IP Library Granted Patent US 7,309,182
Granted Patent B2
US 7,309,182 · App. 10/930,419 · Granted Dec 18, 2007

Liquid dispensing brush

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,309,182
App. No.
10/930,419
Granted
Dec 18, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning apparatus includes a substrate with outward projecting bristles. The substrate may be mounted on a support which may carry a handle or on a media dispensing container. The handle is hollow to carry a dispensable media from a dispenser mounted on the handle or has an open end to receive an aerosol or media dispensing container.

Claims (7)

1. A brush assembly comprising:

a body having a handle portion and a head portion attached coaxially to said handle portion, said head portion having a tubular body with an outer surface circumferentially surrounding said tubular body;

a replaceable cleaning element including a mat having a flexible base disposed circumferentially around said outer surface, said flexible base having a first surface that contacts said outer surface of said head portion and an opposite second surface, a plurality of bristles attached to and extending upwardly from said opposite second surface of said flexible base and terminating in two opposed edges, and

a securing element for releasably attaching said replaceable cleaning element to said head portion such that said replaceable cleaning element is circumferentially wrapped around said outer surface of said head portion; wherein said securing element includes straps attached to and extending from one of said edges and engaging and overlapping said other edge, wherein said securing element further includes at least one projection on one of said straps and said flexible base and an aperture formed in the other of said straps and said flexible base, said aperture being sized to accept and engage said projection to secure said replaceable cleaning element on said head portion.

2. The brush assembly of claim 1 wherein said head portion has an elliptical cross section.

3. The cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein said bristles are disposed perpendicularly to said base.

4. The cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein said base is generally flat and rectangular before it is mounted on said head portion.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2006
From: RAPID BRANDS CORPORATION
To: THE HARTZ MOUNTAIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017507/0714 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2005
From: RAPID BRENDS CORPORATION
To: HARTZ MOUNTAIN CORPORATION, THE
Reel/Frame 015661/0189 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2004
From: MCKAY, WILLIAM D.
To: RAPID BRANDS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015222/0127 →