Patent ID: 7107645

Claim:
A brush for suede shoes and the like, comprising: a. a one-piece molded plastic handle having a hollow interior and comprising: i. a planar outwardly facing bristle mounting surface; ii. a collar extending annularly about said mounting surface; iii. a gripping portion extending centrally from said collar transversely oppositely of said bristle mounting surface, having three generally vertically extending surfaces, two of which are parallel and spaced from one another with a third surface joining each of said parallel surfaces, and a convex, curved fourth surface extending upwardly and wherein said fourth surface transitions into said third surface at a position maximally remote from said bristle mounting surface, said parallel spaced surfaces each including generally centrally positioned exteriorly facing surface portions raised from the area therearound with areas of depression formed in said exteriorly facing surface portions therein facilitating manual gripping of said brush, said fourth surface including a plurality of transversely extending protrusions formed thereon, substantially equally spaced from one another along said fourth surface from said collar to said transition into said third surface; b. bristles embedded in and extending outwardly from said bristle mounting surface; c. a hollow removable erasing rubber sleeve configured with four surfaces substantially matching said four surfaces of said gripping portion, for essentially complemental fitting over said gripping portion of said molded plastic handle and complementally contacting said collar and including apertures in said parallel surfaces sized for complemental fitting about said raised exteriorly facing surface portions of said parallel spaced surfaces of said gripping portion, a fourth one of said surfaces of said sleeve including a plurality of transversely extending sacrificial protrusions formed thereon, substantially equally spaced from one another along said fourth surface of said sleeve proximate juncture thereof with said collar for erasing contact with a suede shoe surface to be cleaned.