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APPAREIL DE NETTOYAGE

English Abstract

This invention relates to an extendible cleaning device for
bathtubs, jacuzzies, showers, hot tubs, tiled areas, walls,
corners and swimming pools. A 5" cube sponge end fitting is
chamfered at one corner giving it multiple sides. The sponge is
fitted with an internal protective sleeve and a female screw
insert. This allows the sponge end to be attached to an
extendible pole with a compatible male screw end. The combination
of these two items will eliminate the users need to bend,
stretch, kneel or climb in order to clean difficult areas and is
particularly designed for the physically challenged.

Claims

CLAIMS
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"The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property
or privlege is claimed are defined as follows".
1. A manually operable device for cleaning bathtubs, showers,
jacuzzies, hot tubs, tiles, walls, corners and pools, comprising
a 5" cubed sponge head with chamfered corner centrally drilled
to embrace and secure a hollow sleeve, within which is a female
threaded adapter suitable for connecting with an extention rod.
2. A device as claimed in 1, in which the sponge has six angles
of cleaning surface and a centrally drilled hole for direction
and an access for the insertion of a hollow sleeve.
3. A device as claimed in 1 or claim 2 in which the inserted
hollow sleeve accepts a threaded adapter permitting the sponge
head to be attached to an extendible rod.

Description

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~FECIFIOATION
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The f,-,~m clf the list and the desc~ipti,-,n is illust~ated by the
fl~~ll~win~:
In drawin~s which illust~ate the inventicln, Fi~u~e
l is the aluminum e~;tensi,-,n pc,le. Fi~u~e ~ is the hand ~ip.
Fi~u~e 3 is the threaded inse~t sleeve. Fi~u~e 4 is the ~ubbe~
,_"nne,-t,-,r shell. Fi~u~e 5 is the sp,-,n~e cleanin~ atta,-hment.
Fi~u~e ~ is the atta,_hment sequence.
The device illust~ated in 1 is cl,mprised ,_,f a 31-1~" lc,n~ ~,; 3/4"
aluminum e~,;tensic,n pl~le. ~t ~ne end ,-,f this p~,le is
inse~ted a lclc~in~ device which allclws the 31-1/~" l,-,n~ ~,; 7/8"
diameter p,~le t,-, be slid ,-,ver this device and lrlc~ int,-,
the desired e~tendible len~th. ~t the distal end ,-,f the 3/4" p"le
is a th~eaded male plastic end.
The hand ~ip ~ attaches tcl the ,-,pen end clf the 7/3" diamete~
pc,le f,-,~ secu~ity ,-,f ~ip.
The female threaded sleeve 3 has an inside diamete~ ,-,f 3/4" and
an ,-,utside diamete~ ,_,f 7/3".
This is inse~ted int,_, 4 which is a 4" lc,n~ ~ubber tubula~
c,_,nnect,-,r shell, 3/4" inside diamete~. One end is cl,-,sed and a ~"
diamete~ flan~e enci~cles the c,pen end.
The cleanin~ sp,-,n~e 5 is a 5" ~~ubé shape with ,~ne ,-,_,~ne~
chamfered ~esultin~ in a ~-1/4" wide flat surface. Oent~ed in
this flat surface is d~illed an 11/1~" ~ 4" hclle t" seru~ely
a,~ -,mm~-,date 3 and 4. This allclws 4 tc, be ~lued bclth inte~nally
and e~;te~nally. The ~esult is a multiple sided cleanin~ device
with fin~e~ e ~i~idity within the sp,-,n~e fl~ deep cleanin~ and
cc,rne~s .

Representative Drawing