IP Library Granted Patent US 7,111,351
Granted Patent B1
US 7,111,351 · App. 11/105,630 · Granted Sep 26, 2006

Lint roller handle and cover

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Patent No.
US 7,111,351
App. No.
11/105,630
Granted
Sep 26, 2006
Kind
B1
Abstract

A lint roller which includes a handle, a roller, a roller support section located on an inner part of said handle, an adhesive tape roll and a cover arranged to interconnect with the handle. The cover provides protection for the adhesive tape roll preventing the adhesive tape roll from unintentionally sticking to anything other than an intended object or material.

Claims (31)

1. A lint roller comprising:

a handle;

a roller; said roller having two distal ends, said distal ends including a protrusion, said distal ends and said protrusions lying generally along an X-plane;

a substantially U-shaped roller support section located on an inner part of said handle; the roller support section including a groove section;

an adhesive tape roll covering said roller; and

a cover arranged to interconnect with the handle, said cover being completely removable and separable from said handle, the handle and cover being substantially similar, whereby said protrusion removably locks into said groove section, said protrusions extending beyond said roller support section, said protrusions having a circular portion that is coplanar with said X-plane.

2. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby the roller, the roller support section and the adhesive tape roll are contained within the handle and cover when said handle and cover are in a closed position.

3. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby the handle and cover are oval.

4. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby said roller support section supports the roller within the handle.

5. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby said adhesive tape roll is removable from said roller.

6. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby the adhesive tape roll includes a number of adhesive sheets wound on a core.

7. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby the roller includes a flexible washable plastic substrate of polyvinyl.

8. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby said protrusions are removably connected to said roller support section.

9. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby lint is removed from an article of clothing by rolling the lint roller on the article of clothing.

10. The lint roller of claim 1 whereby the adhesive tape roll is changed by removing the roller from the handle and withdrawing the roller from said adhesive tape roll, thereby allowing a new tape roll to be sheathed on the roller.

11. A lint roller comprising:

a handle;

a roller, said roller having two distal ends, said distal ends including a protrusion said distal ends and said protrusions lying generally along an X-plane;

a roller support section located on an inner part of said handle, the roller support section including a groove section, the groove section being substantially U-shaped;

an adhesive tape roll covering said roller; and

a cover arranged to interconnect with the handle, the handle and cover being substantially similar,

whereby said protrusion removably locks into said groove section, said protrusions extending beyond said roller support section, said protrusions having a circular portion that is coplanar with said X-plane.

12. The lint roller of claim 11 whereby the roller, the roller support section and the adhesive tape roll are contained within the handle and cover when said handle and cover are in a closed position.

13. A lint roller comprising:

a handle;

a roller, said roller having two distal ends, said distal ends including a protrusion said distal ends and said protrusions lying generally along an X-plane;

a roller support section located on an inner part of said handle, the roller support section including a groove section, the groove section being substantially U-shaped;

an adhesive tape roll covering said roller; and

a cover arranged to interconnect with the handle, said cover being completely removable and separable from said handle, and the handle and cover being substantially similar,

whereby said protrusion removably locks into said groove section, said protrusions extending beyond said roller support section, said protrusions having a circular portion that is coplanar with said X-plane.

14. The lint roller of claim 13 whereby the roller, the roller support section and the adhesive tape roll are contained within the handle and cover when said handle and cover are in a closed position.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP
To: CASABELLA HOLDINGS L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 058645/0136 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2021
From: BRADSHAW INTERNATIONAL, INC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 057889/0814 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2018
From: CASABELLA HOLDINGS L.L.C.
To: BRADSHAW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 046126/0101 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2017
From: CASABELLA HOLDINGS L.L.C.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 044000/0319 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2017
From: MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
To: CASABELLA HOLDINGS L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 043999/0492 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2006
From: KAMINSTEIN IMPORTS, INC.
To: CASABELLA HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 018535/0871 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 13, 2006
From: CASABELLA HOLDINGS L.L.C.
To: MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 018573/0072 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2005
From: DEROMA, FLAVIO
To: KAMINSTEIN IMPORTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 016479/0049 →