Rug rake

• US 5,930,862 A
• Filed: 01/09/1998
• Issued: 08/03/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Barbara I. Garrett
• Original Assignee: Barbara I. Garrett
• Inventors: Garrett, Barbara I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich, Mark
• Application Number:
  US09/005,416
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 15/142, 15/186, 15/197, 15/200, 15/207.2, 119/612, 119/615, 119/618, 119/621, 119/625, 119/664
• US Class Current: 15/200
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/02 Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups

Abstract

A rug rake is used for removing dead and unwanted hairs from a pile of a floor covering, such as either a rug or a carpet. The rug rake includes an elongated handle and a rake-head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. A person grips the proximal end of the handle. The rake head is coupled to the distal end of the handle. The rake head includes a rectangularly shaped steel support plate and a rectangularly shaped matrix of a plurality of tin plated wire bristles. Each tin plated wire bristle has a distal end and is bent at the distal end thereof.

Claims

1. A rug rake comprising:

a. an elongated handle having a proximal end and a distal end whereby a person grips said proximal end of said handle;

b. a rectangularly shaped steel support plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface of said rectangular, steel support plate coupled to said distal end of said handle; and

c. a rectangularly shaped matrix of a plurality of tin plated wire bristles with said bristles being disposed on said bottom surface of said rectangularly shaped steel support plate whereby said rug rake is used for removing dead and unwanted hairs from a pile of a floor covering.

2. A rug rake according to claim 1 wherein each of said tin plated wire bristles has a distal end and is bent at said distal end thereof.