Toilet bowl cleaning assembly
OwnerOmar A. Ba-Akeel, Shahrzad Ghaemiinventors
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Abstract
A toilet bowl cleaning assembly includes an elongated housing that has a first end and a second end. A cleaning brush apparatus is rotatably coupled to the housing and extends downwardly from the second end of the housing. A drive apparatus is mounted in the housing and is mechanically coupled to the cleaning brush apparatus and turns the cleaning brush apparatus when the drive apparatus is turned on. A shroud is coupled to the housing between the first end of the housing and the cleaning brush apparatus. The shroud has a bottom edge is engageable with an upper edge of a toilet bowl. The cleaning brush apparatus is placed in the toilet bowl and the drive apparatus turned on to clean the toilet bowl.
Claims9
A toilet bowl cleaning assembly comprising:
- an elongated housing having a first end and a second end;
- a cleaning brush apparatus being rotatably coupled to said housing and extending downwardly from said second end of said housing, wherein said cleaning brush apparatus includes;
- a central mount being rotatably coupled to said second end;
- a central shaft being attached to and extending downwardly from said central mount, said central shaft having a bottom end comprising a cleaning head, said cleaning head including a plurality of bristles extending downwardly and outwardly from said central shaft;
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- a pair of lateral shafts being attached to and extending outwardly and downwardly from said central mount, an angle between said lateral shafts and said central shaft being between 20 degrees and 60 degrees, each of said lateral shafts having a distal end with respect to said central mount, each of said lateral shafts having a therein positioned nearer to said distal end than said central mount, said bend forming an angle between 70 degrees and 110 degrees, a plurality of bristles being attached to each of said lateral shafts, said bristles on said lateral shafts being positioned between corresponding ones of said distal ends and said bends, said lateral shafts being telescopic and including a first portion slidably extendable outwardly of a second portion, each of said lateral shafts including a biasing member biasing said first portions outwardly of an associated one of said second portions, said central shaft being aligned with said housing, said central shaft being telescopic;
- a drive apparatus being mounted in said housing, said drive apparatus being mechanically coupled to said cleaning brush apparatus and turning said cleaning brush apparatus when said drive apparatus is turned on;
- a shroud being coupled to said housing between said first end of said housing and said cleaning brush apparatus, said shroud having a bottom edge being engageable with an upper edge of a toilet bowl;
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- wherein the cleaning brush apparatus is placed in the toilet bowl and the drive apparatus turned on to clean the toilet bowl.
A toilet bowl cleaning assembly comprising:
- an elongated housing having a first end and a second end, a grip being attached to said end of said housing, said housing being telescopic and having a first section extendable outwardly of a second section;
- a cleaning brush apparatus being rotatably coupled to said housing and extending downwardly from said second end of said housing, said cleaning brush apparatus including;
- a central mount being rotatably coupled to said second end;
- a central shaft being attached to and extending downwardly from said central mount, said central shaft having a bottom end comprising a cleaning head, said cleaning head including a plurality of bristles extending downwardly and outwardly from said central shaft, said central shaft being aligned with said housing, said central shaft being telescopic;
- a pair of lateral shafts being attached to and extending outwardly and downwardly from said central mount, an angle between said lateral shafts and said central shaft being between 20 degrees and 60 degrees, each of said lateral shafts having a distal end with respect to said central mount, each of said lateral shafts having a bend therein positioned nearer to said distal end than said central mount, said bend forming an angle between 70 degrees and 110 degrees, a plurality of bristles being attached to each of said lateral shafts, said bristles on said lateral shafts being positioned between corresponding ones of said distal ends and said bends, said lateral shafts being telescopic and including a first portion slidably extendable outwardly of a second portion, each of said lateral shafts including a biasing member biasing said first portions outwardly of an associated one of said second portions;
- a drive apparatus being mounted in said housing, said drive apparatus being mechanically coupled to said cleaning brush apparatus, said drive apparatus including a motor mounted in said housing and coupled to said central mount, an actuator being electrically coupled to said motor, said motor rotating said central mount when said actuator is moved to an on position;
- a shroud being coupled to said housing between said first end of said housing and said cleaning brush apparatus, said shroud having a bottom edge being engageable with an upper edge of a toilet bowl, said shroud including a plurality of panels hingedly coupled to said housing and being expandable outwardly from said housing to increase a diameter of said bottom edge of said shroud, a plurality of clip members being attached to said shroud adjacent to said bottom edge, said clip members being releasably engageable to the upper edge of the toilet bowl, said bottom edge having a notch therein for receiving a hinge of a toilet seat mounted on the toilet bowl;
- a fluid chamber being positioned within said housing and being fluidly coupled with said cleaning brush apparatus, wherein a cleaning solution is positionable in said fluid chamber, said housing including a fill aperture fluidly coupled to said fluid chamber, a plurality of conduits being fluidly coupled to said fluid chamber, each of said conduits being fluidly coupled to one of said central and lateral shafts to provide fluid from said fluid chamber to each of said lateral and central shafts;
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- wherein the cleaning brush apparatus is placed in the toilet bowl and the drive apparatus turned on to clean the toilet bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.