Ice scraper with brush and the glove

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6757930
  • Patent Number
    6,757,930
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, January 17, 2002
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, July 6, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
An ice scraper with brush and the glove, which has an anatomically designed handle grip. The ice scraper and the brush are mounted into the glove to protect the user's hand from snow, ice, water, and cold. The ice scraper blade and the brush are inserted into a fork branched handle, which is designed with a comfortable and firm grip to maximize the scraping force when applied to an ice covered windshield of a car. Glove is made out of waterproof fabric and internally can be insulated with any thermo-insulating fabric. The glove is provided with Velcro fasteners that are placed at the end of the glove. This prevents entering of the snow and ice into the glove.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




This invention relates to an ice scraper and brush with the glove for removing ice and snow from a windshield of the car, and is an improvement over the conventional ice scrapers. One of the more common scrapers have an ice scraper and the brush, which does not protect user's hand and their garment/sleeve from snow, ice, water and similar. Because of the lack of a sturdy grip on the conventional ice scrapers it is also hard to remove thick sheets of ice from the windshields. For example in U.S. Pat. No. 4,922,569 to Brinker, patent does not disclose any gloves attached to the ice scraping tool. In addition U.S. Pat. No. 378,322 to Young shows extendible ice scraper and snow brush but also without any glove attached to the ice scraping tool. His invention also lacks the ability to act sturdy on the frozen surfaces.




Finally, object of the present invention, ice scraper and brush with the Glove, is to provide a ridged support to the user's hand that will allow him/her to use the ice scraping tool with ease by having an extra support of an anatomically designed handle grip, which may be either in the form of a gun barrel like, spherically shaped or T-shaped handle grip. This invention is also designed to protect users garment and hands from the snow, ice, water and cold. Other objective is to provide an easily fabricated and inexpensive product. The above mentioned objects will become more apparent when the following drawings and descriptions are read.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The ice scraper and brush with the glove includes three different anatomically designed handles. These include gun barrel like handle, spherically shaped handle, and the T-shaped handle. Another important feature of the invention is the waterproof glove that has an extended sleeve. Further, glove also comprises velcro fasteners that are located on the sleeve portion of the glove. In addition brush as well as the fork branched extension of the ice scraper and brush with the glove is provided with a gusset.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

shows plane view of the ice scraper and brush with the glove and the spherically shaped handle;





FIG. 2

is a top view of the ice scarper and brush with the glove of

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 3

is a plan view of the ice scraper and brush with the glove and the gun barrel like handle;





FIG. 4

is a top view of the ice scraper and brush with the glove and the gun barrel shaped handle of

FIG. 3

;





FIG. 5

is a plane view of the ice scraper and brush with the glove and the T-shaped handle grip.





FIG. 6

is a top view of the ice scraper and brush with the glove and the T-shaped handle grip of

FIG.5

;





FIG. 7

is a plane view of the ice scraper with the glove and the spherically shaped handle grip.





FIG. 8

is a top view of the ice scraper with the glove and the spherically shaped handle grip.





FIG. 9

is a plan view of the ice scraper with the glove and the gun barrel like handle grip.





FIG. 10

is a top view of the ice scraper with the glove and the gun barrel like handle grip.





FIG. 11

is a plan view of the ice scraper with the glove and the T-shaped handle grip.





FIG. 12

is a top view of the ice scraper with the glove and the T-shaped handle grip.





FIGS. 1A

,


3


A,


5


A,


7


A,


9


A,


11


A all show detail Y, which represents the partial cross-section of the glove.




FIGS.


1


B,


3


B,


5


B,


7


B,


9


B,


11


B all show detail X, which represents the cross-section of the handle neck sealing at the top of the glove.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS





FIG. 1

illustrates an ice scraper blade


1


having a conical portion of the body


14


installed into the fork branched handle


17


. Blade


1


has a beveled edge


15


with the elevated ridges


16


, which support in the breaking of the ice. Brush


2


has a conical portion of body


13


, installed into a fork branched handle


18


. Extension of the brush handle


4


is supported with a gusset


5


. Branched body


3


is reinforced with gusset


6


. Handle neck


20


and slit on the top of the glove


7


are sealed with a plated member


24


located inside the glove. Treaded portion of the Handle


12


, is connected to the anatomically shaped spherical grip


9


. Glove


7


is extended with the sleeve


19


, and is provided with velcro fasteners


10


. This prevents entering of the snow into the glove. Outside surface of the glove


21


that is made out of waterproof material, protects inside of the glove


22


that can made out of any thermo-insulating fabric. Illustrated inside of the glove


22


can be made out of any thermo-insulating fabric.





FIG. 2

shows top view “A” of the ice scraper and brush with the glove with elevated ridges


16


, which supports the beveled edge


15


in breaking of ice.

FIG. 2

also indicates location of the brush with the respect to the glove and the ice scraper.




FIG.


3


and

FIG. 4

are analogous to FIG.


1


and

FIG. 2

with the exception that the ice scraper and brush with the glove is designed with gun barrel like handle grip


32


, which allows heavy duty scraping operations as well as the comfortable and firm grip. This provides a more concentrated scraping force.




FIG.


5


and

FIG. 6

are analogous to FIG.


1


and

FIG. 2

with the exception that the ice scraper and brush with the glove is designed with the T-shaped handle grip


33


. As previously described gun barrel like handle grip


32


, this one has similar advantages including heavy duty scraping operations as well as the comfortable and firm grip.




FIG.


7


and

FIG. 8

are similar in form and function, but without a brush


2


. They consist out of exchangeable scraper blade


1


, which fits into cavity


34


in handle body


35


. This was previously described in FIG.


1


and FIG.


2


.




FIG.


9


and

FIG. 10

are analogous to FIG.


7


and

FIG. 8

with the exception that the ice scraper with glove is designed with the gun barrel like handle grip


32


, which screws, onto the end portion of the handle


12


.




FIG.


11


and

FIG. 12

are analogous to FIG.


7


and

FIG. 8

with exception that the ice scraper with the glove is designed with the T-shaped handle grip


33


, which is screws onto the end portion of the handle


12


.





FIG. 1A

shows a detail of an outside portion of the glove's surface


21


that is made out of water proof material to protect the inside of the glove


22


, which can be mad out of any thermo-insulating fabric.





FIG. 1B

illustrates the sealing between the handle neck


20


and the slit


8


on the top of the glove


7


. The outside plate member


23


is disposed on the top of the glove


7


to cover the slit


8


. In addition, the outside plate member


23


has an extended body


29


with the small circumferential inside grove


30


. This fits onto the plate extension body


29


that is connected and secured with the handle neck


20


using clutch tooth member,


30


. Inside plate


24


has circumferential inside grove


27


, which fits onto the plate extension body


29


that is connected and secured using clutch tooth member


28


.



Claims
  • 1. An ice scraper and brush with a glove comprising:a) an exchangeable scraper blade and brush that are inserted into a fork branched, anatomically designed handle grip; b) the handle grip which is inserted into the exchangeable scraper blade and brush is installed into a glove with an extended sleeve; c) a curved fork branched handle grip; d) a gusset that is attached to the fork branched handle grip; e) the brush is firmly mounted to a portion of the fork branched handle grip with a conical interference fit; f) sealing plates that are attached to the fork branched handle grip and have an outside plate member that has an extended body with a small circumferential inside groove, which fits onto the plate extended body and is connected and secured with a clutch tooth member; g) the glove's external side is made out of waterproof fabric and the internal side is made out of thermo-insulating fabric, having one slit at the top, to allow the installation of the handle to the fork branched handle grip of the ice scraper and brush, the glove also has velcro fasteners at the sleeve portion of the glove.
  • 2. The apparatus from claim 1 wherein said ice scraper and brush with the glove is designed with a spherical handle grip.
  • 3. The apparatus from claim 1 wherein said ice scraper and brush with the glove is designed with a gun barrel like handle grip.
  • 4. The apparatus from claim 1 wherein said ice scraper and brush with the glove is designed with an anatomically designed T-shaped handle grip.
  • 5. An ice scraper and brush with a glove comprising:a) an exchangeable scraper blade and brush that are inserted into a fork branched, anatomically designed handle grip; b) the handle grip which is inserted into the exchangeable scraper blade and brush is installed into a glove with an extended sleeve; c) a curved fork branched handle grip; d) a gusset that is attached to the fork branched handle grip; e) the brush is firmly mounted to a portion of the fork branched handle grip with a conical interference fit; f) the glove's external side is made out of waterproof fabric and the internal side is made out of thermo-insulating fabric, having one slit at the top, to allow the installation of the handle to the fork branched handle grip of the ice scraper and brush, the glove also has velcro fasteners at the sleeve portion of the glove.
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