Patent ID: 7437792

Claim:
An espresso machine cleaning tool, comprising: an elongated body having opposite ends as well as a front side and a back side extending along the length of the body, the body including a bend intermediate the ends thereof which defines an elongated handle portion and an angled elongated neck portion, the neck portion extending between a first free end and an opposite second end at the bend, the neck portion is angled toward the back side of the body such that an acute angle is defined between an extension of the longitudinal axis of the neck portion and the longitudinal axis of the handle portion between the extension of the neck portion axis and the front side of the handle portion; a brush attached to and extending from the front side of the neck portion at the first end thereof; and a plurality of spaced apart annular rings located about the neck portion and between said bend and the brush and wherein a majority of said annular rings are located nearer said brush than to said bend, each of the annular rings progressively increasing in size from a smallest ring adjacent the brush to a largest ring between the smallest ring and the bend, said plurality of rings being adapted to deflect water to help prevent water reaching the handle portion during use of the tool.