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Scrub brush

  • US 9,095,373 B2
  • Filed: 04/02/2013
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A scrub brush for cleaning arms, hands, and fingernails, comprising:

  • a reservoir body comprising an absorbent material capable of absorbing and holding therein a cleaning composition;

    a plurality of arm and hand scrubbing bristles extending laterally relative to a surface of the reservoir body, wherein the arm and hand scrubbing bristles have a first stiffness that promotes gentle cleansing of skin surfaces of a person'"'"'s arms and hands during a cleansing procedure without scratching, gouging, scraping or otherwise damaging the skin;

    a plurality of fingernail cleaning bristles having a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness of the arm and hand scrubbing bristles in order to more aggressively scrub dirt, pathogens, or other foreign debris from gaps underneath a person'"'"'s fingernails when the person'"'"'s fingers are moved back and forth relative to the fingernail cleaning bristles;

    a two-part structural body interconnecting the arm and hand scrubbing bristles with the reservoir body wherein the arm and hand scrubbing bristles are formed on a first part of the two-part structural body, wherein the fingernail cleaning bristles are formed separately on a second part of the two-part structural body, and wherein the second part is and thereafter attached to the first part of the two-part structural body; and

    at least one finger guide surface adjacent to the fingernail cleaning bristles and positioned so as to maintain alignment between a person'"'"'s fingernails and the fingernail cleaning bristles so that tips of the fingernail cleaning bristles enter gaps underneath the person'"'"'s fingernails when the person'"'"'s fingers are moved back and forth relative to the fingernail cleaning bristles during use.

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