Human torso scrubbing apparatus and method of making same
OwnerMichael J. Dowinventor
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Abstract
A human torso scrubbing apparatus including an elongated handle having a grasping portion toward one end thereof. A scrubbing element is secured to a second end of the handle. The grasping portion of the handle is offset at an angle ranging between about 75° and about 115° relative to a portion of the handle extending from the scrubbing element so as to facilitate scrubbing of a human's back while the angular offset of said grasping portion allows said apparatus to freely hang when not in use. A method of making a human torso scrubbing apparatus is also disclosed.
Claims24
A human torso scrubbing apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated elastomeric handle having a grasping portion toward one end thereof;
- a scrubbing element secured to a second end of said handle;
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- wherein the grasping portion of said handle is offset at an angle ranging between about 75° and about 115° relative to a portion of the handle extending from said scrubbing element so as to facilitate scrubbing of a human's back.
A human torso scrubbing apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated handle having first and second axially spaced ends, with the first end of said handle being configured with a pair of bifurcated arms defining an open-ended channel therebetween, with said channel opening to inner and outer surfaces of said handle;
- an elastomeric scrubbing element insertable into said open-ended channel and between said bifurcated arms such that a portion of said scrubbing element is entrapped between said arms while a remaining portion of said scrubbing element extends from the inner and outer surfaces of said handle;
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- an apparatus for inhibiting inadvertent movement of that portion of the scrubbing entrapped between said bifurcated arms of said handle.
A human torso scrubbing apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated handle having a generally L-shaped configuration between first and second axially spaced ends, with the first end of said handle being configured with a pair of bifurcated arms defining an elongated and open-ended channel therebetween, with said channel opening to inner and outer surfaces of said handle and to the first end of said handle;
- an elastomeric scrubbing element insertable into said open-ended channel and between said bifurcated arms such that a portion of said scrubbing element extends along and is entrapped between said arms while a remaining portion of said scrubbing element extends from the inner and outer surfaces of said handle;
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- an apparatus for inhibiting inadvertent movement of that portion of the scrubbing entrapped between said bifurcated arms of said handle.
A method of making a human torso scrubbing apparatus comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongated handle having first and second axially spaced ends, with the first end of said handle being configured with bifurcated arms defining an open-ended channel of predetermined length therebetween, with said channel opening to inner and outer surfaces of said handle;
- pleating a tubular mesh material repeatedly upon itself and between opposite ends thereof;
- arranging the central pleated portion of said material between the bifurcated arms of said handle until the length of said channel is substantially filled with the central pleated portion of mesh material and with remaining portions of said mesh material extending outwardly from the inner and outer surfaces of said handle;
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- securing the central pleated portion of said tubular mesh material within the channel and between the bifurcated arms of said handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.