Patent ID: 7743451

Claim:
A sanitary cleaning device, comprising: (i) a handle portion having a grip and two elongate rods, the elongate rods each terminating in an integrally connected retention member which is a generally straight member extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the rod to which the retention member is integrally connected, each retention member having a substantially circular, transverse cross-section, and the elongate rods each having a lower rod segment occurring between the retention member and the grip and presenting external rod surfaces adjacent the retention member; the handle portion having an upper region sized to remain external of a toilet during a cleaning operation; said upper region including said grip, said handle portion further including a lower region to be received within a toilet during a cleaning operation, said lower region including the retention members and the lower rods segments, and said lower region being free from any wedge piece between the two elongate rods that holds the two elongate rods in a position spaced from one another; further wherein the elongate rods extend from the grip and have a relaxed condition in which the rods are spaced from one another and do not cross one another as they extend from the grip to the retention members; (ii) a disposable cleaning head comprising: (a) a cleaning surface for contact with toilet surfaces; (b) cooperating substantially circular apertures for cooperating with the retention members of the elongate rods to provide selective attachment and detachment between the cleaning head and the handle portion, said attachment occurring upon movement of the elongate rods away from one another toward said relaxed condition so as to position the retention members within the apertures and said detachment occurring upon deflection of said rods toward one another, the cleaning head including an end receiving slot cooperating with a lateral opening for assisting coupling of the retention members with the apertures; (c) walls adjacent to said cooperating apertures, said walls contoured to match and extend partially around a circumference of each of said external rod surfaces and positioned to receive said external rod surfaces thereagainst when said cleaning head is attached to said handle portion with the retention members in said openings so as to inhibit rotational movement of the cleaning head relative to the elongate rods and provide for a non-rotatable attachment of said cleaning head to said handle portion, said walls extending along and defining said lateral opening; (d) said cleaning head dimensioned for cleaning a toilet and having a bulbous scrubbing surface; and (e) wherein said rods are deflectable toward one another by compression of said rods by a user's hand in said upper region upon or proximate to said grip, so as to thereby enable said attachment and detachment of said cleaning head by the user without touching said lower region of said handle portion.