Lint roller assembly

• US 6,055,695 A
• Filed: 06/24/1998
• Issued: 05/02/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Evercare Company
• Original Assignee: Helmac Products Corporation
• Inventors: McKay, Nicholas D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich, Mark
• Application Number:
  US09/104,605
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 15/104.002, 15/230.11, 492/13, 492/14, 492/19
• US Class Current: 15/104.002
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/005 using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers

Abstract

A lint roller assembly is disclosed for rotatably supporting a tubular and cylindrical adhesive lint remover roller. The assembly includes a pair of elongated housing parts which are substantially identical to each other. Each housing part includes an elongated handle section and a semi-cylindrical lint roller support section longitudinally adjacent the handle section. The lint roller support section has an outer diameter less than the diameter of the adhesive roller. The housing parts are secured together in a facing relationship by registering pins and sockets formed on the housing parts. In doing so, the lint roller support sections form a cylindrical lint roller support for the adhesive roller while the handle sections abut against each other to form a handle.

Claims

1. A lint roller assembly comprising:

a tubular and cylindrical adhesive lint roller,

a pair of elongated housing parts, each housing part being substantially identical to the other,

each housing part having an elongated handle section and a semicylindrical lint roller support section longitudinally adjacent the handle section, said semicylindrical lint roller support section having an outer diameter less than the diameter of the roller,

means for securing said housing parts together in facing relationship such that said semicylindrical lint roller support sections together form a cylindrical lint roller support and said handle sections abut against each other to form a handle.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein each housing part is of a one piece construction.

3. The invention as defined in claim 2 wherein each said housing part is made of a plastic material.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein each semicylindrical support section includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced and radially outwardly extending flexible fingers around its end most distant from its associated handle section, said fingers having an outer diameter greater than an inner diameter of the roller.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein each lint roller support section includes a plurality of axially extending and circumferentially spaced ribs along its outer periphery.

6. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein each housing part is of a one piece molded plastic construction.

7. The invention as defined in claim 6 wherein said handle sections and said support sections are coaxially aligned.

8. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises at least one pin and one recess, said pin and said recess being formed on opposite sides of and equidistantly spaced from a longitudinal centerline of each said housing part, said recess dimensioned to receive said pin, and said pin and said recess being laterally aligned with each other.

9. The invention as defined in claim 8 and comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced complementary pins and recesses.

10. The invention as defined in claim 8 wherein said recess is dimensioned to frictionally engage said pin upon insertion.

11. The invention as defined in claim 10 wherein said pin and said recess are circular in cross-sectional shape.