Patent ID: 7059008

Claim:
A cleaning implement, comprising: a handle having a clamping jaw; and a brush head suitable to be held in the jaw; wherein the brush head has a slit extending from a rearward end of the brush head part way forward along the brush head so as to define a left rear and a right rear portion of the brush head such that at least one of the left and right rear portions can be pivoted upward relative to a central portion of the brush head while the other of said left and right rear portions can be pivoted downward relative to the central portion; wherein the jaw has an upper jaw part and a lower jaw part, the upper jaw part having a downwardly projecting tooth, and the lower jaw part having a upwardly projecting tooth, and the downwardly projecting tooth and the upwardly projecting tooth are offset relative to each other in a sideways direction; and wherein the brush head can be positioned relative to the jaw such that one jaw tooth contacts the left rear portion and the other jaw tooth contacts the right rear portion, with the jaw teeth pivoting the left rear portion of the brush head and right rear portion of the brush head in opposite directions in the jaw.