Patent ID: 6902056
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: A46B,A47K

Abstract:
1. A caddy for storing a cleaning implement comprising an elongate support member, said support member including a generally straight support and portion having opposite first and second ends, and a handle end portion having opposite first and second ends, the second ends of said support and handle end portions being fixed together with said support end portion and said handle end portion disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to each other about a first axis, a part of the handle end portion adjacent the first end of said handle end portion being adapted for manual engagement, and the cleaning implement including scrubbing members having inner end parts supported on said support end portion with outer portions of some of said scrubbing members opposite said inner end parts defining a convex arcuate end peripheral surface portion extending about 180 degrees around the first end of said support end portion, and outer portions of some of said scrubbing members defining a convex arcuate side peripheral surface portion extending from said convex arcuate end peripheral surface portion toward the second end of said support end portion, said caddy comprising walls having a supported surface adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface, and having receiving surfaces defining a socket adapted to receive and support the scrubbing members of said cleaning implement, said receiving surfaces including a concave side surface adapted to support the convex side peripheral surface portion defined by said scrubbing members, said concave arcuate side surface having an axis disposed at about an acute angle with respect to said supported surface and extending from an inlet end of said socket toward said support surface, said receiving surfaces further including a concave arcuate end surface at the end of the socket opposite said inlet end adapted to support the convex arcuate end peripheral surface portion defined by said scrubbing members, the cleaning implement being adapted to either (1) be received in said socket in a vertical storage position with the outer ends of the scrubbing members defining the convex arcuate end peripheral surface portion resting against said concave arcuate end surface, with the outer portions of the scrubbing members defining the convex arcuate side peripheral surface portion resting against the concave arcuate side surface, and with said handle portion outside of said socket and projecting generally normally away from said supported surface of the caddy; or (2) received in said socket in a horizontal storage position with the convex end peripheral surface portion defined by the outer portions of the scrubbing members resting against the concave arcuate end surface, with said part of the support portion resting against the caddy at the inlet end of the socket, and with said handle portion outside of said socket and projecting away from the caddy generally parallel to said supported surface.