IP Library Granted Patent US 8,136,196
Granted Patent B2
US 8,136,196 · App. 12/103,485 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Dusting tool

Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
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Patent No.
US 8,136,196
App. No.
12/103,485
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dusting tool ( 1 ) with a handle ( 2 ) to which two bars ( 3, 4 ) are attached at a certain distance from each other, with the free ends ( 5, 6 ) of said bars ( 3, 4 ) being connected to each other and with a number of spacers ( 7 ) being disposed between said bars ( 3, 4 ).

Claims (9)

1. A dusting tool comprising a handle to which two bars are attached spaced a certain distance from each other, the bars having free ends that are connected to each other with a plurality of spacers being disposed between the bars and an actuating device that is disposed on the handle for lengthening or shortening at least one of the two bars and thereby causing the dusting tool to be bent to a predetermined curvature.

2. The dusting tool as in claim 1 , wherein the spacers are attached to the bars by hinged supports.

3. The dusting tool as in claim 2 , wherein the hinged supports of the spacers comprise film hinges.

4. The dusting tool as in claim 1 , wherein the bars and the spacers are made of the same material and are integrally farmed in one piece.

5. The dusting tool as in claim 1 , wherein the actuating device is configured such that so that one bar can be lengthened and the other bar can be shortened at the same time.

6. The dusting tool as in claim 1 , wherein a pole is attachable to the handle.

7. The dusting tool as in claim 1 , wherein a cleaning cloth is mountable on the bars.

8. The dusting tool as in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the bars comprises an active cleaning surface.

9. The dusting tool as in claim 1 , wherein the bars are configured so as to have a flat surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2008
From: DINGERT, UWE
To: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
Reel/Frame 020983/0263 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 018 214 · Apr 16, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080250589A1 · Oct 16, 2008