Abstract A cleaning tool which is especially suited for picking up dirt, lint and the like from rugs, floors, upholstered furniture and other surfaces is disclosed. The cleaning tool comprises, in one embodiment of the invention an elongated stick shaped handle, a pair of legs extending outward from one end of the handle, a cylindrically shaped cleaning element having an external surface made of Velcro, a disc with teeth on its periphery fixedly mounted at each end of the roller shaped cleaning element and a disc with slots fixedly mounted at the outer end of each leg, each slotted disc being adapted to fixedly and matingly engage one of the discs at the ends of the cleaning element. In use, the cleaning tool is pushed over the surface to be cleaned.
Inventors
👤 Catherine A. Silverstrone
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-08 06:50
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L13/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A cleaning tool comprising: a. a handle assembly, b. a cylindrically shaped cleaning element having an external surface of Velcro, and c. means mounting the cleaning element on the handle assembly for relative movement of the cleaning element with respect to the handle assembly for selective positioning of different areas of the cleaning element for contact with a work surface, d. whereby said cleaning element may be pushed over said work surface with an area of said Velcro surface in contact with said work surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
A cleaning tool comprising: a. a handle assembly, b. a cylindrically shaped cleaning element having an external surface of Velcro, and c. means mounting the cleaning element on the handle assembly for relative movement of the cleaning element with respect to the handle assembly for selective positioning of different areas of the cleaning element for contact with a work surface, d. whereby said cleaning element may be pushed over said work surface with an area of said Velcro surface in contact with said work surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The cleaning tool of claim 1 and wherein said cylindrically shaped cleaning element is a plastic cylinder and said external surface of Velcro is a sheet of Velcro fixedly attached to said external surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
The cleaning tool of claim 2 and wherein said means for mounting said cylindrically shaped cleaning element to said handle assembly comprises: a. a pair of discs fixedly mounted on the handle assembly, and b. a pair of discs fixedly mounted on said cylindrically shaped cleaning element and adapted to fixedly engage said pair of discs on said handle assembly.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The cleaning tool of claim 3 and wherein said discs on said handle assembly having slots which are adapted to engage teeth on said discs on said cylindrically shaped cleaning element.