, comprising:
- a cleaning element;
- a motor to drive the cleaning element;
- and
- a housing to house the motor;
- wherein the housing is shaped to form a mounded pinchgrip, the mounded pinchgrip comprising:
- a first concave side that curves upwardly to form a first side of the mounded pinchgrip;
- and
- an opposing concave side that curves upwardly to form an opposing side of the mounded pinchgrip;
- wherein the mounded pinchgrip is pressure activated, so that squeezing of the mounded pinchgrip by a user activates the motor;
- wherein the housing is lesser in height than a diameter and/or width of the device.
7 more elements
A compact handheld cleaning device, comprising:
- a cleaning element;
- a motor to drive movement of the cleaning element;
- and
- a housing to house the motor;
- wherein the housing is shaped to form a mounded pinchgrip, the mounded pinchgrip comprising:
- a first concavely curved pinch area on a first side of the mounded pinchgrip;
- and
- an opposing concavely curved pinch area on an opposing side of the mounded pinchgrip;
- wherein the mounded pinchgrip is pressure activated, to activate the motor, via pinching;
- and
- wherein the housing is lesser in height than a diameter and/or width of the device.
8 more elements
A compact handheld cleaning device, comprising:
- a cleaning element;
- a motor to drive the cleaning element;
- and
- a housing to house the motor;
- wherein the housing is shaped to form a mounded pinchgrip, the mounded pinchgrip comprising:
- a first pinchgrip side;
- and
- an opposing pinchgrip side;
- wherein the mounded pinchgrip is pressure activated, configured such that, with the pinchgrip sides of the mounded pinchgrip pinched by a user, a squeezing action by the user activates the motor;
- and
- wherein the mounded pinchgrip further comprises opposing sides, substantially perpendicular to the pinchgrip sides of the mounded pinchgrip, the mounded pinchgrip thus comprising four different sides;
- wherein the housing is lesser in height than a diameter and/or width of the device.
9 more elements
A compact handheld cleaning device, comprising:
- a circular cleaning element;
- a motor to drive the circular cleaning element;
- a circular housing that houses the motor, wherein the housing comprises a circumference substantially the same as a circumference of the circular cleaning element;
- wherein the circular housing is shaped to form a mounded pinchgrip, the mounded pinchgrip comprising:
- a first concavely curved pinch area that curves upwardly, on a first side of the mounded pinchgrip;
- and
- an opposing concavely curved pinch area that curves upwardly, on a second side of the mounded pinchgrip, the second side opposing the first side;
- wherein the mounded pinchgrip further comprises:
- a third side;
- and
- a fourth side, the fourth side opposing the third side;
- wherein the third and fourth sides are substantially perpendicular to the first and second sides of the mounded pinchgrip, the mounded pinchgrip thus comprising four different sides;
- wherein the mounded pinchgrip is centrally oriented above the circular cleaning element;
- and
- wherein the housing is lesser in height than a diameter and/or width of the device.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.