Patent ID: 6795996
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A vehicle washing apparatus comprising:a movable support; a cleaning element attached to said movable support; said cleaning element comprising; a base component having a plurality of spaced slots formed therein; and a plurality of cleaning strips extending through said slots to attach said strips to said base component; and wherein said base component has a front side and a back side and each of said cleaning strips extends through one of said slots in a direction from the front side to the back side and extends through an adjacent slot in an opposite direction from the back side to the front side to form a pair of outwardly extending legs for each cleaning strip; and wherein said slots are elongated and certain of said slots are positioned closer to a first edge of said base component and other of said slots are positioned closer to an opposite second edge of said base component and certain of said cleaning strips extend through a pair of slots closer to said first edge and other of said cleaning strips extend through a pair of slots closer to said opposite second edge.