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Device for holding cleaning implements

US8312586B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 18, 2010
Grant dateNov 20, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA46B9/005
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A device for holding and manipulating compressible cleaning implements is disclosed wherein the cleaning implements may be made from a compressible material and may have a compressible portion. The device may include a handle. A blade may be attached to the handle. An outer blade edge may surround the blade. An opening through the blade may be defined by an inner blade edge. A channel may pass through the blade and may extend from the inner blade edge to the outer blade edge, and may be defined by a first channel edge and a second channel edge. The compressible portion of the cleaning implement may be passed through the channel into the opening and may be held in the opening by engagement with the inner blade edge. Each of the first and second channel edges may respectively define first and second circumferentially directed points configured to poke into the compressible material.

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