Patent ID: 8438689

Claim:
A broom bristle device comprising a flexible mounting base configured to attach to both a head of a broom and bristles of a broom, wherein the mounting base is coupled to one of the head and bristles of the broom, and a bristle member releasably couplable to the mounting base, the bristle member comprising an elongate base member and a plurality of bristles extending from the base member, wherein each of the plurality of bristles comprises a body having a first end coupled to the base member and a hooking member coupled to a second end of the body to form a cap on the second end of the body with the second end of the body terminating into the cap, the hooking member forming a sweeping barrier to debris on a surface to be swept as the plurality of bristles of the bristle member and the bristles of a broom to which a bristle member is attached are swept across the surface.