Article for scrubbing and cleaning hard surfaces and a method for use thereof

A cleaning device comprising:

• (a) a container housing including a reservoir for holding a cleaning composition;
• (b) an actuator disposed at a top end of the container housing configured to be actuated by a finger of a user as a user grips the container housing;
• (c) a pump assembly at least partially disposed within the container housing and in fluid communication with the cleaning composition within the reservoir, the actuator being operably coupled to the pump assembly and configured to dispense a metered dose of the cleaning composition from the reservoir through a dispensing orifice onto or into a substrate upon actuation of the actuator by a user;
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• (d) a substrate attached to a generally vertical scrubbing surface of the container housing when the container housing is oriented upright, against a shower wall or other vertical hard surface to be cleaned;
• (e) wherein the substrate is disposed over or about the dispensing orifice, which dispensing orifice is oriented generally horizontally relative to the generally vertical scrubbing surface when the container housing is oriented upright, against a shower wall or other vertical hard surface to be cleaned;
• (f) wherein upon actuation of the actuator, the cleaning composition is dispensed from the reservoir, through the dispensing orifice, and onto or into the substrate.

A method of cleaning a shower, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a cleaning device comprising:
• (i) a container housing including a reservoir for holding a cleaning composition;
• (ii) an actuator disposed at a top end of the container housing configured to be actuated by a finger of a user as a user grips the container housing;
• (iii) a pump assembly at least partially disposed within the container housing and in fluid communication with the cleaning composition within the reservoir, the actuator being operably coupled to the pump assembly and configured to dispense a metered dose of the cleaning composition from the reservoir through a dispensing orifice into a substrate upon actuation of the actuator by a user;
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• (iv) a substrate attached to a generally vertical scrubbing surface of the container housing when the container housing is oriented upright, against a shower wall or other vertical hard surface to be cleaned;
• (v) wherein the substrate is disposed over or about the dispensing orifice, which dispensing orifice is oriented generally horizontally relative to the generally vertical scrubbing surface when the container housing is oriented upright, against a shower wall or other vertical hard surface to be cleaned;
• (vi) wherein upon actuation of the actuator, the cleaning composition is dispensed from the reservoir, through the dispensing orifice, and into the substrate;
• (b) immediately before, immediately after, or while showering, using the cleaning device to dispense the cleaning composition to clean the shower.