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A combination of a lint roller and encasement therefor in which two clam shell elements are pivotally connected together at one of their ends. One of the elements is a holder for a lint roller and the other is a cover/handle which when pivoted closed encloses the lint roller and when pivoted open se

A combination of a lint roller and encasement therefor in which two clam shell elements are pivotally connected together at one of their ends. One of the elements is a holder for a lint roller and the other is a cover/handle which when pivoted closed encloses the lint roller and when pivoted open serves as a handle. The two elements are each one-piece molded parts. The holder element includes a flexible flange extending from the end walls and between which the adhesive roller is rotatably mounted. The flanges preferably are circular in shape with protrusions extending therefrom having a diameter slightly less than the openings in the end of the cylindrical lint roller. The adjacent end walls of the two elements are inclined at each other so that the cover/handle when fully open extends at an angle from the axis of the roller providing space between the handle and applied surface when the roller is used on a flat surface.

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A combination of lint roller and an encasement therefor comprising: a first elongated clam shell roller supporting element and a second elongated clam shell cover element pivotally connected together at one of each of their ends to form an enclosure for an adhesive roller; each of said clam shell el

A combination of lint roller and an encasement therefor comprising: a first elongated clam shell roller supporting element and a second elongated clam shell cover element pivotally connected together at one of each of their ends to form an enclosure for an adhesive roller; each of said clam shell elements being an integrally molded plastic part; an adhesive roller formed into the shape of a tube and including a cylindrical support member having a continuous cylindrical opening of substantially the same diameter extending throughout the length of said tube; said surface of said opening permitting free turning of said roller on protrusions extending into the ends of said opening, said cylindrical support member having a tacky outer surface means for picking lint, hair, dandruff, etc. off a surface upon contact therewith; said first clam shell roller supporting element including an elongated molded first part having a first base, a first pair of spaced side walls, and a first pair of spaced end walls connected between the ends of said first side walls; a pair of spaced resilient flanges each flange connected to one of said first end walls; each flange having a width less than the width of said first end walls and at least as wide as the diameter of the cylindrical support member of said adhesive roller and extending from said first end walls in a direction away from said first base; said flanges each having integrally molded protrusion means extending toward the other flange and having a combined shape and outer dimension slightly less than the cylindrical opening of said cylindrical support member so as to extend into the opening of one of said ends of said adhesive roller whereby the protrusions rotatably support said lint roller, said protrusion of one flange being spaced from the protrusions of the other flange a distance slightly less than the length of said adhesive roller, said flanges being sufficiently flexible to flex away from each other for receiving said adhesive roller therebetween and of sufficient memory to retract after being flexed to force and hold said protrusions in the ends of said opening; said second clam shell cover element including a second base with second side walls integrally molded therewith and a second pair of end walls connected between the ends of said side walls; said clam shell elements being pivotally connected together at one of each of the ends thereof; said first and second side walls and first and second end walls being shaped and dimensioned to engage each other when pivoted to closed position to thereby enclose said adhesive roller and when open said second clam shell cover element providing a handle to grasp when operating the adhesive roller.