The Drackett Company

David A Jones

John Pardo

William J O'Neil, Jr

Daniel A Maust

Philip R Goyert

Phillip L Brookshire

Randall G Richards

William T Riley

Charles E Nichols

Raymond C Odioso

Michael F O'Dwyer

John J Feroce

Robert A Hegge

Jon R Zogg

Daniel C Maust

Yasuhiro Koshido

Air freshener dispenser

Sponge mop for cleaning tubs, tile or the like

A butterfly-type sponge mop with presser plates and an actuating member pivotal relative to a center block. The mop includes a top center block which when interlocked with a bottom center block forms a plurality of bearing surfaces to enable motion of the presser plates about a transverse axis and motion of the actuating member about a longitudinal axis. The mop utilizes a generally loop-shaped actuating member to facilitate assembly without compression of the actuating member. The actuating member is connected to a connecting link which is actuated by a slide handle. A novel connecting means is utilized to enable a predetermined amount of rotation between the actuating member and the connecting link without the need for additional parts to retain same together.

Butterfly sponge mop

Wringer mop head

Wringer mop head with scrubber

Butterfly sponge mop head

Air freshener

A vertically standing display package formed of a single paperboard blank having a plurality of integrally connected panels joined along a plurality of parallel fold lines. The display package has a single vertical display panel for receiving on one side thereof a product to be displayed. A plurality of parallel substantially rectangular panels formed in one end of the paperboard blank are folded into a generally rectangular frame at the bottom of the vertical display surface. The frame extends to the same side of the vertical display panel as the product.

Vertically self supporting display package

Toilet tank dispenser

Bottle

A broom shroud that reduces the tendency of the broom handle to disassociate therefrom in view of forces encountered during use, the broom shroud comprising a broom shroud housing having a neck member having a bore, the neck member comprising a threaded collet or exterior neck portion having a plurality of vertical through slots, and a socket or interior neck portion; an internally threaded locking cap adapted to engage the collet, and means for securing bristles to the housing. Fastening the cap to the housing compresses the slotted portions of the collet, the collet tightly engaging the broom handle received by the bore. Preferably, the socket has a threaded section to receive a threaded end of the broom handle, thereby providing dual fastening means for the handle to the shroud.

Broom shroud

Squeegee

Aerosol can overcap

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Dayton, OH, United States of America

David A Jones