Patent ID: 6058545
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A47K,A61H

Abstract:
A body scrubbing device, comprising:a housing being generally U-shaped and having an interior, a spaced apart pair of arm portions and a main portion connecting said arm portions of said housing together;said main portion of said housing having a front and a back, said arm portions of said housing being outwardly extended from said front of said main portion;said back of said main portion being attachable to a surface;a scrubbing member being positioned between said arm portions of said housing;said scrubbing member having opposite first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending between said first and second ends of said scrubbing member;said first end of said scrubbing member being rotatably mounted to a first of said arm portions of said housing, said second end of said scrubbing member being rotatably mounted to a second of said arm portions of said housing;a motor for rotating said scrubbing member about said longitudinal axis of said scrubbing member, said motor being provided in said interior space of said housing; andan elongate axle shaft rotatably mounts said first and second ends of said scrubbing member to said arm portions of said housing said axle shaft having a pair of opposite ends,wherein said motor has a rotating shaft having a pair of opposite ends, one of said ends of said rotating shaft of said motor being extended in said interior space of said housing in a direction towards said first arm portion another of said ends of said rotating shaft of said motor being extending in said interior space of said housing in a direction towards said second arm portion of said housing, wherein a first set of gears operatively connects said one end of said rotating shaft of said motor to said one end of said axle shaft, wherein a second set of gears operatively connects said another end of said rotating shaft of said motor to said another end of said axle shaft, said first and second sets of gears operatively connecting said rotating shaft of said motor to said axle shaft such that rotation of said rotating shaft by said motor rotates said axle shaft.