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US 10,501,879 B2Granted
Flexible and waterproof laundry device having a frictional washing surface
AssigneeCalibre8 Pty Ltd
InventorsAshley Martin Newland, Jean-Paul Pearce
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a laundry device including: i) a flexible waterproof housing for housing a textile item, water and cleaning material; ii) an opening in the housing for inserting or removing the textile item; and iii) a seal for sealing the opening; wherein an inner surface of the housing includes a frictional washing surface against which the textile item is rubbed to effect cleaning by gripping or pressing on an outer surface of the housing to press and rub the textile item against the frictional washing surface.
Claims20
A laundry device including:
- i) a flexible waterproof housing for housing a textile item, water and cleaning material;
- ii) an opening in the housing for inserting or removing the textile item;
- iii) a seal for sealing the opening;
- iv) a frictional washing surface on an inner surface of the housing;
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- v) an air outlet of less than 10 cm2 for removing air from the housing when sealed;
- wherein the outlet allows air to be removed from the sealed housing to enable a user to grip or press on an outer surface of the housing to press and rub the textile item against the frictional washing surface to effect cleaning.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.