Patent Publication Number: US-2022218174-A1

Title: Scrubbing Glove Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention. 
     The disclosure relates to scrubbing devices and more particularly pertains to a new scrubbing device for releasing a liquid soap while being worn on a user&#39;s hand. The scrubbing device comprises a glove, which has a soap reservoir integrated therein, and a plurality of soap openings for releasing a liquid soap from the soap reservoir. Additionally, a plurality of bristles is attached to the glove to enhance scrubbing the object. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed uUnder 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98. 
     The prior art relates to scrubbing devices including a variety of gloves that have various means of soap storage and dispensing being coupled thereto. The prior art also discloses a variety of gloves that have scrubbing elements, such as bristles, attached thereto for scrubbing an object. Additionally, the prior art discloses a glove that has soap dispensing portions and scrubbing portions being removably coupled to the glove. In no instance does the prior art disclose a glove that has bristles attached thereto and that has a soap reservoir integrated therein. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a glove that has a plurality of fingers, a hand portion, a thumb and a cuff such that the glove can be worn on a user&#39;s hand. The glove has a soap reservoir integrated therein to contain a liquid soap. Additionally, the glove has a plurality of soap openings each extending into the soap reservoir to release the liquid soap from the soap reservoir. A plurality of bristles is each coupled to the glove to scrub a surface when the glove is worn. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
     The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
       FIG. 1  is a bottom phantom view of a scrubbing glove assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
       FIG. 2  is a detail view taken from circle  2  of  FIG. 1  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
       FIG. 3  is a top phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
       FIG. 4  is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
       FIG. 5  is a cross sectional view taken along line  5 - 5  of  FIG. 4  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
       FIG. 6  is a cross sectional view taken along line  6 - 6  of  FIG. 1  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new scrubbing device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the scrubbing glove assembly  10  generally comprises a glove  12  that has a plurality of fingers  14 , a hand portion  16 , a thumb  18  and a cuff  20  such that the glove  12  can be worn on a user&#39;s hand. The glove  12  may be comprised of a fluid impermeable material, including but not being limited to, rubber, vinyl, latex or other similarly flexible material. The glove  12  has a soap reservoir  22  integrated therein to contain a liquid soap  24 . The glove  12  has a plurality of soap openings  26  that each extends into the soap reservoir  22  to release the liquid soap  24  from the soap reservoir  22 . 
     The hand portion  16  has an inside layer  28  and an outside layer  30  to define the soap reservoir  22  between the inside layer  28  and the outside layer  30 . Additionally, the soap reservoir  22  is fluidly discrete from each of the fingers  14 , the thumb  18  and the cuff  20 . Each of the soap openings  26  extends through the outside layer  30  of the hand portion  16 , and the soap openings  26  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed over a palm  32  of the hand portion  16 . Additionally, the soap openings  26  are arranged to radiate outwardly from a central point  34  of the palm  32 . The outside layer  30  has a fill opening  36  extending into the soap reservoir  22  to facilitate the soap reservoir  22  to be filled with the liquid soap  24 . A closure  37 , such as a cap or the like, may be provided for closing the fill opening  36 . 
     A plurality of bristles  38  is provided and each of the bristles  38  is coupled to the glove  12  to scrub a surface when the glove  12  is worn. Each of the bristles  38  is spaced apart from each other and is distributed over the hand portion  16 , each of the fingers  14  and the thumb  18 . Each of the bristles  38  is positioned on a first surface  40  of the glove  12  which corresponds to each of the fingers  14 , the thumb  18  and the hand portion  16 . The plurality of bristles  38  has a boundary  42  on the hand portion  16 , the boundary  42  is spaced from the cuff  20  and the boundary  42  curves toward the cuff  20 . Each of the bristles  38  has a distal end  44  and the distal end  44  of each of the bristles  38  is rounded. Additionally, each of the bristles  38  may be comprised of the same material of which the glove  12  is comprised. 
     In use, the glove  12  is worn on the user&#39;s hand for scrubbing an object, such as a plate, a counter top or any other surface to be cleaned. The pressure of the user&#39;s hand against the inside layer  28  of the hand portion  16  squeezes the liquid soap  24  out of the soap openings  26 . In this way the liquid soap  24  is released to enhance cleaning the object. Additionally, the soap reservoir  22  can be refilled, through the fill opening, when the soap reservoir  22  is depleted of the liquid soap  24 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements. Docket No.