US2268488A

US2268488A - Broom

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Publication number: US2268488A
Application number: US354271A
Authority: US
Inventors: Keeys Murphy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-08-26
Filing date: 1940-08-26
Publication date: 1941-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1958-12-30

Description

M. KEEYS Dec. 30, 1941.

BROOM Filed Aug. 26, 1940 Inventor I Afar 04, /f e y8 Q By A iiorney ?et enied Dec. Iii-9 31941 UNITED STATES OFFICE BROOM Murphy Keeys, Blounts Creek, N. C. Applicatlonfaug'ust 26, 1940, Serial No. 354,271

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in brooms and has for its primary object to provide a yieldable connection between the handle and the head of the broom whereby to overcome the usual objection to a rigid stiff broom handle.

More specifically, the invention comprises the provision of a coil spring to one end of which the handle is attached and to the other end of which the head of the broom is attached to provide a yieldable, flexible connection between the handle and the head of the broom and thus decrease the exertion usually necessary in using the broom.

A further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is strong and durable, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing the hooks provided for rigidly connecting the handle to the broom head, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through the spring forming the connection between the handle and the broom head.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates the broom head which is constructed of straw or similar material and having the coil spring 55 embedded therein to provide a connection with the head 5 of the broom. The spring extends upwardly from the head and has the handle 1 inserted in its upper end, the upper end of the spring providing a friction gripping connection with the handle. As more clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawing, the lower end of the handle 1 is spaced above the head of the broom a sufiicient distance to enable the flexing of the spring 6 when the broom is in use and thus provide a yieldable flexible connection between the broom head and the-handle.

Also connected to the handle I immediately above the spring 6 is a hook member 8, one end of the hook being pivoted to the handle by means of an eye or other suitable fastener 9 and the other end of the hook being adapted to extend downwardly for engagement with an eye l0 embedded in the head of the broom 5. The hook 8 may thus be employed to provide a rigid connection between the head 5 of the broom and the handle 1, when so desired. When the hook is not desired to be used the free end thereof is swung upwardly for engaging an eye H secured to the upper portion of the handle.

It is believed the details of construction, ad-

.vantages and manner of use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A broom comprising a straw head, a handle,

a coil spring having one end embedded in the head with the convolutions of the spring engaged directly by the fibers of the head for retaining the spring therein to provide a flexible connection between the head and the handle, a hook member pivotally attached at one end to the handle and means carried by the outer surface of the head adapted for detachable engagement by the free end of the hook for rigidly connecting the head to the handle.

MURPHY KEEYS.