US 12,070,012 B2
Pet bathing tool and system
George Moyher, Jr., Cedar Springs, MI (US); Eric J. Hansen, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Belinda Drake, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Sue A. Potter, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Charles A. Martin, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Brian C. Wolfe, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Joseph Q. Marietta, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,604.
Application 17/370,604 is a continuation of application No. 15/793,426, filed on Oct. 25, 2017, granted, now 11,083,170.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/412,468, filed on Oct. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0329886 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 13/00 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/02 (2006.01); A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 11/34 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 13/001 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0009 (2013.01); A47L 9/06 (2013.01); A47L 9/0673 (2013.01); A47L 9/02 (2013.01); A47L 11/34 (2013.01); A47L 11/4013 (2013.01); A47L 11/4036 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand tool for grooming a pet and adapted to be fluidly coupled with a surface cleaning apparatus having a suction source and a fluid delivery system, the hand tool comprising:
a body that is hand-holdable by a user and defines an interior and a lower surface;
a suction nozzle provided with the body;
at least one spray nozzle provided at least partially within the interior;
a first grooming guard and a second grooming guard removably provided at the lower surface of the body;
wherein the first grooming guard comprises a main plate and the second grooming guard comprises an outer plate, the outer plate being stackable on an exterior surface of the main plate;
wherein the first grooming guard and the second grooming guard each include at least one respective aperture, and wherein the at least one spray nozzle projects through the at least one respective aperture of both the first grooming guard and the second grooming guard; and
wherein the outer plate is adapted to be removed from the body to adjust an effective length of the at least one spray nozzle such that the effective length of the at least one spray nozzle is greater when the outer plate is separated from the body.