Patent ID: 6775874
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
An expandable cleaning device for facilitating the insertion and removal of the cleaning device through a container opening substantially smaller than the interior profile of the container to be cleaned, the cleaning device comprising:at least a first and second arm members each having a contiguous handle portion and brush portion rotatably connected together about a hinge axis; a cleaning element supported by the brush portion of each said first and second arm wherein the cleaning element and the brush portion of each said first and second arms define a profile shaped brush portion patterned to coincide with at least a portion of a profile of the container to be cleaned; a first position wherein the first and second arms are rotated radially about the hinge axis relative to one another so the profile shaped brush portions are matchingly adjacent one another, and a second position wherein the first and second arms are radially rotated about the hinge axis so that the profile shaped brush portions are opposedly separated from one another; and wherein the hinge axis is defined by a collar encompassing an intermediate portion between the handle section and the brush sections of both said first and second arms.