Lint remover

• US 4,905,337 A
• Filed: 06/20/1988
• Issued: 03/06/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Butler Home Products LLC (Bradshaw International Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Nicholas D. Mckay
• Inventors: McKay, Nicholas D.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBERTS JR, EDWARD
• Application Number:
  US07/209,359
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 15/104 A, 15/230.11, 428/43
• US Class Current: 15/104.002
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/005 using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/15 Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness

Abstract

A lint remover roller assembly having a pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll in association therewith wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll comprises layers of adhesive tape with the adhesive surface thereof facing outwardly so as to remove lint and/or other foreign particles from fabric surfaces over which it is rolled. The pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll is provided with a narrow non-adhesive side edge portion longitudinally along each side edge thereof which extends across the adhesive portion of the pressure sensitive tape roll from the inside edge of one of said non-adhesive side edge portions to the inside edge of the opposite non-adhesive side edge portions so as to define a pair of spaced apart narrow unslit non-adhesive side edge portions which cooperate to maintain the retentive longitudinal continuous integrity of the adhesive tape roll while facilitating the selective detachable removal of the saturated top layer of the tape roll by lifting it away along the slit and tearing it away through the narrow unslit non-adhesive portions to expose the next lowermost unused adhesive tape layer.

Claims

1. In a lint remover assembly provided with a handle member having a lint remover roller assembly in association therewith which is adapted to supportably receive a core-mounted pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll thereon having selectively removable layers of adhesive tape with the adhesive surface facing outwardly so that the adhesive tape roll can be selectively rolled over a surface to lift lint and/or other foreign particles therefrom, the combination comprising:

a core;

a pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll having an outwardly facing adhesive surface provided on said core, said pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll having a narrow non-adhesive side edge portion longitudinally along each side edge thereof, said pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll having at least one slit substantially therethrough, said slit extending from the inside edge of one of said non-adhesive side edge portions partially across the width of said adhesive tape roll to the inside edge of the opposite non-adhesive side edge portion so as to define a pair of spaced apart narrow unslit non-adhesive side edge portions which cooperate to maintain the retentive longitudinal continuous integrity of said adhesive tape roll on said core, said narrow non-adhesive side edge portions cooperating to facilitate selective detachable removal of the saturated top layer of said tape roll by lifting it away along said slit and tearing it away through said narrow unslit non-adhesive portions to expose the next lowermost unused adhesive tape layer.

2. In the lint remover assembly of claim 1 wherein said pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll comprises a washable plastic based pressure sensitive adhesive tape.

3. In the lint remover assembly of claim 1 wherein said slit is diagonally positioned across the adhesive portion of said adhesive tape roll.

4. In the lint remover assembly of claim 1 wherein said slit comprises a plurality of end-to-end longitudinally aligned spaced apart slits.