Patent ID: 8312586
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
1. A device for holding a cleaning implement, the cleaning implement made from a compressible material and having a main body, the device comprising: a handle; and a cleaning implement, wherein said main body is made of a material selected from a group consisting of a mesh material, a layered sponge, a contoured sponge, and a round sponge; a blade attached to said handle, an outer blade edge surrounding said blade, an opening through said blade defined by an inner blade edge, and a channel through said blade and extending from said inner blade edge to said outer blade edge, said channel being defined by a first channel edge and a second channel edge; whereby the main body of said cleaning implement passes through said channel into said opening and is held in said opening by engagement with said inner blade edge; and wherein each of said first and second channel edges respectively define first and second circumferentially directed points configured to poke into said material.