Cleaning assembly with a disposable cleaning implement
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsBenjamin Ma, Jacob McMullen
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Abstract
A cleaning assembly can be manipulated by a user to clean difficult-to-reach surfaces, such as toilet bowl surfaces. The cleaning assembly includes an elongate member, which may have a handle portion that can be grasped by a user. The elongate member has a connector system to which a disposable cleaning implement can be releasably coupled. The disposable cleaning implement can be coupled to the connector system, used to clean one or more surfaces, and then decoupled from the connector system and replaced with another disposable cleaning implement.
Claims20
A cleaning assembly comprising:
- an elongate member having a handle portion and a coupling portion;
- a connector system supported by the elongate member, the connector system including a gripping member and a release mechanism, the gripping member including spaced apart resilient fingers, the release mechanism being actuatable by a user to move the resilient fingers of the gripping member from securing positions to releasing positions;
- and
- a disposable cleaning implement mountable to the coupling portion of the elongate member via the connector system, the disposable cleaning implement including:
- a cleaning member, and
- a fitment coupled to the cleaning member, the fitment having:
- a base;
- and
- a connector extending from the base, the connector having spaced apart curved engagement surfaces, each of the curved engagement surfaces terminating in an outwardly extending ridge, each outwardly extending ridge defining a receiving area beneath the outwardly extending ridge, each receiving area being separated from any adjacent receiving area, wherein as the disposable cleaning implement is engaged with the elongate member, each of the resilient fingers moves along one of the curved engagement surfaces, moves over one of the outwardly extending ridges, and is positioned in one of the receiving areas.
A disposable cleaning implement that is mountable to an elongate member having a connector system, the connector system including a gripping mechanism and a release mechanism, the disposable cleaning implement comprising:
- a cleaning member, and
- a fitment coupled to the cleaning member, the fitment having:
- a base;
- and
- a connector extending from the base, the connector having a plurality of sloped engagement surfaces spaced apart from each other, each of the plurality of sloped engagement surfaces extending to an outwardly oriented ridge, each outwardly oriented ridge defining a receiving area beneath the outwardly oriented ridge, each receiving area being separated from adjacent receiving areas, wherein as the disposable cleaning implement is engaged with the gripping mechanism of the elongate member, resilient members of the gripping mechanism move along different ones of the plurality of sloped engagement surfaces, moves over one of the outwardly oriented ridges, and engages one of the receiving areas.
A disposable cleaning implement that is mountable to an elongate member having a connector system, the connector system including a gripping mechanism and a release mechanism, the gripping mechanism having resilient members that are spaced apart from each other, the disposable cleaning implement comprising:
- a cleaning member, and
- a fitment coupled to the cleaning member, the fitment having:
- a base;
- and
- a connector extending from the base, the connector having a longitudinal axis, the connector having sloped engagement surfaces, outwardly extending ridges, and receiving areas, each sloped engagement surface is spaced apart from the other sloped engagement surfaces, each sloped engagement surface extends from a first end located a first distance from the longitudinal axis to a second end located a second distance from the longitudinal axis, the second distance being greater than the first distance and being located at one of the outwardly extending ridges, each outwardly extending ridge being located between one of the sloped engagement surface and one of the receiving areas, each receiving area being spaced apart from the other receiving areas, wherein as the disposable cleaning implement is engaged with the gripping mechanism of the elongate member, each resilient member moves along one of the sloped engagement surfaces, moves over one of the outwardly extending ridges, and engages one of the receiving areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.