Patent ID: 8468635
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A46B,A47L

Abstract:
1. A portable, hand-holdable surface treating device, comprising: a housing having a base, an upper portion, and opposed end portions; a handle portion disposed centrally along the length of said housing upper portion, said handle portion comprising a gripping member for gripping by the user between said end portions; a surface treating member being movably attached to the housing base proximate one of said end portions, said surface treating member being adapted for engaging a surface to be treated; a driver operatively associated with the surface treating member, said driver being adapted for imparting a linear reciprocating motion to the surface treating member, wherein the surface treating member engages the surface to be treated in a manner substantially perpendicular to the surface to be treated; and said base being configured to properly orient the reciprocating motion of said surface treating member relative to the surface being treated when the base is in contact with the surface to be treated.