Patent ID: 7469442

Claim:
A scrubbing device, comprising: a. an elongate handle, said handle having an upper end and a lower end, a forward side and a rearward side, and a periphery, wherein at least said lower end is adapted for grasping by a user, said upper end of said handle having a substantially linear elongate slot therein, said slot having a slot opening in said periphery of said handle upper end and said slot being oriented substantially parallel to a center longitudinal axis of said handle, wherein said handle has at least one substantially linear elongate slit therein, said at least one slit being proximate to said slot, being oriented at an angle greater than about 90° with respect to said slot, having a left interior face and a right interior face, wherein said left interior face has a left ridge extending toward an interior of said slit, and wherein said right interior face has a right ridge extending toward said interior of said slit, said left and right ridges being at least approximately in alignment with and opposing each other and providing a surface along with which an attaching cord may engaged when it is within said slit, and, having a slit opening in said periphery of said handle upper end, said slit opening being situated at one end of said slit; and, b. a porous scrubbing material, said scrubbing material having said attaching cord affixed thereto, whereby said attaching cord is adapted to pass through and engage said slot and to pass through and engage one of said at least one slit, thereby removably fastening said scrubbing material to said handle.