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Granted Patent B2
US 12660909 · App. 18/417,774 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Multipurpose cleaning tool

Inventor: William Cody Fairbanks (Sandy, UT)
A46B5/0008A46B9/025A47L13/08A47L13/16A47L17/06A47L17/08A46B2200/3033
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12660909
App. No.
18/417,774
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multipurpose cleaning tool device is disclosed and described having a tool housing that includes an elongate handle sized to be held by a user when in use, a cleaning head coupled to one end of the elongate handle, a first cleaning material coupled to and extending away from a bottom surface of the cleaning head such that the first cleaning material defines a first surface cleaning interface, and a channel extending through the tool housing from a top surface of the tool housing to a bottom surface of the tool housing in a transverse direction to the first surface cleaning interface. The channel includes opposing layers of a second cleaning material positioned within the channel defining a second surface cleaning surface transversely oriented with respect to the first cleaning surface interface.

Claims (13)

1 . A multipurpose cleaning tool device, comprising:

a tool housing including:

an elongate handle sized to be held by a user when in use;

a cleaning head coupled to one end of the elongate handle;

a first cleaning material coupled to and extending away from a bottom surface of the cleaning head such that the first cleaning material defines a first surface cleaning interface;

a channel extending through the tool housing from a top surface of the tool housing to a bottom surface of the tool housing in a transverse direction to the first surface cleaning interface; and

opposing layers of a second cleaning material positioned within the channel defining a second surface cleaning surface transversely oriented with respect to the first cleaning surface interface; wherein

the channel extending through the tool housing extends through the elongate handle of the tool housing from a top surface of the elongate handle to a bottom surface of the elongated handle in a transverse direction to a longitudinal axis of the elongate handle.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the elongate handle is sized to be held in one hand of a user during use.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the channel is positioned and oriented with respect to the elongate handle such that, when held in one hand by a user by the elongate handle, a kitchen item held in the user's other hand can readily be moved through the second cleaning surface in a direction transverse to the first cleaning surface, whereby opposing sides of the kitchen item are each contacted by one of the opposing layers of the second cleaning material simultaneously.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first cleaning material is a plurality of bristles extending away from the bottom surface of the cleaning head.

5 . The device of claim 4 , wherein ends of the plurality of bristles opposite the bottom surface of the cleaning head define the first surface cleaning interface.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the opposing layers of the second cleaning material are the same type of material selected from opposing synthetic sponges, opposing abrasive materials, pluralities of opposing bristles, opposing polymeric scrapers.