Patent ID: 6185778
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A46B,B08B,G06F,H01R

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning a computer mouse having a cavity for housing a sphere and a plurality of internal components, the apparatus comprising:a body having a first end and a second end, said body including a handle portion disposed proximate said first end and a cleaning portion disposed proximate said second end, the cleaning portion having a width dimension which is slightly larger than the diameter of the computer mouse sphere and having a surface which includes a number of resilient, deformable hooks; anda retaining ring removal device which facilitates the removal of a retaining ring of the computer mouse, said retaining ring removal device being disposed at said first end of said body;wherein the cleaning portion is insertable and rotatable in the cavity of the computer mouse, thereby causing said number of hooks to remove debris from the internal components of the computer mouse.