Patent ID: 6883988

Claim:
A tool for cleaning vertical blinds, said tool comprising: an elongate handle having a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second ends, a cavity being positioned in said handle, an outlet extending through said first end and into said cavity; a prong attachment being removably attached to said first end, said prong attachment including a tubular member having a prong portion and a coupling portion, said prong portion including a pair of arms, said prong portion having an inside surface wherein the inside surface of said arms face each other, said coupling portion having a free end being removably insertable into said first end of said handle, a receiving conduit extending through said prong attachment and having an inlet extending outward through said free end such that said inlet may be fluidly coupled to said outlet of said handle, a plurality of openings extending through said inside surface and into said receiving conduit, a slot extending into and along said inside surface of said prong portion, each of said openings extending into said slot; an adsorptive membrane having a shape and size generally equal to said inside surface, said membrane having an outer surface having a ridge thereon, said ridge being removably positionable in said slot such that said membrane is frictionally coupled to said prong portion; and wherein fluid may flow from said cavity to said membrane and said membrane moved along either side of the vertical blind.