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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Bissell Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gary A. Kasper, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Michael D. Graham, Lake Odessa, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A46D 1/08 (2006.01); A46B 3/16 (2006.01); A46D 3/04 (2006.01); A47L 5/26 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A46B 9/12 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A46B 3/16 (2013.01); A46D 1/08 (2013.01); A46D 3/042 (2013.01); A47L 5/26 (2013.01); A47L 9/1616 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A46B 9/12 (2013.01); A46B 13/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brushroll dowel for a vacuum cleaner having bristle stiffeners protruding from a brush dowel. The brushroll can be made using an injection molding process, with the bristle stiffeners integrally molded with the brush dowel and a plurality of stiffened bristles protruding from the brush dowel adjacent to the bristle stiffeners.