Scrubbing implements

Abstract

Abstract IMPLEMENTS, AS FOR CLEANSING BY SCRUBBING WITH THE USE OF A CLEANSING COMPOUND, SUCH AS FOR SURGICAL POST OR PRE-OPERATIVE SCRUBBING WITH A GERMICIDAL SOAP COMPRISING, MEANS FOR PROVIDING RUBBING TYPE SCRUBBING ACTION, FOR EXAMPLE, A PORED SURFACE OR A PLURALITY OF BRISTLE-LIKE ELEMENTS, SUCH AS VELCRO OR BRUSH BRISTLES AND A QUANTITY OF COMPOUND, FOR EXAMPLE, A CLEANSING COMPOUND SUCH AS A GERMICIDAL SOAP COMPOUND ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, FOR EXAMPLE, BY DIRECT COATING ON THE SCRUBBING MEANS OR BY BEING CONTAINED WITHIN A DISPENSING TYPE RESERVOIR FOR APPLICATION TO THE SCRUBBING, MEANS, SUCH AS BEING CONTAINED WITHIN A BLOCK OF RESILIENT FOAM-LIKE MATERIAL OR WITHIN A FLEXIBLE WALLED CONTAINER WHEREBY PRESSURE ON THE CONTAINER OR FOAM BLOCK WILL CAUSE DISPENSING OF THE CLEANSING COMPOUND OUTWARDLY THEREOF AND ONTO THE SCRUBBING MEANS, THE FOAM BLOCK OR CONTAINER BEING EITHER PERMANETLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCRUBBING MEANS TO DEFINE A THROW-AWAY TYPE IMPLEMENT OR THE BLOCK OR CONTAINER BEING REPLACEABLY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH TO ENABLE RETENTION OF THE SCRUBBING MEANS WITH REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTAINER OR BLOCK, SUCH BLOCK OR THROW-AWAY IMPLEMENT BEING PREFERABLY FURNISHED WITH PROTECTIVE COVERING MEANS DURING TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND PRIOR TO USAGE THEREOF, SUCH AS A PEELABLE OR STRIPPABLE LAYER OF WATER-PROOF ADHESIVELY SECURED MATERIAL OR A LAYER OF WATER-SOLUBLE MATERIAL, THE IMPLEMENT FURTHER PREFERABLY COMPRISING MEANS FOR DISPENSING THE CLEANSING COMPOUND TO THE BRISTLES, AS BY A PLURALITY OF APERTURES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE RESERVOIR AND THE BRISTLES, THE BRISTLES BEING FORMED FOR PROVIDING EFFECTIVE AND COMFORTABLE SCRUBBING ACTION, AND THE IMPLEMENT BEING FLEXIBLE AND OF A SIZE AND CONFIGURATION ENABLING EASY MANIPULATION THEREOF.

Inventors

• 👤 Jack W Kaufman

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