Broom skirt

• US 9,854,902 B1
• Filed: 11/05/2013
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wishing You Well Products, Inc., Wishing You Well Products, LLC
• Original Assignee: Wishing You Well Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Remmey, Theresa F.
• Primary Examiner(s): GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE
• Application Number:
  US14/071,836
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• Field of Search: 15231, 15246, 15247
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 17/04 Protective covers for the bristles
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 17/08 Other accessories, e.g. scrapers, rubber buffers for preventing damage to furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/302 Broom
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/12 Implements with several different treating devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/44 Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement

Abstract

A skirt for a broom that has a handle, a head and bristles extending from the head with a connector on the head includes a fabric having properties selected to be attractive to dirt. The fabric has a size at least twice the area of one major face of the bristles of the broom and has connectors complementary to the connectors on the broom head, so the fabric may be wrapped over the bristles and fastened to the broom head by engagement of the fabric connectors with the connectors on the broom head. The connectors on the skirt are typically “loop-type” hook and loop fasteners, so they can engage “hook-type” hook and loop fasteners on the broom head.

Claims

1. A cleaning kit comprising a broom for use with a skirt formed from a fabric, the broom comprising a handle and a head with bristles extending from the head, the head defining a body with opposing sidewalls and a top wall, and a connector on the head comprising an array of hook-type hook and loop fasteners on the sidewalls and top wall, and at least one sheet of fabric having properties selected to be attractive to dirt, the fabric defining slits in a central area and having a size wider than the broom head and defining at least twice an area of one major face of the bristles of the broom, a fabric connector defining loop-type hook and loop fasteners complementary to the hook-type hook and loop fasteners on the broom head sidewalls and a top wall, the fabric further comprising a strip of material extending beyond an edge of the fabric with additional loop-type hook and loop fasteners complementary to the hook-type hook and loop fasteners on the broom head sidewalls and a top wall, the strip loop-type hook and loop fasteners extending along an edge of the fabric,

whereby the fabric is fastened to the broom head by engagement of the loop-type hook and loop fasteners of the fabric to the hook-type hook and loop fasteners on one or more of the sidewalls and top walls of the broom head.

2. A cleaning kit as claimed in claim 1 wherein the loop-type connectors are positioned in a strip extending beyond an edge of the fabric by at least 6 inches, permitting connection of the loop-type connector to the hook-type connector on the broom head at a variety of positions, enabling positioning of a variety of parts of the fabric at bristle ends.

3. A cleaning kit as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fabric is predominantly four-sided and the loop-type connector extends over areas along opposite edges of the fabric.

4. A cleaning kit as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fabric is two-ply.

5. A cleaning kit as claimed in claim 1 wherein a strip of hook-type connector extends from one end of the fabric on an opposite side from the loop-type connector strip that extend along and edge of the fabric, so that when the skirt is wrapped on the broom head, the hook-type connector on the skirt can connect with the loop-type connector on the fabric edge.

6. A cleaning kit as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fabric is selected from the group consisting of polar fleece, a microfiber terrycloth fabric made of 52% biconstituent Fiber (80% polyester, 20% nylon) and 48% polyester, and a synthetic chamois made of 70% viscose and 30% synthetic.

7. A cleaning kit as claimed in claim 1 wherein the head is a plastic body defining the opposing sidewalls and the top wall, whereby the fabric and strip are both fastened to the broom head by engagement of the respective loop-type hook and loop fasteners of the fabric to the hook-type hook and loop fasteners on the broom head sidewalls and top wall.