Title: Combines mop or broom and scraper

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1. A cleaning implement comprising

a. an elongated cylindrical handle having two free ends thereof,

b. a cleaning device attached at one of said handle free ends, said cleaning device comprising a mop head, or broom bristles,

c. means for scraping hard to remove materials from surfaces to be cleaned while not making said implement unwieldy when used for mopping or sweeping and for allowing various orientations of said handle during scraping, said means mounted at the free end of said handle opposite the end of said handle said cleaning device is attached to and comprising (i) a generally elongated tubular extension, of substantially constant cross-section, of said handle having the same shape cross-section as the cross-section of said handle and having an inside circumference corresponding to the outside circumference of said handle and an outside circumference only slightly greater than the outside circumference of said handle, said extension having two ends and being attached to said handle at one end of said extension, (ii) a serrated peripheral edge defining the circumferential terminating edge of the end of said extension opposite the end thereof attached to said handle, and (iii) said extension formed of an integral piece of plastic, said plastic being hard enough to remove materials stuck to surfaces, but not being hard enough to mark or scratch said surfaces, and

d. a notch formed in said tubular extension at a portion thereof spaced from the furthestmost longitudinal extent of said handle for facilitating hanging of said cleaning implement upon a hook or the like.

Other info:

Inventors: Nelson, Ethelyn B. (Bethesda, MD, US)

Application Number: 499850
Filing Date: 1974-08-22
Publication_date: 1976-04-06
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 15/111 15/118, 15/236.08, 248/690
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

235999	Dec, 1880	Coyle	15/105.
412002	Oct, 1889	Schroen	15/236.
1018518	Feb, 1912	Pettit	15/236.
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1387414	Aug, 1921	La Voie	15/104.
1483760	Feb, 1924	Yoshizawa	15/111.
2574654	Nov, 1951	Moore	15/111.
3036322	May, 1962	Jorgensen	15/236.
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Other Refs: 312,9651,232,547

Jun, 1919	DD
Jan, 1967	DT

Primary Examiner: Blum, Daniel
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Cushman, Darby and Cushman