Multi-purpose floor cleaning device

Abstract

This invention relates to a hand held multi-purpose floor cleaning device having a sharp edged flat scraper for debris removal with an extended handle attachable to brooms, wet mops, sponge mops, dust mops, cleaning pads and similar devices to provide a method for removal of dried on or stuck on materials found on multiple type floors during cleaning.

Claims

1. A floor scraping device adapted for attachment to a cleaning device, the cleaning device comprising an elongate handle having a first end to which a cleaning member is secured and an opposite second free end, the floor scraping device comprising: a scraper body comprising a sleeve in which the second end of the elongate handle is adapted to the secured; a head portion extending from the sleeve, the head portion defining a scraping edge, the scraping edge being defined by a pair of beveled surfaces comprising a planar major surface and a minor planar surface smaller in area than the major surface, the plane of the major surface extending across the longitudinal axis of the elongate handle when the scraping device is mounted thereon; and wherein the major and minor surfaces define a sharp scraping edge laterally offset with respect to the longitudinal axis.

2. The scraping device of claim 1, wherein the cleaning member is one of a broom, a wet mop, a sponge mop, a dust mop and a cleaning pad.

3. The scraping device of claim 1, wherein the head portion includes a hole for hanging on a support when not in use.

4. The scraping device of claim 1, wherein it is made of a plastic.

5. The scraping device of claim 4, wherein the plastic is polypropylene.

6. The scraping device of claim 1, wherein it is made of a metal.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The accompanying drawings show various illustrative embodiments of this invention.

(2) FIG. 1 is an isometric plan view of the assembled device embodying the invention; Item 1 being the sleeve in which the extended handle of the broom, wet mop, sponge mop, dust mop, cleaning pad and similar device is inserted; Item 2 being the head portion of the scraper device; Item 3 being the hole where a wall mounted hanger can fit through to allow it to be hung in storage; Item 4 being the handle of the broom, wet mop, sponge mop, dust mop, cleaning pad and similar devices the scraper may be attached to.

(3) FIG. 2 is a top view of scraper device; Item 1 being the sleeve in which the extended handle of the brooms, wet mops, sponge mops, dust mops, cleaning pads and similar devices is inserted; Item 2 being the head portion of the scraper device; Item 3 being the hole where a wall mounted hanger can fit through to allow it to be hung in storage.

(4) FIG. 3 is an isometric plan view of the body of the sharp edged flat scraping device;

(5) FIG. 4 is a side plan view of the scraper device and showing the contour of the scraping edge;

(6) FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the scraper device and showing the contour of the scraping edge;

(7) Referring now in detail to the drawings, the completely assembled device comprises two main sections; a scraper and an extended handle as shown in FIG. 1. The scraper is formed with a head portion, Item 2, and an elongated straight handle portion, Item 4. The head portion, Item 2, has a wide, flat forward edge surface which slopes forward at an angle to form a sharp edge. The head portion, Item 2, tapers and narrows towards the sleeve, Item 1, at the point where the head portion, Item 2, meets the handle, Item 4. The head portion, Item 2, is inclined slightly upwardly from the sleeve, Item 1, as shown in FIG. 4 so that the head can rest flat against a surface being scraped while the handle is at an angle to said surface to permit ease in grasping the handle and to afford space for the handle to lie between the surface being scraped and the handle. The sleeve, Item 1, is of uniform width and extends from the head portion, Item 2, to allow for any predetermined length handle to be joined with it.