Lint roller assembly
View Patent ↗A lint roller assembly having a holder with a handle and a lint roller support section longitudinally adjacent each other. The lint roller support section is adapted to rotatably support a tubular cylindrical lint removal roller. A tubular cylindrical rigid roller cover is open at one end and dimensioned to be positioned over the roller so that the cover entirely encloses the roller. A latch in the cover automatically engages a catch on the holder as the cover is longitudinally inserted over the holder to detachably lock the cover and holder together.
1. A lint roller assembly comprising:
a holder having a handle and a lint roller support section longitudinally adjacent said handle, said lint roller support section adapted to rotatably support a tubular cylindrical adhesive roll, said lint roller support having a pair of radially flexible fingers at a free end of said lint roller support section, a portion of said fingers overlapping one end of said adhesive roll and a support surface at a junction of said lint roller support section which overlies the other end of the adhesive roll so that said adhesive roll is rotatably entrapped between said fingers and said support surface,
a tubular cylindrical rigid roller cover open at one end, said cover dimensioned to receive the adhesive roll within an interior of said cover,
a latch on an annular flange at an end of said cover opposite said one end of said cover which automatically detachably lockingly engages a catch on said holder as said cover is longitudinally inserted over said holder, said catch being formed on said fingers, a portion of said fingers being sandwiched between said latch and said adhesive roll.
2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said catch comprises a radially inwardly extending protrusion.
3. The invention as defined in claim 2 wherein said latch comprises a radially outwardly extending projection, said projection having an outside diameter greater than an inside diameter of said protrusion.
4. The invention as defined in claim 3 wherein said cover is made of a flexible material.
5. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said cover has an axial length at least as long as said lint roller support section.
6. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said cover is made of plastic.
7. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said fingers form a recess at said free end of said lint roller support section, said catch being positioned in said recess.
8. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said annular flange abuts against a free end of said holder when said cover is positioned over said holder to thereby coaxially align said cover with said holder.