Broom stabilizer damper

摘要

A stabilizer-damper for stabilizing a broom, mop, or other long-handled device while such device is resting against a countertop or other surface. The stabilizer-damper is a device that provides stabilization to prevent the long-handled device from falling to the floor and also provides a damping effect to lessen the intensity and harshness of the sound if the long-handled device happens to fall to the floor. The stabilizer-damper fits onto the handle and provides a frictional surface to resist movement of the handle.

主权项

1. A long-handled device position stabilizer apparatus comprising:
a horizontal surface; a vertical surface adjacent to the horizontal surface; a long handled device having an operative end coupled to one end of an elongated handle, the handle having an opposed handle end, the operative end engaging the horizontal surface to support the long handled device in an upstanding position with the handle end in proximity to the vertical surface, the long-handled device being one of a broom, a manual sweeper, a rake, a shovel, a mop, a duster and lawn and garden equipment; a body including a one piece inner member and a one piece outer member; the inner member having an outer edge and an inner edge radially spaced from the outer edge, the inner edge defining an inner bore adapted to be mounted over the handle of the long handled device, the body mounted on the handle spaced from the operative end, an inner diameter of a bore of the outer member being smaller than an outer diameter of the outer edge of the inner member; at least the inner member formed of a compressible material such that forced engagement of the outer member over the inner member compresses the inner member and expands the inner bore of the outer member; and the outer member concentrically mountable over and forcibly engaged with the outer edge of the inner member, whereby the outer member compresses the inner member radially inward to urge the inner member into fixed engagement with a handle, at least a portion of the outer member expanding into engagement with the inner member, the outer member having a continuous arcuate, frictional outer side portion adapted to minimize movement of the body when the body is engaged with a vertical surface above the horizontal surface.