# US 6,295,688 B1 · Toilet bowl cleaner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 6,295,688 B1 - Document ID: US6295688B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 09/112,369 - Filed: 1998-07-09 - Granted: 2001-10-02 - Earliest claimed: 1998-07-09 - Inventors: Christine Elizabeth Sayles; Stephen Charles Edward Sayles - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6295688B1 ## CPC - A47K 11/10: Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl {, seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes} - A46B 2200/304: Lavatory brush, i.e. brushes for cleaning toilets - A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES - A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G) ## Abstract A toilet bowl cleaner in the form of a reusable wand which may be mounted on a support when not in use. The support may include a reservoir for a disinfectant liquid. The lower end of the wand is a push fit into the core of a hollow cylindrical head of absorbent material. When any soiling matter has been removed from the bowl's surfaces by the head, the head is dislodged from the end of the wand by contact with the lip of the bowl to fall by gravity into the bowl, from where it is removed by flushing. An alternative head may be made from a rigid material for scraping hardened matter from the bowl's surface. A device for facilitating removal of the head from the wand is also provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A toilet bowl cleaner comprising: (a) a wand, said wand having first and second ends; (b) a hollow head of material removably attached to one of said ends of said wand; (c) said removable hollow head comprising a hollow core having first and second ends, and a body of absorbent material attached to said core and extending from said first end to said second end of said core. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bowl cleaner of claim 1 wherein both of said core and said absorbent material are composed of degradable material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A toilet bowl cleaner as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a support for supporting said wand when not in use. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The toilet bowl cleaner of claim 3 including reservoir means for containing a disinfectant and being of a size and shape for receiving said body of absorbent material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The toilet bowl cleaner of claim 4 wherein said reservoir means are connected to said support for providing a unitary structure comprising said wand, said support and said reservoir. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The toilet bowl cleaner of claim 1 wherein said one end of said wand is tapered and of a size and shape to removably engage said hollow core. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A toilet bowl cleaner as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, as a kit, a device for facilitating the removal of said head from said wand, said device being of a size and shape such as to be attached to said toilet bowl. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A toilet bowl cleaner as claimed in claim 7, wherein said device comprises a U-shaped portion for fitment around a rim of a toilet bowl. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A toilet bowl cleaner as claimed in claim 8, wherein said device further comprises a lip portion for restraining said U-shaped portion when an upward force is applied thereto. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A toilet bowl cleaner as claimed in claim 9, wherein said device comprises an extended member against which said head may be placed in order to facilitate removal thereof from said wand. ### Claim 11 A toilet bowl cleaner system comprising: (a) a wand, said wand having a handle end and an opposite end; (b) said opposite end including a tapered portion; (c) a cleaning head; (d) said cleaning head comprising hollow core means and absorbent material wrapped around said core means; (e) the size and shape of said hollow core means being such as to frictionally and removably engage said tapered portion of said wand for cleaning the toilet and for removal by pulling said tapered portion of said wand out of said hollow core; (f) the size of said head being sufficiently small such as to be flushed down the toilet without clogging; and (g) each of said hollow core means and said absorbent material being composed of degradable material so as to both degrade after being flushed down the toilet. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The toilet bowl cleaning system of claim 11 further including as a kit: (a) a support structure for supporting said wand when not in use; (b) a container for containing a disinfectant liquid; and (c) said container being sufficiently large to receive said head when not in use, and said container being connected to said support structure as an integral unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The cleaning system and kit of claim 12 further including: (a) a second container; and (b) said second container being of a size and shape to receive and contain a plurality of said cleaning heads for individual connection and use with said wand.