Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning articles along the floor to inhibit a person from having to bend over to clean the article includes a handle being graspable by a person. A plurality of cleaning heads is included. One of the cleaning heads is mountable to the handle. Each of the cleaning heads comprising a base section and a cleaning section. The base section is mountable to the handle. The cleaning section is coupled to and extends outwardly from the base section. The cleaning section is abutted and moved along an article to clean the article.
Abstract: A multipurpose cleaning implement that functions both as a broom and a scuff removing device. The exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plastic base that serves as the attachment point for (i) a plurality of bristles (ii) a handle, and (iii) a device that is useful for removing scuff marks from floors. A first general embodiment of the scuff removing device includes a friction forming material that has been attached to a base or support that includes a rounded or curved forward surface. A second general embodiment of the scuff removing device includes a detachable scuff remover that includes a piece of friction forming material mounted on a base which may be clipped to the end of a broom handle opposite the broom head.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2007
Assignee:
Freudenberg Household Products LP
Inventors:
Christopher J. Laux, Andrew B. Mendenhall
Inventors:
Richard Michael Harper, Jason Patrick Shaw, Lynn Ludwig Lindley, Glenn Allen Bradbury, Leonard Lik-Hang Tse, Patricia Ann Yuellig, John Philip Stoddard, Pontus Kaj Bjorn Wahlgren, Anthony Piazza, Paul Joseph Silberschatz, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland
Inventors:
John William Koenig, Richard Michael Harper, Andrew Peter Heidel, William Michael Cannon, Christopher Duane Heckman, Ana Celina Castaneda, Tony Christopher Siebel, Ramsey Alexander Ford, Lawrence Edward Barbera