Patent ID: 8082619

Claim:
In combination with a floor cleaning appliance having a floor engaging portion and a handle attached to and extending therefrom, an auxiliary dual handle device for attachment to said appliance handle, said device comprising: (a) an elongated member which has a predetermined length and which is manufactured from a predetermined material; (b) a bore which is longitudinally and axially formed in at least a portion of said elongated member and which is sized and shaped to slidingly engage an exterior surface of said appliance handle; (c) a left and a right auxiliary handle, each having a first end portion thereof rigidly secured to a user proximal end portion of said elongated member and laterally offset from one another; and, (d) means for operably securing said elongated member to said appliance handle, further including: (i) a pair of first planar clamp flanges secured to exterior surface of said elongated member and outwardly extending therefrom; (ii) a notch formed in a wall portion of said elongated member in alignment with said pair of first planar clamp flanges; (iii) a clamp member having a middle portion shaped to abutingly engage said exterior surface of said appliance handle and a pair of outwardly extending second planar flanges cooperating with said pair of first planar flanges when said middle portion thereof is positioned within said notch in abutting engagement with said exterior surface of said appliance handle; and (iv) a plurality of threaded screws and nuts joining said first and said second planar flanges by way of complimentary apertures formed therethrough.