Flexibly jointed toilet brush
AssigneeGeneral Housewares Corp.
InventorMaximillian P. Burton
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Abstract
A toilet brush is provided which includes an elongated handle having a first axis, a brush head having a second axis, and a flexible joint flexibly connecting the handle to the brush head. The joint is threadedly connected to at least one of the brush head and the handle, whereby the joint allows the second axis of the brush head to be deflected with respect to the first axis of the handle. The brush head may also include first and second sets of segregated bristles. The second set of bristles being longer, stiffer and disposed closer to the handle than the first set of bristles.
Claims18
A toilet brush comprising:
- an elongated handle having a first axis;
- a brush head having a second axis and a plurality of bristles projecting from the head in a bullet-shape configuration and shaped and dimensioned for cleaning a toilet bowl;
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- a flexible joint flexibly connecting the handle to the brush head, the joint threadedly connected to at least one of the brush head and the handle, the joint having an at-rest condition wherein the first and second axes are substantially coaxial and a deflected condition wherein the second axis of the brush head is deflected with respect to the first axis of the handle,
- the head having a first end connected to the joint and a second terminal end, wherein the bristles adjacent the first end are longer and stiffer than the bristles disposed closer to the second terminal end.
A toilet brush comprising:
- an elongated handle;
- a brush bead having an axis, a first free end and a second end coupled to the handle;
- a first set of bristles disposed about the axis and coupled to and radially projecting outwardly from the head, all of the bristles of the first set being disposed along an axial extent of the head containing no other bristles;
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- a second set of bristles segregated from the first set of bristles and disposed about the axis and coupled to and radially projecting outwardly from the head, the second set of bristles being disposed closer to the second end than first set of bristles, each of the bristles of the second set being stiffer than each of the bristles of the first set, the first and second sets of bristles shaped and dimensioned for cleaning a toilet bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.