# US 2019/0167044 A1 · Cleaning apparatus, systems, detergent compositions and methods of using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0167044 A1 - Document ID: US20190167044A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/212,055 - Filed: 2018-12-06 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06 - Assignees: NatureSoft USA, LLC - Applicants: NatureSoft USA, LLC - Inventors: Domingo Mesa; Alexander Munoz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167044A1 ## CPC - 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)} - B01F 23/235: for making foam - B01F 25/316: with containers for additional components fixed to the conduit - B01F 25/4523: {the components being pressed through sieves, screens or meshes which obstruct the whole diameter of the tube} - B01F 25/72: with nozzles - B05B 7/0018: {with devices for making foam} - B05B 7/04: with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge (mixing in general B01F, e.g. B01F25/00; mixing valves F16K11/00) - B05B 7/2402: {Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device (B05B7/0012 takes precedence)} - B05B 7/2443: {the carried liquid and the main stream of carrying liquid being brought together downstream of the container before discharge (B05B7/2454 takes precedence)} - B05B 9/01: Spray pistols, {discharge devices}(B05B9/03 takes precedence) - B08B 3/02: Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays - B08B 3/026: {Cleaning by making use of hand-held spray guns; Fluid preparations therefor} - B08B 3/04: Cleaning involving contact with liquid - C11D 3/0052: {Gas evolving or heat producing compositions} - C11D 7/12: Carbonates {bicarbonates} - C11D 7/26: containing oxygen - C11D 17/046: {Insoluble free body dispenser} - E03C 1/0465: {by mounting an independent soap dispenser to outlet of tap} - B01F 21/40: {characterised by the state of the material being dissolved} - C11D 1/146: {Sulfuric acid esters} - C11D 1/22: derived from aromatic compounds - C11D 1/72: Ethers of polyoxyalkylene glycols - C11D 2111/42: Application of foam or a temporary coating on the surface to be cleaned - A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES - B01F: MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING (mixing paints B44D3/06) - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) - B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL - C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS ## Abstract The present invention relates to cleaning apparatuses. Specifically, the present invention comprises an attachment for a standard shower head or other bathroom water line implement, wherein the attachment comprises a valve for routing water through a tube into a sprayer having an amount of shower or bathtub cleaner therein, wherein the water and cleaner mix to form a cleaning solution and are sprayed from the sprayer onto a shower or bathtub surface for cleaning the same. Preferred detergent compositions are further provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cleaning apparatus comprising: a connector having a first valve thereon and configured to connect to a water dispensing pipe, wherein the connector routes water through a tube from the water dispensing pipe to a spray module having a spray nozzle and a trigger for opening the spray nozzle, configured to allow water to alternately flow directly through a cleaning apparatus outlet or to flow into a container configured to comprise detergent therein and configured to mix the water with the detergent to form a cleaning solution and then to flow through the cleaning apparatus outlet via a spray tube connecting the container to the cleaning apparatus outlet, wherein the cleaning apparatus outlet comprises a screen configured to agitate the cleaning solution to form suds as the cleaning solution flows therethrough. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the connector is connected to a water dispensing pipe. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cleaning apparatus of claim 2 wherein the water dispensing pipe is a shower head inlet, and the connector is connected between the shower head inlet and the shower head. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising: a chamber connected to the tube comprising a second valve, wherein the second valve alternately directs the water into the container or through the cleaning apparatus outlet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cleaning apparatus of claim 4 wherein the container is separably connected to the chamber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The cleaning apparatus of claim 4 wherein the spray nozzle is separably connect to the chamber. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The cleaning apparatus of claim 4 wherein the cleaning apparatus outlet is separably connected to the chamber. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The cleaning apparatus of claim 4 wherein the container, the spray nozzle, and the cleaning apparatus outlet are separably connected to the chamber. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cleaning apparatus outlet comprises a plurality of screens that are stacked together. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the container comprises an opening on a bottom thereof and a removable cap over the opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising: detergent within the container configured to mix with the water to form the cleaning solution. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cleaning apparatus of claim 11 wherein the detergent is contained within a water soluble pouch within the container. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The cleaning apparatus of claim 11 wherein the detergent produces carbon dioxide upon contact with water. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The cleaning apparatus of claim 11 wherein the detergent comprises an amount of sodium bicarbonate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The cleaning apparatus of claim 14 wherein the detergent further comprises an acid. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The cleaning apparatus of claim 15 wherein the acid is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, adipic acid, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The cleaning apparatus of claim 15 wherein the detergent further comprises a surfactant, such that upon contact of the detergent with water, carbon dioxide is released via the reaction of the acid and the sodium bicarbonate, forming the cleaning solution comprising a foam via interaction with the surfactant. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The cleaning apparatus of claim 17 wherein the surfactant is an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The cleaning apparatus of claim 18 wherein the surfactant is dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid, Na Salt. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The cleaning apparatus of claim 17 wherein the cleaning solution produces additional foam when the cleaning solution passes through the screen.