Supports – Brush and broom – Socket type
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-20
2001-07-24
Braun, Leslie A. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brush and broom
Socket type
C248S312000, C248S316100, C248S316400, C248S113000, C211S066000, C211S089010
Reexamination Certificate
active
06264147
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders and more particularly pertains to a new elongate handle holder for holding an elongate handle of a broom, a mop, a tool, or the like therein.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders is known in the prior art. More specifically, tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. Des. 301,976; U.S. Pat. No. 4,905,951; U.S. Pat. No. 2,488,664; U.S. Pat. No. 1,485,092; U.S. Pat. No. 5,303,831; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,294,350.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new elongate handle holder. The inventive device includes a block has front and back faces and an elongate slot extending therethrough between the front and back faces of the block. A holding member has a rear extent outwardly extending therefrom into the slot. The rear extent is pivotally coupled to block in the slot of the block. The holding member also has a bore extending therethrough between the top and bottom faces of the bore adapted for extending an elongate handle therethrough.
In these respects, the elongate handle holder according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of holding an elongate handle of a broom, a mop, a tool, or the like therein.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new elongate handle holder construction wherein the same can be utilized for holding an elongate handle of a broom, a mop, a toll, or the like therein.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new elongate handle holder apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new elongate handle holder which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a block has front and back faces and an elongate slot extending therethrough between the front and back faces of the block. A holding member has a rear extent outwardly extending therefrom into the slot. The rear extent is pivotally coupled to block in the slot of the block. The holding member also has a bore extending therethrough between the top and bottom faces of the bore adapted for extending an elongate handle therethrough.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new elongate handle holder apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new elongate handle holder which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tool, mop, and broom and the like handle holders, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new elongate handle holder which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new elongate handle holder which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new elongate handle holder which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such elongate handle holder economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new elongate handle holder which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new elongate handle holder for holding an elongate handle of a broom, a mop, a tool, or the like therein.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new elongate handle holder which includes a block has front and back faces and an elongate slot extending therethrough between the front and back faces of the block. A holding member has a rear extent outwardly extending therefrom into the slot. The rear extent is pivotally coupled to block in the slot of the block. The holding member also has a bore extending therethrough between the top and bottom faces of the bore adapted for extending an elongate handle therethrough.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new elongate handle holder that pivots downwards by the weight of the elongate handle being extended therethrough so that the elongate handle engages opposite sides of the bore to hold the elongate handle in plate in the holder.
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Braun Leslie A.
Wujciak A. Joseph
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