Patent ID: 8651039

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning a hull of a boat, comprising: (a) at least one flexible line having a length disposed between a first line end and a second line end, said length providing a central portion located between a first grippable portion proximate said first line end and a second grippable portion proximate said second line end; and (b) a plurality of cleaning elements having spaced engagement along said central portion of said flexible line, each of said cleaning elements including a body configured as a rectangular resiliently flexible flat sheet having a pair of opposed faces including a line aperture element disposed proximate each corner, each said line aperture providing a pass through between said opposed faces of said sheet through which said at least one flexible line passes to allow slidable spaced engagement of said plurality of cleaning elements along said central portion of said flexible line; and (c) a plurality of tufts coupled in spaced relation to a first one of said pair of opposed faces by a tuft first end, each of said tufts comprising a plurality of flexible fibers extending outwardly from said first one of said pair of opposed faces to terminate in a tuft second end.