Ornamental combined nylon net and sponge device for cleaning surfaces

Claim 1

A DEVICE ATTRACTIVE AND NON-UTILITARIAN IN APPEARANCE AND EFFICIENT FOR SCOURING, WASHING AND DRYING SURFACES TO BE CLEANED, COMPRISING A WATER ABSORBENT SPONGY BASE COMPRISING INTERCONNECTED SPACES THROUGHOUT ITS VOLUME AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOTTOM SURFACE ON WHICH THE DEVICE RESTS WHEN NOT IN USE, AN UPPER MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE BASE COMPRISING A STRIP OF FLEXIBLE SPRINGY NON-ABSORBENT NET MATERIAL FOLDED UPON ITSELF BETWEEN ITS LONGITUDINAL FREE EDGES TO PROVIDE A TOP FOLD MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID FREE EDGES AND HELICALLY COILED TO FORM A ROSE APPEARING BRUSH-LIKE BODY HAVING SAID FOLD AT THE TOP OF EACH CONVOLUTION OF THE FOLDED COILED NET STRIP AND SAID FREE EDGES BEING AT ITS BOTTOM, AND MEANS CONNECTING ONLY SAID BOTTOM EDGES OF THE STRIP TO THE BASE LEAVING THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID STRIP UNCONFINED AND FLEXIBLE AND SAID FOLD AND THE SIDES OF THE STRIP ADJACENT SAID FOLD EXPOSED TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM SCOURING AND WASHING SURFACES ACROSS THE FOLD WHEN DEFLECTED AND FLATTENED UNDER PRESSURE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACES TO BE CLEANED, SAID BASE FORMING A HANDLE HELD IN THE HAND OF THE USER WHEN THE UPPER MEMBER IS USED FOR CLEANING A SURFACE, AND SAID BASE ABSORBING MOISTURE FROM THE UPPER MEMBER WHEN RESTING ON THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE BASE AFTER USE, SAID UPPER MEMBER BEING CHARACTERIZED BY ABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY RESUME ITS INITIAL POSITION AND ROSE SHAPE APPEARANCE AFTER HAVING BEEN WETTED AND COMPRESSED.

Claim 2

A DEVICE ATTRACTIVE AND NON-UTILITARIAN IN APPEARANCE AND EFFICIENT FOR SCOURING, WASHING AND DRYING SURFACES TO BE CLEANED, COMPRISING A WATER ABSORBENT SPONGY BASE COMPRISING INTERCONNECTED SPACES THROUGHOUT ITS VOLUME AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOTTOM SURFACE ON WHICH THE DEVICE RESTS WHEN NOT IN USE, AN UPPER MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE BASE COMPRISING A STRIP OF FLEXIBLE SPRINGY NON-ABSORBENT NET MATERIAL FOLDED UPON ITSELF BETWEEN ITS LONGITUDINAL FREE EDGES TO PROVIDE A TOP FOLD MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID FREE EDGES AND HELICALLY COILED TO FORM A ROSE APPEARING BRUSH-LIKE BODY HAVING SAID FOLD AT THE TOP OF EACH CONVOLUTION OF THE FOLDED COILED NET STRIP AND SAID FREE EDGES BEING AT ITS BOTTOM, AND MEANS CONNECTING ONLY SAID BOTTOM EDGES OF THE STRIP TO THE BASE LEAVING THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID STRIP UNCONFINED AND FLEXIBLE AND SAID FOLD AND THE SIDES OF THE STRIP ADJACENT SAID FOLD EXPOSED TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM SCOURING AND WASHING SURFACES ACROSS THE FOLD WHEN DEFLECTED AND FLATTENED UNDER PRESSURE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACES TO BE CLEANED, SAID BASE FORMING A HANDLE HELD IN THE HAND OF THE USER WHEN THE UPPER MEMBER IS USED FOR CLEANING A SURFACE, AND SAID BASE ABSORBING MOISTURE FROM THE UPPER MEMBER WHEN RESTING ON THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE BASE AFTER USE, SAID UPPER MEMBER BEING CHARACTERIZED BY ABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY RESUME ITS INITIAL POSITION AND ROSE SHAPE APPEARANCE AFTER HAVING BEEN WETTED AND COMPRESSED.