Combined broom and dustpan

• US 5,799,360 A
• Filed: 08/27/1997
• Issued: 09/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: B.I.G. Ideas, LLC
• Original Assignee: B.I.G. Ideas, LLC
• Inventors: Vosbikian, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich, Mark
• Application Number:
  US08/921,226
• Time in Patent Office: 370 Days
• Field of Search: 15/105, 15/104.8, 15/159.1, 15/171, 15/175, 15/257.1-257.9, D32/42, D32/50, D32/77
• US Class Current: 15/257.2
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0055 Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/52 Dust pans; Crumb trays

Abstract

A broom and dustpan combination where the broom includes an elongated handle, a body of straw-like members, and a holder in which a dustpan may be releasably retained is disclosed. The dust pan is foldable about a hinge member and is held within the holder by a locking member. A spring biases the dustpan into its open position and a pair of feet hold the bottom back of the dustpan upwardly so that debris can be swept into the same.

Claims

1. A broom and dustpan combination comprising:

a foldable dustpan and

a broom having an elongated handle, a body of straw-like members, and

means for holding said dustpan wherein said means for holding includes a housing with an opening into which said dustpan fits when folded.

2. The broom and dustpan combination of claim 1 wherein said housing has an opening through which said handle fits.

3. The broom and dustpan combination of claim 1 wherein said dustpan has a first panel, a second panel, a spring, and a hinge means for joining said first panel to said second panel so that said panels are movable between an open position, where said panels are substantially side-by-side, to a folded position, wherein said one of said panels overlies the other of said panels.

4. The broom and dustpan combination of claim 3 wherein one of said panels has a retaining means which retains said dustpan within said housing.

5. The broom and dustpan combination of claim 3 wherein at least one of said first and second panels has a foot on a rear surface thereof.

6. The broom and dustpan combination of claim 3 wherein said dustpan has a projection on an edge of one of said panels which abuts an outer surface of said housing.

7. The broom and dustpan combination of claim 1 wherein said housing further includes a front wall, a rear wall, a top, and a bottom.

8. The broom and dustpan combination of claim 7 wherein said front and rear walls each have a hole therein.