Method and apparatus for cleaning with a broom

• US 5,709,006 A
• Filed: 12/19/1994
• Issued: 01/20/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harvey R. Carter Jr
• Original Assignee: Harvey R. Carter Jr
• Inventors: Carter, Harvey R. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hook, James F.
• Application Number:
  US08/359,681
• Time in Patent Office: 1,128 Days
• Field of Search: 15/247, 15/107, 15/114, 15/227, 15/210.1, 15/143.1
• US Class Current: 15/247
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/44 Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement

Abstract

A method and apparatus for cleaning with a broom. Attachments to a common household broom comprise a clamp having hooks, a broom-shaped inner cover and a rectangular outer cover. The inner cover is adapted to be placed over the broom bristles and fastened to the broom with elastic straps placed over the respective hooks of the clamp. The inner cover may be selected to be further covered by the outer cover, which is placed thereover and secured thereto by a rubber band.

Claims

1. An apparatus for cleaning with a broom, comprising:

an attachment having at least one hook and being adapted for attachment to the handle of a broom;

a first cover having two opposite ends and being adapted to be placed over the bristles of the broom;

a pair of elongate end pieces, affixed to said cover at respective ends thereof, so as to spread said cover over the bristles of the broom; and

a pair of elastic straps, each connected at one point to a respective end of said first cover and adapted to be connected at another point thereof to a hook of said attachment, wherein each of said elongate end pieces comprises a substantially rigid pin having two opposite ends and being disposed along a respective end of said first cover, wherein each of said elastic straps is attached to said pin, wherein said elastic strap comprises an elongate elastic member connected at each end thereof to one end of said first cover at spaced apart locations so as to form a loop for placement over one said hook, each end of said elongate elastic member being further connected to each end of a respective pin, said ends of said pin coinciding with said spaced apart locations of said end of said first cover, and wherein said pin has a plurality of holes therethrough, each end of said elongate elastic member being disposed through at least one said hole.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each end of said elongate elastic member is disposed through at least two said holes.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an adhesive patch disposed over one end of said first cover for securing said pin to said first cover.

4. An apparatus for cleaning with a broom, comprising:

an attachment having at least one hook and being adapted for attachment to the handle of a broom;

a first cover having two opposite ends and being adapted to be placed over the bristles of the broom;

a pair of elongate end pieces, affixed to said cover at respective ends thereof, so as to spread said cover over the bristles of the broom; and

a pair of elastic straps, each connected at one point to a respective end of said first cover and adapted to be connected at another point thereof to a hook of said attachment, wherein each of said elongate end pieces comprises a substantially rigid pin having two opposite ends and being disposed along a respective end of said first cover, wherein each of said elastic straps is attached to said pin, and wherein said pin is connected to said first cover by an adhesive patch.

5. An apparatus for cleaning with a broom, comprising:

a cover having two opposite ends and being adapted to be placed over the bristles of the broom;

a pair of elongate end pieces, affixed to said cover at respective ends thereof, so as to spread said cover over the bristles of the broom; and

a connection mechanism, attached to the broom, to engageably connect said cover to the broom, wherein each of said elongate end pieces comprises;

a pin disposed along a respective end of said first cover; and

an adhesive patch affixed to said end of said first cover and said pin so as to encase said end of said first cover and said pin within said adhesive patch.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said adhesive patch is made of denim.