Claims
- 1. A duster for cleaning a piano wherein said piano has a soundboard and a set of strings spaced above and closely adjacent said soundboard, said duster comprising an elongated resilient rod enclosed by a cleaning sleeve along substantially its entire length, said rod being flexible vertically and horizontally and said duster being long enough and narrow enough to clean said soundboard beneath said set of strings.
- 2. The duster of claim 1 wherein said rod is made from plastic, steel, hard rubber or wood.
- 3. The duster of claim 1 wherein said cleaning sleeve is made from a material selected from the group consisting of napped material, cloth material, and electrostatic material.
- 4. The duster of claim 1 wherein said cleaning sleeve is tied onto said resilient rod.
- 5. The duster of claim 1 wherein said rod is flexible omnidirectionally.
- 6. The duster of claim 1 wherein said rod has a cylindrical cross-sectional shape and is approximately five feet long and has a diameter of approximately ¼ inch.
- 7. The duster of claim 1 wherein said cleaning sleeve is sewn from a swatch of fabric to form a hollow sleeve.
- 8. The duster of claim 1 wherein said rod has a handle attached at one end thereof.
- 9. The duster of claim 8 wherein said cleaning sleeve is attached to said rod near said handle by a bow, tie or hook and loop material.
- 10. The duster of claim 8 wherein said handle and said elongated rod are molded together to form a single unit.
- 11. The duster of claim 1 wherein said cleaning sleeve is made from conventional cleaning or dusting material.
- 12. The duster of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod has a cross-sectional shape that is cylindrical throughout its length.
- 13. The duster of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod is made from a plastic material and said plastic material is acetal.
- 14. The duster of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod is made from spring steel.
- 15. The duster of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod has a cross-sectional shape that is cylindrical, square, hexagonal or octagonal.
- 16. A duster comprising an elongated solid rod, said elongated rod being resilient and enclosed by a cleaning sleeve substantially along its entire length, said rod being flexible vertically and horizontally.
- 17. The duster of claim 16 wherein said elongated rod has a cylindrical cross-sectional shape and is approximately five feet long with a diameter of approximately ¼ inch.
- 18. The duster of claim 16 wherein said elongated rod has a cylindrical cross-sectional shape and is approximately ten inches long with a diameter of approximately {fraction (3/16)} inch.
- 19. The duster of claim 16 wherein said elongated rod has a cross-sectional shape that is cylindrical, square, hexagonal or octagonal.
- 20. The duster of claim 16 wherein said cleaning sleeve is made from a material selected from the group consisting of napped material, cloth material, and electrostatic material.
- 21. The duster of claim 16 wherein said elongated rod is made from plastic, steel, hard rubber or wood.
- 22. The duster of claim 16 wherein said rod has a handle attached at one end thereof.
- 23. The duster of claim 22 wherein said handle and said elongated rod are molded together to form a single unit.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/347,536 filed Jul. 6, 1999.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09347536 |
Jul 1999 |
US |
Child |
09814053 |
Mar 2001 |
US |