Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Miscellaneous
Patent
1997-05-07
1998-11-17
Warden, Robert
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Miscellaneous
134183, 206 153, 206361, B08B 700, B65D 8300
Patent
active
058363220
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 a curved member for engaging a side wall of a toilet plunger cup and a linear member for engaging a toilet plunger cup end wall. The container has a base having upstanding walls, a base top having grooves, a base top surface and an opposing bottom surface. A counterweight is preferably disposed under the base top 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
Liss Margaret M.
Warden Robert
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