Patent ID: 8701243

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a dustpan configured to receive and contain debris, the dustpan including: a base configured to be placed in contact with a surface to be cleaned, the base having a front lip over which debris can be swept into the dustpan; a wall extending upwardly from at least a portion of the base other than the front lip and having a top edge, the wall configured to contain debris in the dustpan; a handle having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the top edge of the wall of the dustpan opposite the front lip, the handle extending away from the wall and downwardly from the top edge so that the second end is disposed approximately even with the base so that when the dustpan is placed on a surface to be cleaned the second end of the handle can contact the surface; and a plurality of protrusions extending from the wall toward the front lip of the dustpan, each of the protrusions having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface of the protrusion, the first and second surfaces of the protrusion oriented approximately perpendicular to the base of the dustpan and having spaces adjacent to each of the first and second surfaces of the protrusion, the plurality of protrusions configured to remove debris from bristles of a broom when the broom is swept through the plurality of protrusions.