Pickup

• US 4,319,379 A
• Filed: 04/29/1980
• Issued: 03/16/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George Spector, William J. Carrigan
• Original Assignee: George Spector, William J. Carrigan
• Inventors: Spector, George, Carrigan, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Chris K.
• Application Number:
  US06/144,968
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 15/172, 15/176, 15/231, 15/393, 15/398, 15/399, 15/400
• US Class Current: 15/400
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/00 Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings brushes, their handles or fastenings A46B, B25G; scrapers for finishing work on buildings E04F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/02 Nozzles suction nozzles for fluid transport B65G51/00

Abstract

An accessory for a vacuum cleaner, for pickup pet hairs and lint from rugs, furniture and clothing, the accessory including a sheet of conventional plush or velveteen material made of plastic and such that the fibers thereof stand up and rake when moved in one direction across a surface, and the sheet being adhered to a stiff backing board which, by means of prongs on its rear side, snaps on to a vacuum cleaner head.

Claims

1. A pickup pad accessory for a vacuum cleaner attachment comprising in combination a sheet having plush-like slanted filaments on one side, said sheet being attached at its rear on a stiff backing plate, and means on a rear of said plate for securement to different sizes of mounting holes on said attachment, said means also preventing mounting of the pad with filaments in an incorrect orientation.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means comprises a pair of bolts on said plate threaded to adaptors having prongs at opposite ends for selective projection in said holes, said prongs at opposite ends being differently sized.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means comprises a pair of prongs on said rear of said plate, and a plurality of different sized collars selectively fitted on said prongs for different sized holes.