CLEANING BRUSH WITH DISPOSABLE/REPLACEABLE BRUSH HEAD

• US 20070006412A1
• Filed: 09/19/2006
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Banco Michael, Douglas Soller, Elias Shaer, Kenneth Michaels, Terra Morgan
• Original Assignee: Banco Michael, Douglas Soller, Elias Shaer, Kenneth Michaels, Terra Morgan
• Inventors: Michaels, Kenneth, Soller, Douglas, Banco, Michael, Shaer, Elias, Morgan, Terra
• Granted Patent: US 7,827,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/223
• 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

Disclosed is a cleaning brush for cleaning toilet bowls and the like. The brush has a permanent handle and replaceable/disposable brush heads that are flushable after each cleaning. The brush is a stack of sheets of water-dissolvable and/or agitation-dissolvable material. The sheets can be attached together at an end by pressure bonding or by a water-soluble adhesive and formed with bristles at an opposite end. The wand provides a remote system for clamping and unclamping the brush head.

Claims

1. A brush head suitable to be held by a cleaning device,

wherein the brush head comprises a plurality of layers of a water-degradable material positioned on top of each other to form a stack of such layers;

wherein at least two of the layers are formed from a sheet of the water-degradable material that has been folded back upon itself in switchback fashion along a first fold line;

wherein the head is configured such that a first end of the stack is held together by the brush head and an opposed end of the stack can spread out between at least some of the layers of the stack and wherein the first fold line is located at the opposed end of the stack; and

wherein a pressure bond holds together the plurality of layers at at least one portion of the brush head.

2. The brush head of claim 1, wherein at least three of the layers are formed from a sheet of the water-degradable material that has been folded back upon itself in switchback accordion fashion along the first fold line a first time and then again back upon itself in an opposed direction along a second fold line a second time.

3. The brush head of claim 1, wherein the brush head has been at least partially impregnated with a chemical composition.

4. The brush head of claim 3, wherein the chemical composition comprises a surfactant.

5. The brush head of claim 4, wherein the chemical composition comprises 0% to 50% water.

6. The brush head of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the layers are formed with bristle segments adjacent the opposed end.

7. The brush head of claim 1, wherein the brush head comprises between four and forty layers of such water degradable material in the stack.