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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vicki Ingram, Emporia, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, Emporia, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 1/106 ; A47L 1/322 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 1/106 ; A47L 1/322 ;
Abstract
A wash brush ( ) having a handle ( ) securely coupleable with a cleaning head ( ) by a ratchet-like coupling mechanism ( ), and including a flowpath control mechanism ( ) operable to direct and control a stream of liquid to the brush head area. A continuous liquid flow path is provided from a handle source connection end ( ) to the head-mounted flowpath control mechanism ( ) which is operable to selectively control flow characteristics, including pattern and direction.