Cleansing assembly comprising a grip and one or more cleansing elements

• US 20020007527A1
• Filed: 06/07/2001
• Published: 01/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gerald Leslie Hart
• Original Assignee: Gerald Leslie Hart
• Inventors: Hart, Gerald Leslie
• Application Number:
  US09/876,622
• Publication Number:
  US 20020007527A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/104.94
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/10 Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl , seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes cleaning devices without flushing A47K17/00; mechanical devices for cleaning toilet bowls E03D

Abstract

Cleansing assembly comprising one or more cleansing elements and a grip with one or more attachment openings for attachment of a cleansing element, in which assembly the cleansing element consists of sheet material which, in the dry state, is substantially rigid and dimensionally stable, and comprises prefabricated, coupling components which, after the cleansing element has been attached to the grip, project into one or more attachment openings.

Claims

1. Cleansing assembly at least comprising one or more cleansing elements and a grip, which grip comprises one or more attachment openings for attachment of a cleansing element through frictional interaction of the cleansing element with the one or more attachment openings, the cleansing element comprising coupling components which, after the cleansing element has been attached to the grip, project into the one or more attachment openings, wherein the cleansing element consists of sheet material which, in the dry state, is substantially rigid and dimensionally stable, and the coupling components comprise one or more areas in the cleansing element which are at least partially delimited by incisions and/or lines of weakening, which areas can be bent out of the plane of the cleansing element when the cleansing element is attached to the grip.

2. Cleansing assembly according to claim 1, wherein the areas which are delimited by the incisions or lines of weakening are substantially U-shaped, V-shaped or T-shaped.

3. Cleansing assembly according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the areas comprises a section whose width is greater than the internal dimension of the attachment opening which it is intended to be coupled to.

4. Holder comprising a cleansing assembly according to claim 1, which holder comprises at least two compartments, a first compartment for cleansing elements and a second compartment for a grip.

5. Holder according to claim 4, wherein one or more press-on components, which are intended to interact with the one or more coupling components of a cleansing element, are located on the base of the second compartment of the holder.

6. Holder according to claim 4, wherein there are means for moving a cleansing element from the first compartment into the second compartment.

7. Holder according to claim 4, wherein the compartments are substantially tubular and are arranged vertically next to one another, and are also in communication with one another, via an opening, in the vicinity of the base, and the first compartment comprises ejector means for ejecting a cleansing element from the first compartment into the second compartment.

8. Cleansing element for a cleansing assembly, said cleansing assembly at least comprising a grip, which grip comprises one or more attachment openings for attachment of a cleansing element through frictional interaction of the cleansing element with the one or more attachment openings, the cleansing element comprising coupling components which after the cleansing element has been attached to the grip project into the one or more attachment openings, wherein the cleansing element consists of sheet material which, in the dry state is substantially rigid and dimensionally stable, and the coupling components comprise one or more areas in the cleansing element which are at least partially delimited by incisions and/or lines of weakening which areas can be bent out of the plane of the cleansing element when the cleansing element is attached to the grip.

9. Cleansing element according to claim 8, wherein the cleansing element comprises water-dispersible sheet material.

10. Cleansing element according to claim 8, wherein the cleansing element has a cleansing surface which is slightly convex.