Patent ID: 6263578
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
An operator-propelled ergonomic griddle cleaning device comprising:(a) grease guard platform having an upwardly extending rear portion and a downwardly extending forward portion terminating in cleaning means adapted to engage, in touching relationship, the surface to be cleaned;(b) an upwardly extending support member connected at its lower end to said platform at its forward portion, said support member including a rearwardly inclined upper end portion;(c) a first ""handshake grip"" handle, adapted to be grasped by an operator, interconnecting said upwardly extending support member and said platform rear portion; and(d) a second knob handle mounted on said rearwardly-inclined upper end portion,whereby a normal force sufficient to overcome the static friction resulting from engagement of the cleaning means to the surface to be cleaned may initially be applied to said first and second handles, and a tangential force of lesser intensity than said normal force, but sufficient to overcome the sliding friction of engagement of the blade means with said surface means, may be applied to said second handle.