Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Miscellaneous
Patent
1998-06-09
1999-09-28
Warden, Jill
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Miscellaneous
134183, 206 153, 206361, B08B 700, B65D 8300
Patent
active
059581506
ABSTRACT:
A device for storing and cleaning a toilet plunger includes an open-topped container and a lid having two lid-halves with each lid-half having an interior surface and an exterior surface. An internal closure mechanism having two closure members is disposed within the lid with one closure member projecting from the interior surface in each lid-half. Each closure member has at least one bumper/lever member. Each bumper/lever member has a curved member having a curved portion for engaging a side wall of a toilet plunger cup and a linear member having a linear portion for engaging a toilet plunger cup end wall. Preferably each closure member has a pair of bumper/lever members with a cross member joining them. The container has a base having upstanding walls, a base top having base raised portions and base lowered portions, a base top surface and an opposing bottom surface. A counterweight is preferably disposed under the bottom surface. The container walls have a portion defining a pour spout. The container and the lid are dimensioned for enclosing both the toilet plunger cup and a portion of the toilet plunger handle. The remainder of the toilet plunger handle protrudes through a hole in the lid when the toilet plunger is in the device. A handle is affixed to the walls of the container. A method for opening and closing the device using a toilet plunger and a method of cleaning a toilet plunger are disclosed.
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Borger Gary A.
Borger Nancy G.
Chaudhry Saeed
Warden Jill
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