Patent Publication Number: US-9883775-B1

Title: Beard-grooming clean up sheets

Description:
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This non-provisional patent application claims priority to a provisional patent application 62/184,856 that was filed on Jun. 26, 2015. 
    
    
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH 
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     REFERENCE TO APPENDIX 
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to the field of accessories that aid in cleaning up hair trimmings in and around a sink and applicable counter area, more specifically, a sheet that is specially adapted for use with a sink and surrounding areas in order to collect hair trimmings from grooming. 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     The beard-grooming clean up sheets involves a sheet member with a domed recess thereon. The domed recess is adapted to be positioned over a faucet of a sink in order to divert hair trimmings associated with personal grooming away from the faucet. Moreover, the domed recess is an adjunct of the sheet member. The sheet member is generally planar, and is adapted to be draped over the sink. Both the domed recess and the sheet member are surrounded with a plurality of sheet armatures that span outwardly with respect to the domed recess and the sheet member. The plurality of sheet armatures are adapted to engage counter surfaces surrounding the faucet and the sink. Moreover, adhering members is provided on a bottom surface of two opposing ones of the plurality of sheet armatures. The adhering members is adapted to temporarily secure the sheet member in place. 
     These together with additional objects, features and advantages of the beard-grooming clean up sheets will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the presently preferred, but nonetheless illustrative, embodiments when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
     In this respect, before explaining the current embodiments of the beard-grooming clean up sheets in detail, it is to be understood that the beard-grooming clean up sheets is not limited in its applications to the details of construction and arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustration. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the concept of this disclosure may be readily utilized as a basis for the design of other structures, methods, and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the beard-grooming clean up sheets. 
     It is therefore important that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent construction insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the beard-grooming clean up sheets. It is also to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for purposes of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. They are meant to be exemplary illustrations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to practice the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims. 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure across  3 - 3  as shown in  FIG. 2 . 
         FIG. 4  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT 
     The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments of the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any implementation described herein as “exemplary” or “illustrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations. All of the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to practice the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or implied theory presented in the preceding technical field, background, brief summary or the following detailed description. 
     Detailed reference will now be made to one or more potential embodiments of the disclosure, which are illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 . 
     The beard-grooming clean up sheets  100  (hereinafter invention) comprises a sheet member  101  that is generally planar and includes a domed recess  102  thereon. The sheet member  101  is a generally rectangular planar body with a forward half  103  containing the domed recess  102  thereon. The sheet member  101  is further defined with a horizontal line  104 , which separates the forward half  103  from a rearward half  105 . 
     It shall be noted that the domed recess  102  extends vertically with respect to a top surface  106  of the sheet member  101 . The domed recess  102  has a diameter  107  that is adapted to correlate with a faucet  200 . The domed recess  102  is adapted to be placed over the faucet  200  while the rearward half  105  of the sheet member  101  is adapted to be draped over a sink  201  that correlates with the faucet  200 . The domed recess  102  and the sheet member  101  are adapted to receive hair trimmings  300  that are associated with personal grooming. 
     The sheet member  101  is further defined with a first edge  108 , a second edge  109 , a third edge  110 , and a fourth edge  111 . The first edge  108  is opposite the third edge  110 . The second edge  109  is opposite the fourth edge  111 . The second edge  108  is adjacent to the domed recess  102 ; whereas the fourth edge  111  defines the limit of the rearward half  105 . The first edge  108 , the third edge  110 , and the fourth edge  111  are adapted to be adjacent to the sink  201 . The second edge  109  is adapted to be positioned behind the faucet  200 . 
     The sheet member  101  and the domed recess  102  are surrounded by a plurality of sheet armatures  112 . The plurality of sheet armatures  112  are adapted to be used to further secure the invention  100  onto a supporting surface  202 . It shall be noted that the term supporting surface  202  is being used to refer to a counter that may surround the sink  201  and the faucet  200 . The plurality of sheet armatures  112  is further defined with a first armature  113 , a second armature  114 , a third armature  115 , and a fourth armature  116 . 
     The first armature  113  touches and extends outwardly with respect to the first edge  108 . The second armature  114  touches and extends outwardly with respect to the second edge  109 . The third armature  115  touches and extends outwardly with respect to the third edge  110 . The fourth armature  116  touches and extends outwardly with respect to the fourth edge  111 . The overall shape of the invention  100  when viewed from above resembles a “+” shaped sign. The first armature  113  is parallel with and opposite of the third armature  115 . The second armature  114  is parallel with and opposite of the fourth armature  116 . 
     The plurality of sheet armatures  112  is further defined with a bottom armature surface  117 . The bottom armature surface  117  is adapted to interface with the supporting surface  202 . Moreover, the first armature  113  and the third armature  115  each include an adhering member  118  that is used to further secure the invention  100  over the sink  201  and the supporting surface  202 . The adhering member  118  is a glorified term for a strip of adhesive. The adhering member  118  may include a removable wax paper strip  119  that is peeled off prior to securing the invention  100  onto the supporting surface  202 . 
     The sheet member  101  and the plurality of armatures  112  may be constructed of a plastic sheeting or paper. After use, the invention  100  is simply detached from the supporting surface  202 , and the sheet member  101  is folded over onto itself, and collecting hair trimmings  300  collected thereon. The invention  100  may then be discarded or cleaned for subsequent uses. It shall be noted that the invention  100  may be reusable or designated as a single use product. Referring to  FIG. 5 , the invention  100  may come in a box  150  with a plurality of disposables included therein. 
     With respect to the above description, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationship for the various components of the invention described above and in  FIGS. 1 through 5  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 the invention. 
     It shall be noted that those skilled in the art will readily recognize numerous adaptations and modifications which can be made to the various embodiments of the present invention which will result in an improved invention, yet all of which will fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the following claims. Accordingly, the invention is to be limited only by the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.