Patent ID: 7309182

Claim:
A brush assembly comprising: a body having a handle portion and a head portion attached coaxially to said handle portion, said head portion having a tubular body with an outer surface circumferentially surrounding said tubular body; a replaceable cleaning element including a mat having a flexible base disposed circumferentially around said outer surface, said flexible base having a first surface that contacts said outer surface of said head portion and an opposite second surface, a plurality of bristles attached to and extending upwardly from said opposite second surface of said flexible base and terminating in two opposed edges, and a securing element for releasably attaching said replaceable cleaning element to said head portion such that said replaceable cleaning element is circumferentially wrapped around said outer surface of said head portion; wherein said securing element includes straps attached to and extending from one of said edges and engaging and overlapping said other edge, wherein said securing element further includes at least one projection on one of said straps and said flexible base and an aperture formed in the other of said straps and said flexible base, said aperture being sized to accept and engage said projection to secure said replaceable cleaning element on said head portion.