US 12,290,224 B2
Pet hair remover
Ross A. Billings, Reisterstown, MD (US); Tylan A. Tschopp, Baltimore, MD (US); Cory Czarnik, Baltimore, MD (US); Aldon Blackwood, Baltimore, MD (US); Zoumin Huang, Suzhou (CN); Qin Zou, Irvine, CA (US); Caroline Elaine Dodson, Baltimore, MD (US); Yonghong Wang, Suzhou (CN); and Zhilin Pan, Nantong (CN)
Assigned to Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,666.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057841 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 13/40 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/40 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pet hair remover, comprising:
a collection chamber;
a roller;
a handle fixed relative to the collection chamber and the roller;
a button on the handle;
a first spring coupled to the button;
a roller frame fixing the roller in an axis of rotation, wherein the roller is positioned between sides of the roller frame;
a door for accessing the collection chamber, wherein
the collection chamber is bounded, at least in part, by an interior surface of the door and an interior surface of the roller, and
the door comprises a door catch;
a latch for engaging with the door catch and holding the door closed;
a second spring coupled to the latch, wherein
the first and second springs, in their extended positions, cause the latch to engage with the door catch, and
an actuation of the button causes the button to push the latch away from the door catch, the pushing the latch away from the door catch causing the door to open; and
a blade on an exterior, curvilinear surface of the roller.