CA2415879C - Multiposition brush - Google Patents

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CA2415879C
CA2415879C CA2415879A CA2415879A CA2415879C CA 2415879 C CA2415879 C CA 2415879C CA 2415879 A CA2415879 A CA 2415879A CA 2415879 A CA2415879 A CA 2415879A CA 2415879 C CA2415879 C CA 2415879C
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46BRUSHWARE
    • A46BBRUSHES
    • A46B5/00Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/002Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions
    • A46B5/0054Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions designed to allow relative positioning of the head to body
    • A46B5/0075Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions designed to allow relative positioning of the head to body being adjustable and stable during use
    • A46B5/0083Mechanical joint allowing adjustment in at least one plane
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46BRUSHWARE
    • A46BBRUSHES
    • A46B5/00Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/002Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions
    • A46B5/0054Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions designed to allow relative positioning of the head to body
    • A46B5/0075Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions designed to allow relative positioning of the head to body being adjustable and stable during use
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46BRUSHWARE
    • A46BBRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/30Brushes for cleaning or polishing
    • A46B2200/302Broom

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Abstract

The multiposition brush comprises a handle member having a connecting surface, and a head member having brushing and connecting sides. The brushing side is provided with bristles. The connecting side has a connecting surface. The brush also comprises a connector rotatably connecting the connecting surfaces of the handle and head members within a common plane, the head member being rotatable with respect to the handle member between at least two positions. The brush also comprises a locking device for locking in position the head member with respect to the handle member.

Description

MULTIPOSITION BRUSH
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the invention The present invention relates to versatile multiposition brushes, brooms or any other sweeping implements having a head provided with bristles that can be pivoted in respect to a handle for providing multiple sweeping positions according to the situation and the user's comfort.
Discussion of Prior Art Clearing the snow from a car with a snow brush can be a frustrating experience for many users. Furthermore, some users do not even clear the snow from the roof of their car because they are not comfortable while using their snow brush. Some users will even use a traditional broom to clear the snow of their car because they are more comfortable with it than with their snow brush. There are, indeed, several different sweeping needs, each need requiring a particular position of the head of the snow brush in respect to the handle.
Snow brushes of the prior art are often provided with a head provided with bristles at a preselected angle with respect to the handle. That means that the user must adapt his movement in function of the snow brush.
Most of the snow brushes on the market today have the head provided with bristles extending at a 90° angle with the handle. This is convenient for pushing the snow from the roof of the car or other horizontal surfaces, but it is clearly not appropriate for other types of brushing needs.
For example, to brush the sides of the car with the snow brush previously described, the user have to hold the handle of the snow brush substantially parallel to the side of the car in order for the bristles to maximize the contact with the surface to brush and to optimize the sweeping efficiency. That way of holding the brush is not natural and is uncomfortable to many users.
Other snow brushes have the bristles directly anchored onto the handle and the bristles are extending sideways of the handle. In this case, the snow brush is adapted for sweeping the snow from side to side on a substantially horizontal surface while making it difficult for a user to clear the snow from the sides of its car. It is difficult because, like the previous type of snow brush, the user has to hold the handle of the snow brush substantially parallel to the side of the car in order for the bristles to maximize the contact with the surface to brush and to optimize the sweeping efficiency. That way of holding the snow brush is not ergonomic.
Many other types of snow brushes exist on the market, but they all seem to be lacking the ability to adapt to different situations as well as to the movement of the user.
Known in the art there is the Canadian patent no. 2,126,040 granted on July 25, 2000 and naming as inventor Francesco Sartori. There is described a versatile broom comprising a head anchoring on a first side thereof a multiplicity of bristles, and an integrally-formed connector-mating structure on an opposed second side of the head The broom is maneuvered by an elongated handle disposed at a variety of preselected angles. Intermediate to the head and handle is a handle interconnector to which the handle is detachably secured at one extremity and a connection assembly is rachetably-pivotably secured at the other extremity. The connection assembly and the connector-mating structure on the head can be selectively pivoted in a single plane and locked at any of a number of preselected angles relative to the substantially-flat bristle-end surface.
A drawback with the above broom is that the pivotal movement is in a single plane.
Although problems with snow brushes have been discussed, the same problems concern other brushes, brooms or any other sweeping implements.
The objects, advantages and other features of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading of the following non-restrictive description of a preferred embodiment thereof, given for the purpose of exemplification only with reference to the accompanying drawings.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a multiposition brush which overcomes the above-mentioned drawbacks.
According to the present invention, there is a multiposition brush comprising: a handle member having a connecting surface; a head member having brushing and connecting sides, the t~rushing side being provided with bristles, the connecting side having a connecting surface; a connector rotatably connecting the connecting surfaces of the handle and head members within a common plane, the head member being rotatable with respect to the handle member between at least two positions; and a locking means for locking in position the head member with respect to the handle member.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of a multiposition brush according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 is a top view of some elements of the multiposition brush shown in figure 1, in mounted position.
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the elements shown in figure 2, taken along lines A-A.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view similar to the one shown in figure 3, except that some elements thereof are in a different operating position.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the elements shown in figure 2, in a different operating position.
Figure 6 is a perspective view of the elements shown in figures 2 and 5, in a different operating position.
Figure 7 is a perspective view of the elements shown in figures 2, 5 and 6, in a different operating position.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the elements shown in figures 2, 5, 6 and 7, in a different operating position.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the multiposition brush shown in figure 1, in a first mounted position.
Figure 10 is a perspective view of the muitiposition brush shown in 5 figure 1, in a second mounted position.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF
THE INVENTION
A detailed description of a preferred embodiment will be given herein below with reference to the following drawings, in which like numbers refer to like elements:
Referring now to FIGS. 1 to 4, there is shown a multiposition brush according to the present invention. The multiposition brush comprises a handle member 200 having a connecting surface 204. Preferably, the handle member generally extends along an axis 502. The multiposition brush also comprises a head member 100. The head member has a brushing side and a connecting side. The brushing side is provided with bristles 152. Preferably, the bristles form a flat-end surface to maximize the contact with the surface to be cleaned. The connecting side has a connecting surface 104. The multiposition brush also comprises a rnnnactn,r rnt_atabLv connecting the connecting surface 204 of the handle member and the connecting surface 104 of the head member within a common plane 504. The head member 100 is rotatable with respect to the handle member 200 between at least two positions. The multiposition brush also comprises a locking device for locking in position the head member with respect to the handle member.

Preferably, the connector comprises a shaft 108 extending perpendicularly from the connecting surface 104 of the head member 100.
The same connector also comprises a part 107 of the handle member, provided with a through hole 210 extending perpendicularly to the connecting surface 204 of the handle member 200. The through hole 210 cooperates with the shaft 108 for rotating the connecting surfaces of the handle and head members with respect to each other. The same connector also comprises a stop member 250 and a screw 270. The screw is for releasably connecting together the head and handle members 100, 200 by mounting the part 107 between the connecting surface 104 of the head member and the stop member 250 and screwing the stop member 250 to a free end of the shaft extending from the through hole.
Preferably, the common plane 504 defines oblique angles 500, 506 respectively with the axis 502 of the handle member 200 and the bristles 152. The oblique angles 500, 506 have substantially a value of 45°. By the use of the word "substantially", it is meant that the value of the oblique angles can be several degrees greater or lesser than 45°. The rotation of the head member 100 with respect to the handle member 200 provides multiple sweeping positions according on the situation and the user's comfort.
Preferably, the locking device comprises a spring member 240 mounted around a portion of the shaft 108 extending from the hole 210, between the part 107 and the stop member 250 for urging the connecting surfaces 104, 204 against each other. The stop member 250 is movable between a position where the stop member is pushed against the spring member to separate the connecting surfaces 104, 204 from each other, and a position where the stop member 250 is released to urge the connecting surfaces 104, 204 against each other by means of the spring member 240.
Preferably, the multiposition brush comprises an elongated member 300 connected to an end of the handle member 200, opposite to the head member 100. The elongated member 300 extends along the axis 502 of the handle member 200.
Referring to FIG. 5, the head member is shown with respect to the handle member in an operating position where the bristles 152 extend opposite to the handle member 200. In that position, for example, the multiposition brush can be used as a traditional broom.
Referring to FIGS. 6 to 8, the head member is shown with respect to the handle member in different operating positions. The user selects the position of the head member with respect to the handle member in view of its sweeping need. Among these positions, there is one position where the bristles extend perpendicularly to the axis of handle member. In this case, for example, the brush can be used for pushing snow.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 5 to 8, preferably, the locking device comprises cooperating portions provided on the respective connecting surfaces 104, 204 for securing a locking of the head member 100 with respect to the handle member 200 in predetermined positions. More preferably, the cooperating portion of the connecting surface 104 is a projecting square shape 106, and the cooperating portion of the connecting surface 204 is a recessed square shape 206. Both cooperating, projecting and recessed square shapes determine four different positions shown respectively in FIGS. 5 to 8 where both cooperating portions fit together.
The cooperating portions could have any polygonal shape. The more line segments the polygonal shape has, the greater is the number of positions of the head member with respect to the handle member. Other types of cooperating portions could also be used.

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, preferably, the elongated member comprises overlapping sections 410 such that the elongated member is extensible, and a locking device 412 for locking and unlocking the sections 410 with respect to each other. Still preferably, the multiposition brush generally comprises an ice scrapper 430 connected to an end of the elongated member 300, opposite to the head member 100.
Preferably, the handle member 200 comprises one gripping member 114 and the elongated member 300 comprises one gripping member 116.
The handle member 200 is made of plastic. The head member 100 has a body made of plastic. The overlapping sections 410 are made of aluminum.
The gripping members 114, 116 are made of molded plastic. Other materials could be used.
Although the present invention has been explained hereinabove by way of a preferred embodiment thereof, it should be pointed out that any modifications to this preferred embodiment within the scope of the appended claims is not deemed to alter or change the nature and scope of the present invention.

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1. A multiposition brush comprising:
a handle member having a connecting surface;
a head member having brushing and connecting sides, the brushing side being provided with bristles, the connecting side having a connecting surface;
a connector rotatably connecting the connecting surfaces of the handle and head members within a common plane, the head member being rotatable with respect to the handle member between at least two positions, the connector comprising:
a shaft extending perpendicularly from the connecting surface of the head member;
a part of the handle member provided with a through hole extending perpendicularly to the connecting surface of the handle member, the through hole cooperating with the shaft for rotating the connecting surfaces of the handle and head members with respect to each other;
a stop member; and a screw for releasably connecting together the head and handle members by mounting said part of the handle member between the connecting surface of the head member and the stop member and screwing the stop member to a free end of the shaft extending from the through hole;
and a locking means for locking in position the head member with respect to the handle member.
2. A multiposition brush according to claim 1, wherein the handle member extends along an axis, and the common plane defines oblique angles respectively with the axis of the handle member and the bristles so that said at least two positions include a first position where the bristles extend opposite to and coplanar with the handle member and a second position where the bristles extend sideways to the handle member.
3. A multiposition brush according to claim 2, wherein the oblique angles have substantially a value of 45°.
4. A multiposition brush according to claim 1, wherein the locking means comprises a spring member mounted around a portion of the shaft extending from the through hole, between the part of the handle member and the stop member for urging the connecting surfaces against each other, the stop member being movable between a first position where said stop member is pushed against the spring member to separate the connecting surfaces from each other, and a second position where said stop member is released to urge the connecting surfaces against each other by means of the spring member.
5. A multiposition brush according to claim 2, wherein the locking means comprises a spring member mounted around a portion of the shaft extending from the through hole, between the part of the handle member and the stop member for urging the connecting surfaces against each other, the stop member being movable between a first position where said stop member is pushed against the spring member to separate the connecting surfaces from each other, and a second position where said stop member is released to urge the connecting surfaces against each other by means of the spring member.
6. A multiposition brush according to claim 3, wherein the locking means comprises a spring member mounted around a portion of the shaft extending from the through hole, between the part of the handle member and the stop member for urging the connecting surfaces against each other, the stop member being movable between a first position where said stop member is pushed against the spring member to separate the connecting surfaces from each other, and a second position where said stop member is released to urge the connecting surfaces against each other by means of the spring member.
7. A multiposition brush according to claim 1, wherein the locking means comprises cooperating portions provided on the respective connecting surfaces for securing a locking of the head member with respect to the handle member in predetermined positions.
8. A multiposition brush according to claim 2, wherein the locking means comprises cooperating portions provided on the respective connecting surfaces for securing a locking of the head member with respect to the handle member in predetermined positions.
9. A multiposition brush according to claim 3, wherein the locking means comprises cooperating portions provided on the respective connecting surfaces for securing a locking of the head member with respect to the handle member in predetermined positions.
10. A multiposition brush according to claim 7, wherein the cooperating portion of the connecting surface of the head member is a projecting square shape, and the cooperating portion of the connecting surface of the handle member is a recessed square shape, both cooperating, projecting and recessed square shapes determining four different positions where both cooperating portions fit together.
11. A multiposition brush according to claim 8, wherein the cooperating portion of the connecting surface of the head member is a projecting square shape, and the cooperating portion of the connecting surface of the handle member is a recessed square shape, both cooperating, projecting and recessed square shapes determining four different positions where both cooperating portions fit together.
12. A multiposition brush according to claim 9, wherein the cooperating portion of the connecting surface of the head member is a projecting square shape, and the cooperating portion of the connecting surface of the handle member is a recessed square shape, both cooperating, projecting and recessed square shapes determining four different positions where both cooperating portions fit together.
13. A multiposition brush according to claim 1, further comprising an elongated member connected to an end of the handle member, opposite to the head member, the elongated member extending along the axis of the handle member.
14. A multiposition brush according to claim 13, further comprising an ice scraper connected to an end of the elongated member, opposite to the head member.
15. A multiposition brush according to claim 13, wherein both the handle and elongated members each comprises one gripping member.
16. A multiposition brush according to claim 1, wherein the handle member is made of plastic, and the head member has a body made of plastic.
17. A multiposition brush according to claim 13, wherein the elongated member has sections made of aluminum.
18. A multiposition brush according to claim 15, wherein the gripping members are made of molded plastic.
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