Washing appliance for small and delicate articles

Claim 1

A DEVICE USEFUL FOR SAFELY WASHING RELATIVELY SMALL AND DELICATE ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL WHICH COMPRISES A POROUS CONTAINER OF UNICELLULAR, ELASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A CHAMBER THEREIN FOR RECEIVING AND HOLDING SAID ARTICLES AND CLOSED AT ONE END BY A MOVEABLE COVER, WHEREBY WHEN SAID CLOSED CONTAINER WITH SAID ARTICLES THEREIN IS PLACED IN A BODY OF CLEANING LIQUID AND SUCH CLOSED CONTAINER WITH SAID ARTICLES IN SAID LIQUID IS SQUEEZED AND RELEASED REPEATEDLY THE CLEANING LIQUID WILL BE CAUSED TO FLOW THROUGH THE POROUS WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER INTO AND OUT OF SAID CHAMBER TO AGITATE AND CLEAN SUCH ARTICLES, WHEREBY WHEN SAID LIQUID IS REPLACED BY RINSING WATER, THE REPEATED SQUEEZING AND RELEASE OF THE CONTAINER WITH THE ARTICLES IN SAID CHAMBER WILL CAUSE THE ARTICLES TO BE FURTHER RINSED CLEAN, ALL WITHOUT CONTACT OF SUCH ARTICLES WITH HUMAN HANDS IN WASHING AND RINSING, AND WHEREBY SUBSEQUENT SQUEEZING AND RELEASE OF THE CONTAINER, OUT OF THE WATER, WILL EXPRESS EXCESS WATER FROM SAID CONTAINER AND ARTICLES, AND FASCILITATE DRYING OF THE ARTICLES, THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID CONTAINER HAVING IN ITS INTERIOR AREA ONLY OF ITS OUTSIDE FACE OF ITS BOTTOM WALL, A CAVITY THAT OPENS SOLELY OUTWARDLY THROUGH SUCH OUTSIDE FACE, AND A LAYER OF FLEXIBLE, WATER IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL SECURED FLAT AGAINST AND COVERING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE WALL OF SAID CAVITY, SAID LAYER HAVING AN APERTURE OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE THERETHROUGH FROM FACE TO FACE IN ITS INTERIOR AREA, WHEREBY WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS COMPRESSED ENDWISE, WITH ITS BOTTOM WALL AGAINST A SURFACE COVERED BY A LIQUID, THE LIQUID TRAPPED IN SAID CAVITY WILL BE FORCED AS A STREAM THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE CONTAINER INTO SAID CHAMBER TO AGITATE AND CONTACT WITH SAID ARTICLES THEREIN.

Claim 2

A DEVICE USEFUL FOR SAFELY WASHING RELATIVELY SMALL AND DELICATE ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL WHICH COMPRISES A POROUS CONTAINER OF UNICELLULAR, ELASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A CHAMBER THEREIN FOR RECEIVING AND HOLDING SAID ARTICLES AND CLOSED AT ONE END BY A MOVEABLE COVER, WHEREBY WHEN SAID CLOSED CONTAINER WITH SAID ARTICLES THEREIN IS PLACED IN A BODY OF CLEANING LIQUID AND SUCH CLOSED CONTAINER WITH SAID ARTICLES IN SAID LIQUID IS SQUEEZED AND RELEASED REPEATEDLY THE CLEANING LIQUID WILL BE CAUSED TO FLOW THROUGH THE POROUS WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER INTO AND OUT OF SAID CHAMBER TO AGITATE AND CLEAN SUCH ARTICLES, WHEREBY WHEN SAID LIQUID IS REPLACED BY RINSING WATER, THE REPEATED SQUEEZING AND RELEASE OF THE CONTAINER WITH THE ARTICLES IN SAID CHAMBER WILL CAUSE THE ARTICLES TO BE FURTHER RINSED CLEAN, ALL WITHOUT CONTACT OF SUCH ARTICLES WITH HUMAN HANDS IN WASHING AND RINSING, AND WHEREBY SUBSEQUENT SQUEEZING AND RELEASE OF THE CONTAINER, OUT OF THE WATER, WILL EXPRESS EXCESS WATER FROM SAID CONTAINER AND ARTICLES, AND FASCILITATE DRYING OF THE ARTICLES, THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID CONTAINER HAVING IN ITS INTERIOR AREA ONLY OF ITS OUTSIDE FACE OF ITS BOTTOM WALL, A CAVITY THAT OPENS SOLELY OUTWARDLY THROUGH SUCH OUTSIDE FACE, AND A LAYER OF FLEXIBLE, WATER IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL SECURED FLAT AGAINST AND COVERING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE WALL OF SAID CAVITY, SAID LAYER HAVING AN APERTURE OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE THERETHROUGH FROM FACE TO FACE IN ITS INTERIOR AREA, WHEREBY WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS COMPRESSED ENDWISE, WITH ITS BOTTOM WALL AGAINST A SURFACE COVERED BY A LIQUID, THE LIQUID TRAPPED IN SAID CAVITY WILL BE FORCED AS A STREAM THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE CONTAINER INTO SAID CHAMBER TO AGITATE AND CONTACT WITH SAID ARTICLES THEREIN.