Patent ID: 8844087

Claim:
A wire brush comprising: a brush body having a proximal end and a distal end, the brush body comprising: a head having first and second sides on the distal end of the brush body; a handle on the proximal end of the brush body; and, only one finger separator: that is suitable to separate two fingers from an associated typical person's hand; and, that extends at least 0.25 inches downwardly from a bottom surface of the handle; a frictional grip surface on the first side of the head; a frictional grip surface on the second side of the head; a frictional grip surface on a top surface of the brush body; a plurality of wire type tufts extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the head; a scraper comprising a scraper body and a scraper blade; wherein the scraper blade is suitable to scrape material from an associated surface; wherein the handle comprises a first finger receiving area on the bottom surface of the proximal side of the finger separator that is suitable to receive at least four fingers from the associated typical person's hand and a frictional grip surface on the first finger receiving area; wherein the handle comprises a second finger receiving area on the bottom surface of the distal side of the finger separator that is suitable to receive at least one finger from the associated typical person's hand; and, wherein the frictional grip surfaces on the first and second sides of the head do not extend onto the bottom surface of the head and are each suitable to receive four fingers from the associated typical person's hand.