Patent ID: 8533890
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A46B,A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A broom comprising: a head; a scraper; a handle including an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder mounted in telescopic arrangement for telescopic extension of the inner cylinder relative to the outer cylinder, and a rotation blocker structured and arranged to prevent rotation between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder when the inner cylinder is in telescopic extension; the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder each comprise an upper portion and a lower portion; the head is coupled to the lower portion of the outer cylinder; the scraper is coupled to the lower portion of the inner cylinder; telescopic extension of the inner cylinder relative to the outer cylinder imparts longitudinal extension of the scraper relative to the head; in longitudinal extension of the scraper, the rotation blocker prevents rotation of the scraper relative to the head; the rotation blocker is formed by the head and is formed within the head; the handle includes a spring structured and arranged to spring tension the inner cylinder within the outer cylinder; the spring urges the scraper into a stowed position within the head; the spring comprises an upper end and an opposed lower end; a mounting bar extends within the outer cylinder between opposed sides of the outer cylinder; a pin is mounted in the inner cylinder; the upper end of the spring is attached to the mounting bar in the outer cylinder, and the lower end of the spring is attached to the pin in the inner cylinder; a pair of slots are formed in the opposed sides of the inner cylinder; and the slots move over the mounting bar in response to telescopic extension of the inner cylinder relative to the outer cylinder.