US2070448A - Broom holder - Google Patents

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Feb. 9, 1937.

J. C NORK BROOM HOLDER Filed May 25, 1936 INVENTOR- JOHN (#45455 NORA ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BROOM HOLDER John Charles Nork, Mahanoy City, Pa.

Application May 25, 1936, Serial No. 81,697

1 Claim. (01. 15-168) This invention relates to brooms and aocesstrands more compact and together, so that the series therefor. It is particularly directed toa broom may sweep better, there is provided a broom holder for protecting the strands of the holder or protector l5 embodying the invention. broom during use. The holder is preferably made of a single piece 5 An object of this invention is toprovide a of rubber or other elastic or stretchable material. 5 broom holder of the character described made The shape of the member [5 is substantially of rubber in the form of a cap or covering for similar to that of the upper portion of the body the shoulders of the broom to prevent the strands l2 of the broom, having also at the top a neck from spreading apart, whereby to increase the portion l6 and a pair of parallel opposite walls life of the broom and hold the strands more I! and I8 interconnected at the sides by curved 10 compactly together while enhancing the appearwall portions IS. The member I5 is open at the ance of the broom. bottom and is relatively fiat and has shoulder Another object of this inventionis to provide portions IEa on both sides of the neck portion. a simple and neat broom accessory of the char- The neck portion is also open to admit the acter described which may easily be applied to broom handle ll. When removed from the 15 the broom or removed therefrom, which may be broom, the member I5 is preferably of smaller easily cleaned, which shall be relatively inexpendimension than the portion of the broom which sive to manufacture, and yet practical and effiit covers, so that said protector must be stretched cient to a high degree in use. when applied to the broom. The protector is Other objects of this invention will in part be thus under tension when on the broom and exerts 20 obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. a resilient pressure against the fibres for holding The invention accordingly consists in the feathem in place. tures of construction, combinations of elements, Being made of one piece of rubber, the member and arrangement of parts which will be exemplil5 may be readily removed from the broom and 5 fied in the construction hereinafter described, washed or cleaned in any suitable manner, both and of which the scope of application will be inside and outside. The protector may also be indicated in the following claim. made in various attractive colors, either of rubber In the accompanying drawing, in which is or rubberized cloth, or cloth, or other suitable shown one of the various possible illustrative, materials.

embodiments of this invention, The resilient pressure of the rubber cap or 30 Fig. l is a front elevational View of a broom protector on the body of the broom and on the provided with a broom cover embodying the inhandle prevents said holder from slipping off the vention, with parts broken away; broom When the broom is in use the fibres, Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the bottom which are flexed by contact with the floor during portion of the broom shown in Fig. 1; and the sweeping operation, will press against the 35 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the broom holder lower edge or skirt of the holder and be resilremoved from the broom and with parts broken iently Dressed in the direction of ovement of away. the broom. I have found. that with my improved;

Referring now in detail to the drawing, IE! desconstruction and because of the resilient pressure ignates a broom embodying the invention and of on the fibres, a better and cleaner sweeping job 40 conventional construction having the usual elonmay be accomp d t e e of the broom gated handle or stick portion II and body poris substantially prolonged. tion I2, the latter consisting of straws, fibres or It will thus be seen that there is provided a strands of any suitable material attached to the device in which the several objects of this invenbottom of the handle. The body portion I2 may tion are achieved, and which is well adapted to 45 be of any suitable shape or construction and is meet the conditions of practical use. here shown for the purpose of illustration only as As various possible embodiments might be being of inverted U-shape, having rounded shoulmade of the above invention, and as various ders i3 at the top and the fibre ends l4 being changes might be made in the embodiment above at the bottom. Said body is relatively fiat and set forth, it is to be understood that all matter 50 the side and top edges are of rounded crossherein set forth or shown in the accompanying section. It has been found that when the broom drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and has had some use, the fibres or strands spread not in a limiting sense. apart, become loose and often break. Having thus described my invention, I claim To increase the life of the broom and hold the as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 55

As a new article of manufacture, a broom protector for the upper half of the broom made of a single piece of readily stretchable rubber, said protector being normally of a size less than the width of the broom with which it is to be used and being characterized by a U-shaped portion adapted to fit over the body of the broom, said portion being open at the bottom and having opposite parallel walls, said walls being interconnected by wall portions of curved cross section, and a neck portion constituting an upper continuation of said parallel walls and wall portions of curved cross section, said neck portion being adapted to receive the handle of a broom.

JOHN CHARLES NORK.

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