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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Bissell Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gary A. Kasper, Jr., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Todd Richard VanTongeren, Ada, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Scholten, Ada, MI (US);
Jake Andrew Mohan, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 5/30 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A46B 13/001 (2013.01); A47L 5/30 (2013.01); A47L 9/0444 (2013.01); A46B 2200/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brushroll for a surface cleaning apparatus includes a brush dowel defining an axis and having opposing bristle supports and a shroud surface between the opposing bristle supports, and a plurality of bristles protruding from the bristle supports. The shroud surface includes opposing convex curved surfaces extending between the bristle supports which intersect the shroud surface at outside corners.