Cleaning device

• US 9,332,826 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2014
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ricky Spillman Jr
• Original Assignee: Ricky Spillman Jr
• Inventors: Spillman, Ricky Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, DUNG V
• Application Number:
  US14/327,056
• Publication Number:
  US 20160007726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/002 pressurised at moment of use manually or by powered means
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1006 Brushes for cleaning the hand or the human body
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/02 Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups

Abstract

A cleaning device comprises a body that defines an opening. The device includes a fluid reservoir disposed within the body, an outlet in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, and a plurality of flexible elements disposed about the perimeter of the opening and projecting inwardly. In some embodiments, the outlet is located on an inner perimeter of the device, where the inner perimeter defines the opening. In some embodiments, the outlet is located on an outer perimeter of the device. The device may include a compressible member in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and the outlet. In some embodiments, the plurality of flexible elements, or protrusions, include ribbing or ridges.

Claims

1. A body defining a centrally-located opening, comprising:

a fluid reservoir disposed within a perimeter of the body;

an outlet in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir;

a plurality of flexible elements disposed about the perimeter of the opening and projecting inwardly; and

a compressible member in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and the outlet.

2. The body of claim 1, wherein the compressible member can be compressed to release a portion of fluid located in the fluid reservoir.

3. The body of claim 2, wherein the fluid is released by way of the outlet.

4. The body of claim 2, wherein the fluid is directed to one or more of the plurality of flexible elements.

5. The body of claim 2, wherein the plurality of flexible elements are disposed around an entirety of the perimeter of the opening.

6. The body of claim 1, wherein the plurality of flexible elements are disposed around only a portion of the perimeter of the opening.

7. The body of claim 1, wherein a plurality of corrugated protrusions are located along at least a portion of the plurality of flexible elements.

8. The body of claim 1, wherein an entirety of an interior of the body comprises the fluid reservoir.

9. The body of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a plurality of sections releasably coupled together.

10. The body of claim 9, wherein the plurality of sections are releasably coupled together using one of a snap fit arrangement and a threaded arrangement.

11. The body of claim 1, wherein the body comprises an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter that defines the opening, wherein the outer perimeter comprises a plurality of protrusions.

12. The body of claim 1, wherein the body is substantially donut-shaped.

13. A disk-shaped body comprising:

an outer perimeter;

an inner perimeter defining an opening;

a fluid reservoir disposed within the disk-shaped body;

an outlet in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir;

a plurality of flexible elements extending from the inner perimeter, each of the plurality of flexible elements having a first end and a second end; and

a compressible member in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and the outlet.

14. The disk-shaped body of claim 13, wherein the compressible member can be compressed to release a portion of fluid located in the fluid reservoir.

15. The disk-shaped body of claim 13, comprising:

a compressible member disposed on the inner perimeter of the disk-shaped body in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and the outlet, wherein the compressible member can be compressed to release a portion of fluid located in the fluid reservoir,

wherein the outlet is disposed on the inner perimeter of the disk-shaped body that defines the opening.

16. A disk-shaped body comprising:

an outer perimeter;

an inner perimeter defining an opening;

a fluid reservoir disposed within the disk-shaped body;

an outlet in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir; and

a plurality of flexible elements extending from the inner perimeter, each of the plurality of flexible elements having a first end and a second end, wherein the outlet is located on the outer perimeter of the disk-shaped body, and

the disk-shaped body comprising a closure for opening and closing the outlet.

17. The disk-shaped body of claim 16, wherein the closure comprises a snap-fit cap.

18. The disk-shaped body of claim 16, wherein the plurality of flexible elements are disposed around an entirety of the perimeter of the opening.