Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Fabric
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-13
2001-05-01
Spisich, Mark (Department: 1744)
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Fabric
C601S137000, C601S143000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06223382
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to improvement in body washing articles and, more specifically, to a back and body washer that allows the user convenient one hand or two hand use thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The concept of back and body washers is old in the art. Typically, a body cloth includes a pair of handles so that a user can reach behind his or her back and grasp one handle with one hand and the other handle with the other hand. The user can then, with a back and forth motion of his or her arms, rub the body cloth across the user's back. In order to provide sufficient length so that the user can rub the body cloth across the user's back, usually one or both of the handles comprise straps that extend outward from the body cloth up to a foot or more in length. While the two straps provide excellent means for grasping and holding the body cloth so that the body cloth can be pulled back and forth on a user's body, it makes for an unwieldy cumbersome product, and it has been found that consumers are reluctant to purchase and use the back and body washer in that form. However, it has also been found that when an elongated strap handle is replaced with a retractable or stretchable handle, consumers can readily accept the back and body washer as a hand held body cloth.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly, the present invention is a flexible hand holdable cloth for washing a user's body with the cloth including a first handle to provide a first finger grasping region thereon and a second extendible handle having a normally contracted condition wherein the second handle is maintained proximate the flexible cloth so that the second handle does not interfere with the use of the flexible cloth as a hand holdable body cloth and an extended condition to enable a user to grasp the second handle while holding onto the first handle to thereby enable the user to rub the flexible cloth on the user's back with a back and forth motion. The second extendible handle can be further used to maintain the flexible hand holdable cloth in a rolled condition for display or storage of the body cloth.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
U.S. Pat. No. 3,875,933 illustrates a back washer with mesh fabric and two long tape loops.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,187,575 shows a back washer with multiple scrubber strips.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,234,994 illustrates a back washer with a long handle and a short handle.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,512,054 shows a back scrubber with transverse pleats.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,386,609 illustrates a back washer two elongated handles and a loofah pad.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,504963 illustrates a back washer having interwoven loops of netting and two short handles.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,509,164 illustrates a body washer with mitts on the ends.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,537,709 illustrates a back scrubbing device with a plurality of mounting members.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,545,456 shows a wash clothe made of two sheets of flexible material and two fixed handles.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,850,662 illustrates an elastic plastic scrubber with two handles and one or more sections located thereon.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4234994 (1980-11-01), Schwab
patent: 5983436 (1999-11-01), Mason et al.
Jacobson & Johnson
Spisich Mark
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