Grooming/cleaning apparatus

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus includes a substrate with outward projecting bristles extending through a sheet or scrim impaled over the bristles. The substrate may be mounted on a support which may carry a handle. The sheets may be single sheets arranged in a stack over the bristles on one or more surfaces of the substrate or a roll of separable sheets disposed over the bristles.

1 . A cleaning apparatus comprising: 
 a substrate;    a support carrying the substrate;    a handle connected to and extending from the support;    a plurality of bristles extending from the substrate;    a sheet disposed over the bristles; and    an enlarged diameter collar intermediate the handle and the support.    
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein: the bristles are evenly spaced over the substrate.  
   
   
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       23 . The apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising: means for mounting the substrate on the support.  
   
   
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       27 . The apparatus of  claim 46 , further comprising: a container having an open end for receiving the collar; the container operative for containing fluid for application to the sheet when the support is disposed in the container.  
   
   
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       29 . The apparatus of  claim 46  further comprising: the sheet having pre-formed apertures mountable over the bristles.  
   
   
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       31 . The apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising: the substrate formed of a flexible material to conform to the shape of the support.  
   
   
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       35 . The cleaning apparatus of  claim 1  wherein: the handle, the support and the substrate are integrally formed as a one-piece body.  
   
   
       36 . The cleaning apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising: an openable enclosure configured for sealingly receiving and surrounding the support.  
   
   
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       46 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a sheet disposed over the bristles.  
   
   
       47 . The apparatus of  claim 46 , wherein said support includes a plurality of apertures for allowing fluid passage from inside said support through said substrate and into said sheet.  
   
   
       48 . The apparatus of  claim 46 , wherein one end of said handle includes an opening suitable for hanging said apparatus.