Toilet brush with detachable brush head
AssigneeReckitt Benckiser N.V.
InventorsJesse Delgigante, Rens Jurian Hoeke, David Stephen Thomas, Ross Weir, Geoff Woo, Peter Atkins
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Abstract
Brush, in particular toilet brush, with a brush head and a handle. The brush head can be detachably pushed onto the handle. The handle has a release mechanism for the brush head.
Claims19
A brush head comprising a back plate and a brushing section, wherein the back plate includes an opening having a gripping mechanism comprised of teeth formed by slots radiating outwardly from the opening, said teeth being suitable for gripping a handle and said teeth being flexible enough that a user can insert the handle into the opening for retention.
A toilet brush comprising a handle and a brush head, wherein the handle has a release mechanism for releasing the brush head comprising a trigger configured to disengage the handle from the brush head, wherein the brush head has a handle engagement means which comprises an opening configured to accept the handle, the opening having a gripping mechanism comprising teeth formed by slots radiating outwardly from the opening, said teeth being suitable for gripping the handle and said teeth being flexible enough that a user can insert the handle into the opening for retention, wherein the handle comprises a recessed lip to be retained by the teeth, wherein the brush head can be detachably pushed onto the handle.
A method of placing a brush handle on a brush head, the method comprising:
- pushing the brush handle which comprises a recessed lip and a teeth flex onto the brush head comprising a back plate and a brushing section, to thereby removably attach the brush head to the handle, wherein the, back plate of the brush head comprises a gripping mechanism having teeth and pushing the handle onto the brush head flexes the teeth;
- allowing the teeth flex to pass over the recessed lip as the handle is pushed onto the brush head and
- coupling the teeth with the recessed lip to retain the handle on the brush head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.