Flushable spot cleaner
View Patent ↗A flushable tool for cleaning a toilet bowl has an elongated water soluble handle, one end of which carries a water soluble cleaning agent.
1. A tool intended for use as a spot cleaner for a flushable toilet bowl, the tool having an elongated tubular handle made of a water soluble material and having a hollow interior and having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end being plugged by a water resistant plug sufficient to prevent water from entering the hollow interior of the handle during its use and said proximal end being open to entry of water when said handle is submerged therein, said handle having a radially outwardly facing surface coated with a water resistant coating sufficient to protect said handle from disintegration during its use, and each of said handle and said plug being immediately flushable after being entirely submersed in water in said toilet bowl.
2. A tool as in claim 1 , wherein said plug is impregnated with a detergent and is disposed at least partially within said distal end of said handle.
3. A tool as in claim 2 , wherein said distal end is crimped to enclose said plug.
4. A tool as in claim 2 , wherein said handle comprises two telescoping sections.
5. A tool as in claim 1 , wherein said handle comprises a plurality of layers laminated together.
6. A tool as in claim 1 , wherein said handle is comprised of water soluble helical rolled cardboard.
7. A tool intended for use as a spot cleaner for a flushable toilet bowl, the tool having an elongated helical rolled tubular cardboard handle made of a water soluble material, said handle having a hollow interior and a radially outwardly facing surface coated with a water resistant coating sufficient to protect said handle from disintegration during its use, said handle having a distal end plugged by a water resistant plug sufficient to prevent water from entering the hollow interior of the handle during its use extending beyond said handle and a proximal end which is open to entry of water when said handle is submerged therein, each of said handle and said plug being immediately flushable after being entirely submersed in water in said toilet bowl.
8. A tool as in claim 7 wherein said plug has a characteristic of expansion upon contact with water.