Patent ID: 7530138

Claim:
A toilet bowl cleaning tool comprising: (a) an elongated, tubular outer member having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end; (b) an inner member linearly moveable within the outer member; (c) a handle at the proximal end of the outer member; (d) a disposable, flushable cleaning swab having a receptacle to receive the head of the outer member for attachment thereto; (e) a head at the distal end of the outer member, which head is shaped to fit closely within, and support, the receptacle in the swab; and (f) radially outwardly projecting detents on the head, which detents are expandable and retractable in a plane perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, so that, when the head is within the receptacle, (i) the end of the receptacle distant from the handle is closer to the handle than said plane is to the handle, and (ii) the detents positively engage the receptacle by gripping said end of the receptacle; whereby the user, after cleaning a toilet with the swab secured to the outer member and the head disposed within the receptacle in the swab, is able to release the swab from the head for disposal in the toilet.