Lint roller/brush assembly
A lint/pet hair roller assembly includes a body supporting a tubular adhesive lint remover roll. The assembly includes a handle and a roll support. The roller support includes a cross-member transversely mounted on the handle and carrying a pair of outwardly extending legs. Roll support members are fixed or rotatably carried on the legs for supporting a lint roll. The legs, in one aspect, are moveably mounted in the cross-member and biased to a normal first spacing to support a lint roll, but extendable outward for movement of the lint roll relative to the legs. In another aspect, a telescoping lint roll support is normally biased to an extended position to support the lint roll, but is collapsible for movement of the support relative to the legs. Alternately, a dispenser is carried on the handle for dispensing fluid from a storage chamber. Alternately, an additional cleaning element is carried on the support.
1 . A lint roller apparatus comprising:
a body having a handle and a support portion, the support portion receiving a particle removing material; and
the support portion including a support element extending from the handle and first and second supports adapted for receiving and supporting a lint roll carrier therebetween, the first and second supports extending from the support element;
wherein said lint roll carrier has first and second extendable ends.
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3 . The apparatus of claim 1: wherein each said support includes a leg extending from said support element.
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13 . The apparatus of claim 3 wherein:
the legs are fixedly mounted at either end of said support element.
14 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said lint roll carrier comprises:
a lint roll support tube for carrying the a lint roll, the lint roll support tube having said first and second extendable ends;
biasing means, carried within the lint roll support tube, and normally biasing said first and second ends retractably outward with respect to each other.
15 . The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising:
projections extending outwardly from the first and second ends;
a recess formed in each said leg for defining a bearing surface for one of said projections in order to rotatably mount the lint roll support tube between the legs.
16 . The apparatus of claim 3 further comprising:
the lint roll carrier carrying a lint roll;
biasing means, carried within the lint roll carrier, and normally biasing said first and second ends retractably outward with respect to each other.
17 . The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:
projections extending outwardly from the first and second ends;
a recess in each leg for defining a bearing surface for one of said projections In order to rotatably mount the lint roll carrier between the legs.
18 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
an end cap affixed to one end of the handle.
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20 . The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the end cap comprises:
a hanger portion for mounting the apparatus on a support.
21 . The apparatus of claim 18 wherein:
the end cap is removably mounted to the handle.
22 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:
the body is a one piece, monolithic body.
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28 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
an additional cleaning element carried on the support element.
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31 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the additional cleaning element is selected from the group consisting of a squeegee, wipe strip and crumb picker.
32 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the additional cleaning element is removably mounted to the support element.
33 . The apparatus of claim 32 , wherein the cleaning element is removably mounted by means of a slide-in fit.
34 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said carrier comprises a first body having said first extendible end and a second body having said second extendible end, said first body telescopingly disposed over said second body.
35 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein said biasing means is disposed between the ends of said first and second bodies for normally biasing the first and second ends retractably outward with respect to each other.
36 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each said first and second support is formed with a recess for selectively receiving said first and second extendible ends of said lint roll carrier.