Patent ID: 9204714
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A46B,A47L,B25G

Abstract:
1. A collapsible cleaning device, comprising: a broom being comprised of a brush and a handle, said brush having a lower face provided with bristles and an upper surface attached to said handle, said handle being comprised of a plurality of cylindrical segments telescopically engaged to each other, said handle having an upper end and a lower end, wherein said plurality of cylindrical segments is comprised of inner cylindrical segments, and a terminal cylindrical segment at said lower end, wherein said handle has a folded position with said cylindrical segments housed within each other, said inner cylindrical segments being housed within said terminal cylindrical segment, wherein said handle has an unfolded position with at least one cylindrical segment extended from an adjacent cylindrical segment, wherein said brush is comprised of two hinged side wings pivotally mounted at said lower end of said handle, each side wing having an extended position orthogonal to said handle and a retracted position parallel to said handle, said two hinged side wings abutting each other in respective extended positions so as to form said brush in said extended position, wherein each side wing pivots between said extended position and said retracted position by a quarter rotation of a respective axis of rotation at said lower end of said handle, wherein each side wing comprises a stop protruding inward toward said handle, wherein an inner cylindrical segment sliding through said terminal cylindrical segment actuates each side wing between said extended position and said retracted position by engaging respective stops of each side wing; and a pan being comprised of a plate, a wall attached to an edge of said plate, and a gripping means made integral with said wall, said brush in said retracted position being slideable within said pan.