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Apparently, Bill Ward earned $15k for re-appropriating a design from 1919. http://www.quirky.com/products/36-Broom-Groomer-Broom-Cleaning-Dustpan/timeline http

Apparently, Bill Ward earned $15k for re-appropriating a design from 1919. http://www.quirky.com/products/36-Broom-Groomer-Broom-Cleaning-Dustpan/timeline http://www.quirky.com/products/36-Broom-Groomer-Broom-Cleani... http://www.google.com/patents/US1315310 http://www.google.com/patents/US1315310

geetee 14y ago
I love how easy it is to read and actually understand that patent.
DanBC 14y ago
Did he put silicone prongs on it? That seems like a really bad idea. Silicone rubber is high friction - it's going to make cleaning the bristles hard work. And cleaning the prongs is going to be hard.