US 12,446,750 B2
Flexible flap for use on a cleaning tool
Jason Thorne, Dover, MA (US); and Sam Liu, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to Origyn LLC, Wayland, MA (US)
Filed by Origyn LLC, Wayland, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/451,338.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/399,019, filed on Aug. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057839 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 13/12 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A47L 13/022 (2006.01); A47L 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/12 (2013.01) [A46B 9/026 (2013.01); A47L 13/022 (2013.01); A47L 13/08 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3033 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor cleaning tool, comprising:
a handle having a proximal end and a distal end;
a brush assembly at the distal end of the handle, the brush assembly comprising:
a rotatable brush head;
a ramp structure having a top surface; and
a compliant scraper comprising a flexible flap and an anchor portion, the anchor portion coupled to the ramp structure such that the flexible flap extends away from the ramp structure, wherein a top surface of the flexible flap is coplanar with the top surface of the ramp structure, and wherein between 1.5 mm and 2 mm of a bottom surface of the flexible flap, opposite from the top surface, contacts a floor surface when the brush assembly is placed on the floor surface.