IP Library Granted Patent US 12680221
Granted Patent B2
US 12680221 · App. 18/193,050 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Laundry fur and debris remover

Inventors: Blake Anderssen (Ankeny, IA); Mikaela Sperling (Ankeny, IA)
Assignee: Pet Parents, LLC
D06F58/22D06F39/00
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Patent No.
US 12680221
App. No.
18/193,050
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various implementations include a laundry fur remover. The laundry fur remover includes a body and one or more protrusions. The body has a body outer surface and a body maximum dimension. The one or more protrusions are coupled to and extend outwardly from the body outer surface. At least one of the one or more protrusions has a protrusion maximum dimension. At least a portion of the body or the one or more protrusions comprises a polymer. The body maximum dimension is greater than the protrusion maximum dimension.

Claims (29)

1 . A laundry fur remover comprising:

a body having a body outer surface, wherein the body has a body maximum dimension; and

one or more protrusions coupled to and extending outwardly from the body outer surface, wherein at least one of the one or more protrusions has a protrusion maximum dimension,

wherein at least a portion of the body or the one or more protrusions comprises a polymer,

wherein the body maximum dimension is greater than the protrusion maximum dimension, and

wherein the body is a frustum of a sphere or spheroid.

2 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the body is a sphere or spheroid.

3 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the one or more protrusions include at least one protrusion that is a sphere or a spheroid.

4 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the body maximum dimension is a body maximum radius of curvature, and the protrusion maximum dimension is a protrusion maximum radius of curvature.

5 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the one or more protrusions includes two or more protrusions.

6 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the one or more protrusions is one or more first protrusions and at least one of the one or more first protrusions has a first protrusion maximum dimension, the laundry fur remover further comprising one or more second protrusions coupled to and extending outwardly from the body outer surface or from a first protrusion, wherein at least one of the one or more second protrusions has a second protrusion maximum dimension, wherein the first protrusion maximum dimension is greater than the second protrusion maximum dimension.

7 . The laundry fur remover of claim 6 , wherein at least a portion of the one or more second protrusions comprises a polymer.

8 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises a natural rubber, a latex, or a thermoplastic rubber (TPR).

9 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the body or the one or more protrusion has a Shore A hardness of from about 35 to about 65.

10 . The laundry fur remover of claim 9 , wherein the Shore A hardness is from about 40 to about 55.

11 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a body wall, wherein the body wall has the body outer surface and a body inner surface defining a body cavity.

12 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the one or more protrusions comprise a protrusion wall, wherein the protrusion wall has a protrusion outer surface and a protrusion inner surface defining a protrusion cavity.

13 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a single material.

14 . The laundry fur remover of claim 13 , wherein the body and the one or more protrusions comprise a single material.

15 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises two or more materials.

16 . The laundry fur remover of claim 15 , wherein the body and the one or more protrusions comprise two or more materials.

17 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the body outer surface or a protrusion outer surface of the one or more protrusions comprises a textured surface.

18 . The laundry fur remover of claim 1 , wherein the body or the one or more protrusions comprise a material that is negative on the triboelectric series.

19 . A laundry fur remover comprising:

a body having a body outer surface, wherein the body has a body maximum dimension; and

one or more protrusions coupled to and extending outwardly from the body outer surface, wherein at least one of the one or more protrusions has a protrusion maximum dimension,

wherein at least a portion of the body or the one or more protrusions comprises a polymer,

wherein the body maximum dimension is greater than the protrusion maximum dimension, and

wherein the one or more protrusions include at least one protrusion that is a frustum of a sphere or spheroid.