Toilet bowl cleaning tool with disposable swab

Abstract

A toilet bowl cleaning tool comprising a hollow curved elongated outer member with a handle at the proximal end and a head at the distal end, an inner member and a disposable swab that attaches to the head. The inner member moves linearly inside the outer member, controlled by a button that protrudes through a longitudinal slot in the top of the outer member. Movement of the button affixes the disposable swab to and releases it from the head by actuating radially outwardly projecting detents which are radially expandable and retractable. When the swab is attached to the head, the detents positively engage a receptacle in the swab by gripping the end of the receptacle distant from the handle. The cleaning swab comprises multiple cleaning surfaces of loops of strips of biodegradable sheet material surrounding a biodegradable receptacle and is infused or impregnated with cleaning and disinfecting chemicals. The flat surfaces of adjacent loops are disposed at angles to each other, and the outermost ends of the loops define an imaginary, generally spherical surface. The loops are sufficiently collapsible as to be capable of conforming closely to the configuration of the particular toilet surface being cleaned, while presenting random and irregular curved surfaces and edges that contact that toilet surface at many different angles.

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