Patent ID: 6260228
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A46B,A47L

Abstract:
A hand-held device for removing lint balls from a fabric, comprising:a) a body for holding in a hand; andb) a pad mounted to said body for engaging and removing the lint balls from the fabric when brushed thereacross, wherein said body is fork-shaped and comprises a handle for holding in the hand, and which terminates in an end wherein said body further comprises bifurcations that extend longitudinally from said of said handle of said body, are separated by a space, have faces that face each other with lengths, and have free ends, wherein said bifurcations of said body have grooves that extend longitudinally in said lengths of said faces thereof, from said handle of said body to, and opens into, said free ends of said bifurcations of said body, wherein said end of said handle of said body has a groove that extends transversely thereacross and communicates with said grooves in said bifurcations of said body so as to form a generally U-shaped channel, wherein said end of said handle of said body has a blind bore that extends centrally therein and communicates with said groove therein.