Patent ID: 6209165
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A hand-held device for scrubbing a body part therewith and for capturing a washing article therein, comprising a body being slender, elongated, and generally rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, and having a pair of ends for grabbing by the hands of a user, a length, a width, and an abrasiveness, wherein said body comprises a first plurality of threads that are parallel to each other, spaced-apart from each other, and run longitudinally along said length thereof, wherein said body further comprises a second plurality of threads that are parallel to each other, spaced-apart from each other, and run laterally around said width thereof, wherein said first plurality of threads of said body intersect said second plurality of threads of said body, at intersection points, so as define an orthogonal matrix of openings therethrough for utilization of the washing article, wherein said first plurality of threads of said body and said second plurality of threads of said body are attached to each other at said intersection points thereof by knots for facilitating capturing of the washing article in said body by engaging therewith and for increasing said abrasiveness of said body.