Patent Publication Number: US-11641934-B2

Title: Vacuuming broom assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to vacuuming devices and more particularly pertains to a new vacuuming device for reducing airborne particles from sweeping. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to vacuuming devices. The prior art discloses a variety of brooms that include a bristle head and a handle. In each case the handle and the bristle head are hollow, through a variety of designs including internal chambers and internal conduits, such that the handle and the bristle head can pass air therethrough. The handle in each case of the prior art can be fluidly coupled to a vacuum source of any design. Additionally, the prior art discloses a broom head that has a vacuum unit integrated therein. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vacuum pack that is wearable on a user&#39;s back. The vacuum pack has an intake for urging air inwardly therein when the vacuum pack is turned on and a suction hose is fluidly coupled to the intake. A broom is provided that has a head and a handle. A suction manifold is coupled to the broom and the suction manifold has a pair of inlet ports and an exhaust port. The suction hose is fluidly coupled to the exhaust port such that the suction manifold is in fluid communication with the vacuum unit. Each of the inlet ports is aligned with the head of the broom for sucking up debris that is produced from sweeping. In this way the vacuum unit reduces airborne particles produced from sweeping. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG.  1    is a perspective view of a vacuuming broom assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  4    is a bottom view of a broom of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  5    is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS.  1  through  5    thereof, a new vacuuming device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS.  1  through  5   , the vacuuming broom assembly  10  generally comprises a vacuum pack  12  that is wearable on a user&#39;s back. The vacuum pack  12  has an intake  14  for urging air inwardly therein when the vacuum pack  12  is turned on. Additionally, the vacuum pack  12  includes a pair of shoulder straps  16  that is each wearable over the user&#39;s shoulders for wearing the vacuum pack  12 . The vacuum pack  12  may include a housing  18  with a hinged lid and an electric vacuum  20  that is positioned inside the housing  18 . The electric vacuum  20  may include a hepa filter and the electric vacuum  20  may be fluidly coupled to the intake  14 . Additionally, the vacuum pack  12  includes a rechargeable battery for operation thereby eliminating the need for a power cord. 
     A suction hose  22  is provided and the suction hose  22  is fluidly coupled to the intake  14  on the vacuum pack  12 . Thus, the suction hose  22  sucks air inwardly therein when the vacuum pack  12  is turned on. The suction hose  22  has a distal end  24  with respect to the intake  14  and the distal end  24  has a coupler  26  thereon. The suction hose  22  may have a length ranging between approximately 5.0 feet and 7.0 feet. 
     A broom  28  is included that has a head  30  and a handle  32 . The head  30  is elongated along an axis extending between a first end  34  and a second end  36  of the head  30 . The broom  28  may comprise a shop broom of any convention size or design. A suction manifold  38  is coupled to the broom  28  and the suction manifold  38  has a pair of inlet ports  40  and an exhaust port  42 . The suction hose  22  is fluidly coupled to the exhaust port  42  such that the suction manifold  38  is in fluid communication with the vacuum pack  12 . 
     The suction manifold  38  is coupled to the broom  28  and each of the inlet ports  40  is aligned with the head  30  for sucking up debris that is produced from sweeping. In this way the vacuum pack  12  can reduce airborne particles produced from sweeping. Each of the inlet ports  40  is aligned with a respective one of the first end  34  and the second end  36  of the head  30 . Additionally, each of the inlet ports  40  angles rearwardly away from the respective first end  34  and the second end  36 . The exhaust port  42  is positioned on the handle  32  and the exhaust port  42  is directed upwardly from the head  30 . The exhaust port  42  insertably receives the coupler  26  on the distal end  24  of the suction hose  22 . 
     In use, the vacuum pack  12  is worn on the user&#39;s back and the suction hose  22  is plugged into the suction manifold  38 . The vacuum pack  12  is turned on and the broom  28  is employed to sweep an area, such as a construction site or other area that would likely produce a large amount of airborne particles from sweeping. Thus, the vacuum pack  12  vacuums the debris as the broom  28  sweeps, thereby reducing the airborne particles. In this way the vacuum pack  12  lowers the risk of exposure to airborne silica particles and other hazardous material for workers in the area that is being swept. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.