# US 2013/0152319 A1 · Flushable spot cleaner

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- Number: US 2013/0152319 A1
- Document ID: US20130152319A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/715,074
- Filed: 2012-12-14
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14
- Inventors: Payton A. Morrison, JR.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152319A1

## CPC

- A47K 11/10: Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl {, seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes}
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

A flushable tool for cleaning a toilet bowl has an elongated water soluble handle, one end of which carries a water soluble cleaning agent.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tool intended for use as a toilet spot cleaner, the tool having an elongated handle with predetermined water solubility and an end with a cleaning agent, said each of said handle and agent being water soluble and disposable in a predetermined time period after contact with water.

### Claim 2

A tool as in claim I, wherein said handle is a tube with a distal end and a proximal end, and said cleaning agent is a plug disposed at least partially within said distal end of said handle, said plug being impregnated with a detergent.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A tool as in claim 2, wherein said tube of said handle has an outside facing surface coated with a water resistant coating.

### Claim 4

A tool as in claim said tube has an open proximal end and has an interior facing surface comprising a water soluble material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

A tool as in claim 2, wherein said distal end is crimped to enclose said plug.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

A tool as in claim 2, wherein said handle comprises two telescoping sections.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A tool as in claim 1, wherein said handle comprises a plurality of layers laminated together.