Mark J Kuhns

US Patent:

20060059857, Mar 23, 2006

Filed:

Sep 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/939647

Inventors:

Mark Kuhns - Northampton PA, US
Lynn Peters - Walnutport PA, US

International Classification:

E04F 21/00

US Classification:

052749100

Abstract:

A manually manipulated shovel-like device for cleaning corrugated floors along the bottom of refrigerated containers and trailers having a blade, an elongate handle extending from the proximal end of the blade, and a plurality of elongate cleaning teeth extending perpendicularly from the opposed distal end of the blade, each of the cleaning teeth being individually slidably adjustable in both the lateral and the vertical directions with respect to the distal edge of the blade to enable the device to clean corrugated floors having unequally spaced apart corrugations of varying depth, joints between sections of corrugated panels, and uncorrugated sections near walls of the container, each of said teeth additionally being individually removable and replaceable from the blade so that teeth of various geometrical configurations and functional features may be used, including teeth tapered to a narrower distal tip, teeth of generally uniform width, and teeth having chisel-pointed edges, the blade optionally being curved to have a concave front side, the blade further optionally having frontwardly extending sidewalls.

US Patent:

20080143128, Jun 19, 2008

Filed:

Feb 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/072351

Inventors:

Mark J. Kuhns - Northampton PA, US
Lynn Peters - Walnutport PA, US

International Classification:

A01B 1/22

US Classification:

294 51

Abstract:

A manually manipulated shovel-like device for cleaning corrugated floors along the bottom of refrigerated containers and trailers having a blade, an elongate handle extending from the proximal end of the blade, and a plurality of elongate cleaning teeth extending perpendicularly from the opposed distal end of the blade. Each of the cleaning teeth are individually slidably adjustable in both the lateral and the perpendicular directions with respect to the distal edge of the blade to enable the device to clean corrugated floors having unequally spaced apart corrugations of varying depths and widths, joints between sections of corrugated panels, and uncorrugated sections near walls of the container. The teeth are also individually removable, reversible and replaceable from their respective positions on the blade so that teeth of various geometrical configurations and functional features may be used, including teeth tapered to a narrower distal tip, teeth of generally uniform width, and teeth having chisel-pointed edges. The blade may optionally be curved to have a concave front side, and further have frontwardly extending sidewalls.