Disposable toilet brush

Abstract

A fully disposable toilet brush can have a cardboard tube handle on the end of which a open cell plastic or foam sponge can be mounted. After use the entire brush including the handle and the sponge is discarded.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A fully disposable toilet brush comprising: 
 a cardboard tube; and    a open-cell sponge formed with a plurality of ribs fitted on an end of said cardboard tube.    
     
     
         2 . The toilet brush defined in  claim 1  wherein said ribs are angularly offset about the sponge in a regular pattern.  
     
     
         3 . The toilet brush defined in  claim 2  wherein said sponge has a central hole and said cardboard tube is fitted into said hole.  
     
     
         4 . The toilet brush defined in  claim 3 , further comprising an adhesive bonding said sponge to said cardboard tube.  
     
     
         5 . The toilet brush defined in  claim 4  wherein said ribs have outwardly convex rounded contours.  
     
     
         6 . The toilet brush defined in  claim 5  wherein said sponge has V-section grooves between said ribs.  
     
     
         7 . A package comprising a pouch of a packaging material and two fully disposable toilet brushes in said pouch, each of said fully disposable toilet brushes consisting of a cardboard tube, and a open-cell sponge formed with a plurality of ribs fitted on an end of said cardboard tube.