# US 11,028,566 B2 · Bathroom cleaning assembly

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- Number: US 11,028,566 B2
- Document ID: US11028566B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/824,703
- Filed: 2017-11-28
- Published: 2019-05-30
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-28
- Applicants: Odigaise Theus
- Inventors: Odigaise Theus
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11028566B2

## CPC

- E03D 9/002: {Automatic cleaning devices}
- A47K 3/001: {Accessories for baths, not provided for in other subgroups of group A47K3/00; Insertions, e.g. for babies; Tubs suspended or inserted in baths; Security or alarm devices; Protecting linings or coverings; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting baths; Bath insulation}
- A47K 3/281: {Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers (A47K3/30, A47K3/38, A47K3/40 take precedence)}
- A47L 7/0019: {Details of the casing}
- A47L 7/0023: {Recovery tanks (for cleaning machines A47L11/4013)}
- A47L 11/03: characterised by having provisions for supplying cleaning or polishing agents {(A47L11/065, A47L11/085, A47L11/125, A47L11/145, A47L11/161, A47L11/1625, A47L11/185, A47L11/201 take precedence)}
- A47L 11/201: {with supply of cleaning agents}
- E03D 9/007: {Devices for eliminating smells by diffusing deodorants in lavatories}
- E03D 9/04: Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices (ventilating rooms in general F24F)
- E03D: WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)

## Abstract

A bathroom cleaning assembly for cleaning a bathroom includes a housing. A handle is slidably coupled to the housing for gripping. A pair of wheels is each rotatably coupled to the housing for rolling along a support surface. A plurality of dispensing units is provided and each of the dispensing units is positioned in the housing. Moreover, each of the dispensing units contains a fluid. A plurality of brushes is provided and a selected one of the brushes is selectively and fluidly coupled to a selected one of the dispensing units. The selected brush dispenses the fluid from the selected dispensing unit for cleaning the bathroom. A vacuum unit is positioned in the housing for vacuuming debris from the bathroom.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A bathroom cleaning assembly being configured to discreetly contain and selectively dispense a plurality of cleaning solutions for cleaning a bathroom, said assembly comprising:
a housing, said housing having a back wall and a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall having a top side and a bottom side, said housing having a plurality of chambers therein, each of said chambers extending between said top side and said bottom side, said back wall having an aperture extending into an interior of said housing, said plurality of chambers including a vacuum chamber and a plurality of reservoir chambers, said aperture being aligned with said vacuum chamber, said perimeter wall having a vent extending into an interior of said housing wherein said event is configured to pass air therethrough, said vent being aligned with said vacuum chamber;
a handle being slidably coupled to said housing wherein said handle is configured to be gripped;
a pair of wheels, each of said wheels being rotatably coupled to said housing wherein each of said wheels is configured to roll along a support surface;
a plurality of dispensing units, each of said dispensing units being positioned in said housing, each of said dispensing units being configured to contain a fluid;
a plurality of brushes, a selected one of said brushes being selectively and fluidly coupled to a selected one of said dispensing units wherein said selected brushes configured to dispense the fluid from said selected dispensing unit for cleaning the bathroom; and
a vacuum unit being positioned in said housing wherein said vacuum unit is configured to vacuum debris from the bathroom, said vacuum unit comprising a vacuum being removably positioned in said vacuum chamber such that said vacuum is selectively removable through said aperture.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising said handle being selectively positioned between a deployed position and a stored position, said handle having a central member extending between a pair of outward members, each of said outward members being slidably positioned on said back side of said housing, said central member being spaced from said top side of said housing when said handle is positioned in said deployed position wherein said central member is configured to be gripped, said central member being aligned with said top side of said housing when said handle is positioned in said stored position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of said dispensing units comprises a reservoir being positioned within an associated one of said reservoir chambers in said housing, said reservoir being configured to contain the fluid, said reservoir extending substantially between said top side and said bottom side of said perimeter wall of said housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The assembly according to claim 3, wherein said reservoir includes:
a fill port, said fill port extending upwardly through said top side of said perimeter wall of said housing wherein said fill port is configured to facilitate the reservoir to be filled with the fluid; and
an outlet, said outlet extending upwardly through said top side of said perimeter wall of said housing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The assembly according to claim 4, further comprising a cap being removably coupled to said fill port to close said fill port.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The assembly according to claim 4, further comprising a pump being positioned within an associated one of said chambers, said pump being fluidly coupled to said reservoir wherein said pump is configured to urge the fluid in the said reservoir outwardly through said outlet when said pump is turned on.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The assembly according to claim 6, further comprising a switch being coupled to said housing wherein said switch is configured to be manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled to said pump such that said switch turns said pump on and off.

### Claim 8

A bathroom cleaning assembly being configured to discreetly contain and selectively dispense a plurality of cleaning solutions for cleaning a bathroom, said assembly comprising:
a housing, said housing having a back wall and a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall having a top side and a bottom side, said housing having a plurality of chambers therein, each of said chambers extending between said top side and said bottom side, said back wall having an aperture extending into an interior of said housing, said plurality of chambers including a vacuum chamber and a plurality of reservoir chambers, said aperture being aligned with said vacuum chamber, said perimeter wall having a vent extending into an interior of said housing wherein said event is configured to pass air therethrough, said vent being aligned with said vacuum chamber;
a handle being slidably coupled to said housing wherein said handle is configured to be gripped;
a pair of wheels, each of said wheels being rotatably coupled to said housing wherein each of said wheels is configured to roll along a support surface;
a plurality of dispensing units, each of said dispensing units being positioned in said housing, each of said dispensing units being configured to contain a fluid, each of said dispensing units comprising
a reservoir being positioned within an associated one of said reservoir chambers in said housing, said reservoir being configured to contain the fluid, said reservoir extending substantially between said top side and said bottom side of said perimeter wall of said housing, said reservoir comprising
a fill port, said fill port extending upwardly through said top side of said perimeter wall of said housing wherein said fill port is configured to facilitate the reservoir to be filled with the fluid,
an outlet, said outlet extending upwardly through said top side of said perimeter wall of said housing, and
a pump being positioned within an associated one of said chambers, said pump being fluidly coupled to said reservoir wherein said pump is configured to urge the fluid in the said reservoir outwardly through said outlet when said pump is turned on;
a plurality of brushes, a selected one of said brushes being selectively and fluidly coupled to a selected one of said dispensing units wherein said selected brushes configured to dispense the fluid from said selected dispensing unit for cleaning the bathroom;
a vacuum unit being positioned in said housing wherein said vacuum unit is configured to vacuum debris from the bathroom; and
each of said brushes comprising
a hose having a first end and a second end, and
a fitting being coupled to said first end, said fitting being selectively and fluidly coupled to said outlet on said reservoir of said selected dispensing unit wherein said hose is configured to receive the fluid in the reservoir.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The assembly according to claim 8, further comprising a tube being configured to be gripped, said tube having a first end and a second end, said second end of said hose being fluidly coupled to said first end of said tube wherein said tube is configured to receive the fluid from said hose.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The assembly according to claim 9, further comprising a scrubber being fluidly coupled to said second end of said tube wherein said scrubber is configured to frictionally engage a surface in the bathroom to clean the surface, said scrubber being comprised of a fluid permeable material wherein said scrubber is configured to dispense the fluid onto the surface thereby enhancing cleaning the surface.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said vacuum has a suction port extending upwardly through said top side of said housing wherein said suction port is configured to suck air therethrough.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The assembly according to claim 11, wherein said vacuum has an exhaust port being aligned with said vent wherein said exhaust port is configured to blow air outwardly through said vent, said suction port having a vacuum hose being selectively and fluidly coupled thereto for vacuuming the debris.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The assembly according to claim 12, further comprising a power supply being coupled to said housing, said power supply being electrically coupled to said pump corresponding to each of said dispensing units and said vacuum, said power supply comprising a power cord extending outwardly from said housing, said power cord having a with respect to said housing, said distal end having a plug being electrically coupled thereto, said plug being configured to be electrically coupled to a power source.

### Claim 14

A bathroom cleaning assembly being configured to discreetly contain and selectively dispense a plurality of cleaning solutions for cleaning a bathroom, said assembly comprising:
a housing having a back wall and a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall having a top side and a bottom side, said housing having a plurality of chambers therein, each of said chambers extending between said top side and said bottom side, said back wall having an aperture extending into an interior of said housing, said plurality of chambers including a vacuum chamber and a plurality of reservoir chambers, said aperture being aligned with said vacuum chamber, said perimeter wall having a vent extending into an interior of said housing wherein said event is configured to pass air therethrough, said vent being aligned with said vacuum chamber;
a handle being slidably coupled to said housing wherein said handle is configured to be gripped, said handle being selectively positioned between a deployed position and a stored position, said handle having a central member extending between a pair of outward members, each of said outward members being slidably positioned on said back side of said housing, said central member being spaced from said top side of said housing when said handle is positioned in said deployed position wherein said central member is configured to be gripped, said central member being aligned with said top side of said housing when said handle is positioned in said stored position;
a pair of wheels, each of said wheels being rotatably coupled to said housing wherein each of said wheels is configured to roll along a support surface, each of said wheels being positioned on said back wall, each of said wheels being aligned with said bottom side of said housing;
a plurality of dispensing units, each of said dispensing units being positioned in said housing, each of said dispensing units being configured to contain a fluid, each of said dispensing units comprising:
a reservoir being positioned within an associated one of said reservoir chambers in said housing, said reservoir being configured to contain the fluid, said reservoir extending substantially between said top side and said bottom side of said perimeter wall of said housing, said reservoir including a fill port, said fill port extending upwardly through said top side of said perimeter wall of said housing wherein said fill port is configured to facilitate the reservoir to be filled with the fluid, said reservoir including an outlet, said outlet extending upwardly through said top side of said perimeter wall of said housing;
a cap being removably coupled to said fill port to close said fill port;
a pump being positioned within an associated one of said chambers, said pump being fluidly coupled to said reservoir wherein said pump is configured to urge the fluid in the said reservoir outwardly through said outlet when said pump is turned on;
a switch being coupled to said housing wherein said switch is configured to be manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled to said pump such that said switch turns said pump on and off;
a plurality of brushes, a selected one of said brushes being selectively and fluidly coupled to a selected one of said dispensing units wherein said selected brushes configured to dispense the fluid from said selected dispensing unit for cleaning the bathroom, each of said brushes comprising:
a hose having a first end and a second end,
a fitting being coupled to said first end, said fitting being selectively and fluidly coupled to said outlet on said reservoir of said selected dispensing unit wherein said hose is configured to receive the fluid in the reservoir,
a tube being configured to be gripped, said tube having a first end and a second end, said second end of said hose being fluidly coupled to said first end of said tube wherein said tube is configured to receive the fluid from said hose, and
a scrubber being fluidly coupled to said second end of said tube wherein said scrubber is configured to frictionally engage a surface in the bathroom to clean the surface, said scrubber being comprised of a fluid permeable material wherein said scrubber is configured to dispense the fluid onto the surface thereby enhancing cleaning the surface;
a vacuum unit being positioned in said housing wherein said vacuum unit is configured to vacuum debris from the bathroom, said vacuum unit comprising a vacuum being removably positioned in said vacuum chamber such that said vacuum is selectively removable through said aperture, said vacuum having a suction port extending upwardly through said top side of said housing wherein said suction port is configured to suck air therethrough, said vacuum having an exhaust port being aligned with said vent wherein said exhaust port is configured to blow air outwardly through said vent, said suction port having a vacuum hose being selectively and fluidly coupled thereto for vacuuming the debris; and
a power supply being coupled to said housing, said power supply being electrically coupled to said pump corresponding to each of said dispensing units and said vacuum, said power supply comprising a power cord extending outwardly from said housing, said power cord having a with respect to said housing, said distal end having a plug being electrically coupled thereto, said plug being configured to be electrically coupled to a power source.
