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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Nicola John Policicchio, Mason, OH (US);
Leonard Lik-hang Tse, West Chester, OH (US);
William Michael Cannon, West Harrison, OH (US);
Kenton Ray Lynde, Mason, OH (US);
Michael Stephen Maile, Maineville, OH (US);
Robert Allen Godfroid, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Nicola John Policicchio, Mason, OH (US);
Leonard Lik-Hang Tse, West Chester, OH (US);
William Michael Cannon, West Harrison, OH (US);
Kenton Ray Lynde, Mason, OH (US);
Michael Stephen Maile, Maineville, OH (US);
Robert Allen Godfroid, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A cleaning implement for cleaning a soft or a hard surface comprises a handle, a sweeper head, rotating blades and a collection bin. The bottom wall of the collection bin includes an opening that is covered by a cleaning sheet during the cleaning operation. The height of this bottom wall relative to the surface being cleaned is adjustable by a user. The cleaning implement can be used with a disposable cleaning sheet, which includes protrusions that are capable of removing entangled hair from a carpet surface.