Patent ID: 7017222

Claim:
A brush assembly, comprising: a bottle brush, said bottle brush comprising a handle having a recess defined therein and a bottle scrubbing portion that is adapted for scrubbing baby bottles; a nipple brush, said nipple brush comprising mounting means for mounting said nipple brush to a fixed surface and a nipple scrubbing portion that is adapted for scrubbing baby bottle nipples, and wherein said bottle brush and said nipple brush are sized and shaped so that said nipple brush is attached to said bottle brush in a storage position wherein said nipple scrubbing portion is positioned within said recess; and retention means for releasably retaining said nipple brush in said storage position with respect to said bottle brush, and wherein: said retention means has sufficient axial strength to retain said nipple brush in the storage position when said mounting means is attached to a fixed surface and said bottle brush is being used to scrub a standard narrow neck baby bottle; and said mounting means has a sufficient predetermined force of adhesion to remain attached to the fixed surface when said bottle brush is being used to scrub a standard narrow neck baby bottle.