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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:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2004
Applicant:
James A. Gavney, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
James A. Gavney, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 13/12 (2006.01); E04H 4/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device with a squeegee configuration configured to clean or treat surfaces submersed in liquid is described. The squeegee configuration is preferably contoured to wipe contoured surfaces or flexible such as to conform to a variety of contoured surfaces. The squeegee configuration can be configured with bristles, a sponge or scouring elements. In further embodiments of the invention, the squeegee configuration is configured to draw a vacuum while wiping the surfaces.