Method for cleaning an interior cavity of dishware

Claim 1

A method for cleaning an interior cavity of an item of dishware, the cavity having a circular bottom and internal cylindrical walls surrounding the bottom, the method comprising the steps of: providing a scrubber including a handle elongated in a longitudinal direction and having opposite ends; and a cylindrical scrubbing element mounted at one end of the handle; the scrubbing element being of laminate construction including a cylindrical first layer of foam material having an outside diameter and opposite ends and a cylindrical second layer of scouring material of matching outside diameter, the second layer having a leading face and being superposed in matching coaxial relationship over the first layer, in a position adjacent one of the first layer ends and longitudinally outward of the first layer relative to the other end of the handle; inserting the one end of the handle into the cavity so that the leading face of the second layer contacts the bottom, and the outside diameter of the first layer contacts the walls; and rotating the handle to cause the leading face of the second layer to provide scouring action to the bottom, and the first layer to provide sponge contact cleansing action to the walls.

Claim 2

A method for cleaning an interior cavity of an item of dishware, the cavity having a circular bottom and internal cylindrical walls surrounding the bottom, the method comprising the steps of: providing a scrubber including a handle elongated in a longitudinal direction and having opposite ends; and a cylindrical scrubbing element mounted at one end of the handle; the scrubbing element being of laminate construction including a cylindrical first layer of foam material having an outside diameter and opposite ends and a cylindrical second layer of scouring material of matching outside diameter, the second layer having a leading face and being superposed in matching coaxial relationship over the first layer, in a position adjacent one of the first layer ends and longitudinally outward of the first layer relative to the other end of the handle; inserting the one end of the handle into the cavity so that the leading face of the second layer contacts the bottom, and the outside diameter of the first layer contacts the walls; and rotating the handle to cause the leading face of the second layer to provide scouring action to the bottom, and the first layer to provide sponge contact cleansing action to the walls.

Claim 6

A method for cleaning an interior cavity of an item of dishware, the cavity having a circular bottom and internal cylindrical walls surrounding the bottom, the method comprising the steps of: providing a scrubber including a handle, elongated in a longitudinal direction and having opposite ends; and a cylindrical scrubbing element mounted at one end of the handle; the scrubbing element being of laminate construction including a cylindrical first layer of foam material having an outside diameter and opposite ends and a cylindrical second layer of scouring material of matching outside diameter, the second layer having a leading face and being superposed in matching coaxial relationship over the first layer, in a position adjacent one of the first layer ends and longitudinally outward of the first layer relative to the other end of the handle; inserting the one end of the handle into the cavity so that the leading face of the second layer contacts the bottom, and the outside diameter of the first layer contacts the walls, with no part of the handle touching the bottom or walls; and rotating the handle to cause the leading face of the second layer to provide scouring action to the bottom, and the first layer to provide sponge contact cleansing action to the walls; wherein the scrubbing element is mounted in the providing step so that the one end of the handle is located within a coaxial, blind end bore, opening away from the second layer, with the one end of the handle set back from the second layer by an interval to support the scrubbing element without poking through the leading face during the rotating step.

Claim 7

A method for cleaning an interior cavity of an item of dishware, the cavity having a circular bottom and internal cylindrical walls surrounding the bottom, the method comprising the steps of: providing a scrubber including a handle, elongated in a longitudinal direction and having opposite ends; and a cylindrical scrubbing element mounted at one end of the handle; the scrubbing element being of laminate construction including a cylindrical first layer of foam material having an outside diameter and opposite ends and a cylindrical second layer of scouring material of matching outside diameter, the second layer having a leading face and being superposed in matching coaxial relationship over the first layer, in a position adjacent one of the first layer ends and longitudinally outward of the first layer relative to the other end of the handle; inserting the one end of the handle into the cavity so that the leading face of the second layer contacts the bottom, and the outside diameter of the first layer contacts the walls, with no part of the handle touching the bottom or walls; and rotating the handle to cause the leading face of the second layer to provide scouring action to the bottom, and the first layer to provide sponge contact cleansing action to the walls; wherein the scrubbing element is mounted in the providing step so that the one end of the handle is located within a coaxial, blind end bore, opening away from the second layer, with the one end of the handle set back from the second layer by an interval to support the scrubbing element without poking through the leading face during the rotating step.

Claim 8

A method for cleaning an interior cavity of an item of dishware, the cavity having a circular bottom and internal cylindrical walls surrounding the bottom, the method comprising the steps of: providing a scrubber including a handle, elongated in a longitudinal direction and having opposite ends; and a cylindrical scrubbing element mounted at one end of the handle; the scrubbing element being of laminate construction including a cylindrical first layer of foam material having an outside diameter and opposite ends and a cylindrical second layer of scouring material of matching outside diameter, the second layer having a leading face and being superposed in matching coaxial relationship over the first layer, in a position adjacent one of the first layer ends and longitudinally outward of the first layer relative to the other end of the handle; inserting the one end of the handle into the cavity so that the leading face of the second layer contacts the bottom, and the outside diameter of the first layer contacts the walls, with no part of the handle touching the bottom or walls; and rotating the handle to cause the leading face of the second layer to provide scouring action to the bottom, and the first layer to provide sponge contact cleansing action to the walls; wherein the scrubbing element is provided in the providing step to include a solid core region and an annular region surrounding the core region; wherein the providing step further comprises providing a plurality of grooves extending in a longitudinal direction on the annular region to define a corresponding plurality of longitudinally extending teeth circumferentially equiangularly spaced about the core region; and wherein, in the rotating step, the handle is rotated to cause the teeth to contact the walls during the cleansing action.

Claim 9

A method for cleaning an interior cavity of an item of dishware, the cavity having a circular bottom and internal cylindrical walls surrounding the bottom, the method comprising the steps of: providing a scrubber including a handle, elongated in a longitudinal direction and having opposite ends; and a cylindrical scrubbing element mounted at one end of the handle; the scrubbing element being of laminate construction including a cylindrical first layer of foam material having an outside diameter and opposite ends and a cylindrical second layer of scouring material of matching outside diameter, the second layer having a leading face and being superposed in matching coaxial relationship over the first layer, in a position adjacent one of the first layer ends and longitudinally outward of the first layer relative to the other end of the handle; inserting the one end of the handle into the cavity so that the leading face of the second layer contacts the bottom, and the outside diameter of the first layer contacts the walls, with no part of the handle touching the bottom or walls; and rotating the handle to cause the leading face of the second layer to provide scouring action to the bottom, and the first layer to provide sponge contact cleansing action to the walls; wherein the scrubbing element is provided in the providing step to include a solid core region and an annular region surrounding the core region; wherein the providing step further comprises providing a plurality of grooves extending in a longitudinal direction on the annular region to define a corresponding plurality of longitudinally extending teeth circumferentially equiangularly spaced about the core region; and wherein, in the rotating step, the handle is rotated to cause the teeth to contact the walls during the cleansing action.