Broom with handle opening in the head thereof

Abstract

A broom with a broom head has flared out bristles projecting therefrom so as to form a leading edge for reaching into confined spaces. The broom head has an opening therethrough to define an integral handle to better control the leading edge and the broomstick is angled away from the leading edge to facilitate entry into confined spaces.

1. A broom base connected to a broomstick comprising:
 a broom he head for supporting a broom brush extending downwardly therefrom; said broom head having straight lower edges connecting a leading edge and a Wailing trailing edge, a vertical line positioned through the center of one of the straight edges and defining a first axis extending upwardly and perpendicular to the straight edges; broomstick support means for supporting a broomstick extending upwardly from said broom head, said broomstick support means being positioned on a trailing edge side of said vertical axis to support said broomstick, the broomstick defining a second axis at an cute acute angle and projecting away from said vertical axis; and 
 to an oblong opening defined in the broom head, the opening being positioned at an angle to the straight edges, the opening defining a handle integral with said broom head, the the opening being positioned such that a major portion thereof is on opposite side of said vertical axis with respect to said broomstick support means. 
 
     
     
       2. The broom base of  claim 1  in which said opening defines a longitudinal axis which lies at an acute angle with respect to said lower edges of said broom head. 
     
     
       3. The broom base of  claim 2  in which said opening acute angle is between about 25 and 45 degrees. 
     
     
       4. The broom base of  claim 1  in which said broom brush has a generally planar lower sweeping surface and the lower edges of said broom head are generally parallel thereto, the bristles of said broom brush being flared out so that a length of said sweeping surface is greater than a length of said lower edges of said broom head. 
     
     
       5. The broom bas base connected to a broomstick of  claim 1 , wherein the broom head is detachable from the broomstick. 
     
     
       6. The broom base connected to a broomstick of  claim 1 , wherein the axis of the broomstick is configured to intersect the straight lower edges between the vertical axis and the trailing edge. 
     
     
       7. A broom base connected to a broomstick comprising:
 (a) a broom head for supporting a broom brush extending downwardly therefrom and means for supporting a broomstick extending upwardly therefrom, the broom head having straight lower edges, the broom stick defining an acute angle relative to the straight lower edges of the broom head; 
 (b) said broom head having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge and trailing edge being connected by said straight lower edges, an upwardly extending vertical axis defining a center line of the broom head perpendicular to the straight lower edges, an opening defined through said broom head; said opening being positioned adjacent said leading edge to define a handle portion positioned such that a major portion thereof is between said leading edge and the center line, said opening being integral with said broom head, the opening being oblong and defining a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis defining acute angle relative to the straight edges; and 
 (c) said room broom brush comprising a plurality of bristles extending downwardly from said broom head across a width thereof with the bristles at said leading edge being longer than other bristles of said brush. 
 
     
     
       8. The broom base of  claim 7  in which said opening acute angle is between 25 and 45 degrees. 
     
     
       9. The broom base of  claim 7  in which said broomstick acute angle is between 60 and 85 degrees. 
     
     
       10. The broom base of  claim 7  in which said broom brush has a generally planar lower sweeping surface and said lower edges of said broom head are generally parallel thereto, the bristles of said broom brush being flared out so that a length of said sweeping surface is greater than a length of said lower edges of said broom head. 
     
     
       11. The broom base connected to a broomstick of  claim 7 , wherein the broom head is detachable from the broomstick. 
     
     
       12. The broom base connected to a broomstick of  claim 7 , wherein the axis of the broomstick is configured to intersect the straight lower edges between the vertical axis and the trailing edge. 
     
     
       13. A broom comprising:
 (a) a broom head having a leading edge, and a trailing edge, straight lower edges connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge, the broom head being configured for supporting a broom brush extending downwardly therefrom, a center line being positioned through the center of one of the lower edges and perpendicular to the lower edges of the broom head, the center line defining a leading edge side of the broom head and a trailing edge side of the broom head; 
 (b) a broomstick defining an axis extending upwardly from said broom head at an acute angle with respect to said lower edges the broomstick being positioned on the trailing edge side of the broom head; 
 (c) an ob long oblong opening defined through said broom head; said opening being positioned adjacent said leading edge to define a handle portion adapted for the positioning of four fingers and positioned such that a major portion thereof is between said leading edge and the center line and integral with said broom head, the oblong opening defining a longitudinal axis at an acute angle relative to the lower edges; 
 (d) said room broom brush comprising a plurality of bristles extending downwardly across a length of said broom head with the bristles at said leading edge being longer than other bristles across said length. 
 
     
     
       14. The broom of  claim 13  in which said acute angle of the broomstick is between 60 and 85 degrees. 
     
     
       15. The broom of  claim 13  in which said broom brush has a generally planar lower sweeping surface and said lower edges of said broom head are generally parallel thereto, the bristles of said broom brush being flared out so that a length of said sweeping surface is greater than a length of said lower edges of said broom head. 
     
     
       16. The broom of  claim 13 , wherein the broom head is detachable from the broomstick. 
     
     
       17. The broom of  claim 13 , wherein the broomstick axis being configured to intersect the straight lower edges between the center line and the trailing edge. 
     
     
       18. A broom base connected to a broomstick comprising:
 a broom head for supporting a broom brush extending downwardly therefrom, said broom head having lower edges connecting a leading edge and a trailing edge;   a vertical line positioned through the center of one of said lower edges and defining a first axis intersecting said lower edges and extending upwardly and perpendicular to said lower edges;   an angled line extending upwardly from one of said lower edges at an acute angle with respect to said trailing edge, said angled line defining a second axis;   broomstick support means for supporting a broomstick extending upwardly along said second axis from said broom head, whereby an area is defined in said broom head extending from said lower edges to said broomstick support means;   an oblong opening in said broom head, the oblong opening being positioned such that a major portion of the oblong opening is on one side of said broom head with respect to said first axis and said broomstick support means, the oblong opening being positioned at an angle with respect to the lower edges; and   the oblong opening being positioned near an upper peripheral edge of the broom head forming a narrow handle along a perimeter of said upper edge of said broom head, said narrow handle being defined by the portion of the broom head between the upper peripheral edge of the broom head and said oblong opening with the width of the narrow handle at a middle portion of the oblong opening being less than the width thereof at the portion of the oblong opening near the leading edge and adjacent the lower edges of the broom head, whereby the narrow handle allows a user to easily grasp the broom head with four fingers.   
     
     
       19. The broom of claim 18, wherein the broom head is detachable from the broomstick. 
     
     
       20. The broom of claim 18, wherein the broom head is made of molded plastic material. 
     
     
       21. The broom of claim 18, wherein the sweeping surface is about fifty percent longer than the length of the lower edge.