Patent ID: 6357074
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A46B,B29L

Abstract:
A plastic cleaning brush comprising:a handle; a front bristle carrier portion having a longitudinal cross section tapering towards a front end thereof, said front portion made from an elastomer; a rear bristle carrier portion, connected between said handle and said front portion, said rear portion joined, without transition, to said front portion, said rear portion having a longitudinal cross-section tapering towards said front portion, wherein said rear portion is made from an elastomer; and bristles mounted to said front and said rear portions, wherein materials, cross-sections and bending lengths of said front and said rear portions are selected such that, when a pressure exercised by said bristles on a surface to be cleaned exceeds a given value, said front portion elastically deflects with a radius of curvature R1 and said rear position elastically deflects with a radius of curvature R2, wherein R1 is less than R2.