Push-type broom

Claim 1

A push-broom for sweeping hard horizontal surfaces, comprising: (a) an elongated handle having a grasping end and a connector end, said connector end having a terminal section of reduced diameter a shoulder being located between the connector end of the handle and the reduced diameter terminal section, said terminal section provided with male threads on the surface thereof; (b) a block having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a pair of lateral edges, said lower surface having affixed thereto a plurality of groupings of bristles extending away from the lower surface; (c) a raised inclined support mound situated on and integral with and in one piece with the upper surface of the block, said mound having an axis of symmetry approximately perpendicular to one of the lateral edges of said upper surface and defining an oblique angle with the plane of said upper surface; and (d) a rectilinear blind bore running axially through the mound and extending below the upper surface of the block, said bore comprising an upper portion and a lower portion with a diameter less than that of said upper portion, said lower portion having walls provided with female threads adapted for detachable screw engagement with the male threads on the terminal section of the handle, said bore being adapted for receiving the connector end of the handle with the terminal section of the connector end threadedly engaging the lower portion of the bore and with the upper portion of the bore encircling and supporting a portion of the connector end of the handle situated above the reduced terminal section thereof said shoulder abutting against a seat in the bore situated below the upper surface of the block and with a lower part of the supported portion of the connector end of the handle being situated as well below the upper surface of the block.