Patent ID: 8272801

Claim:
A tool: (1) which can be used effectively to treat a surface by applying stuff to the surface, by rubbing the surface to spread the stuff over the surface, and by wiping residue of the stuff off the surface; (2) which includes a distal end and a proximal end; and (3) which also comprises: (A) a folded, resilient, flexibly deformable sheet in a form which includes: (i) a centrally positioned, tapered, stiff, upstanding, hollow spined-portion: (a) that includes a top edge which is folded; and (b) that narrows toward the distal end of the tool and is shaped toward its proximal end for holding the tool; (c) the folded top edge of the sheet formed by folding the sheet along a centrally positioned fold line of the sheet; and (d) the tapered spined portion formed by folding the sheet along two fold lines which are spaced from the centrally positioned fold line, one on one side thereof and the second on the other side thereof, and both angled thereto and to each other, (ii) a pair of opposed fins that extend laterally of and in opposite directions and along the lower lengths of the spined-portion and that in combined form have underfaces and upperfaces that are flat with respect to each other; and (B) a material: (i) which is suitable for applying the stuff to the surface and for rubbing said surface to spread the stuff over the surface; and (ii) which is attached to the flat underfaces of said opposed fins and provides the underfaces with a continuous gap-free rubbing surface.