Toilet sanitation aid

Abstract

A toilet sanitation aid having a housing for a cleaning product. The housing is adapted to be removably supported on a toilet bowl in a first usage condition. The housing has a cleaning formation and the aid has a handle connector portion arranged to allow selective actuation of the housing for cleaning the toilet bowl using the cleaning formation in a second usage condition. The sanitation aid may be hung on the toilet bowl in the first usage condition and removed for cleaning the toilet bowl in the second condition. The handle may be actuated between usage conditions.

1 . A toilet sanitation aid, the aid comprising a housing for a cleaning product, the housing adapted to be removably supported on a toilet bowl in a first usage condition, wherein the housing comprises a cleaning formation, and the aid comprises a handle connector portion arranged to allow selective actuation of the housing for cleaning the toilet bowl using the cleaning formation in a second usage condition. 
     
     
         2 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning product acts to chemically cleanse the toilet bowl in the first usage condition and the cleaning formation provides for abrasive cleaning of the toilet bowl in the second usage condition. 
     
     
         3 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning formation is remote from the handle connector portion and disposed on an external surface of the housing. 
     
     
         4 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning formation comprises a plurality of upstanding projections. 
     
     
         5 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of upstanding projections are elongate in form and extend in a direction across the surface of the housing. 
     
     
         6 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises an enclosure for the cleaning product. 
     
     
         7 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 6 , wherein the cleaning formation is disposed upon an outer surface of the enclosure. 
     
     
         8 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 6 , wherein the enclosure comprises one or more apertures to allow the cleaning product to be exposed to fluid flow in the toilet bowl in use. 
     
     
         9 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning formation and/or enclosure may be formed of a different material to the remainder of the housing. 
     
     
         10 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning formation has a higher coefficient of friction and/or lower hardness than a remainder of the housing. 
     
     
         11 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the handle connector portion is arranged to resiliently hold an attached handle in the first and/or second usage condition but to allow selective release from said condition. 
     
     
         12 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing is shaped such that the cleaning product is held within a region of flow of water of a toilet bowl in the first usage condition. 
     
     
         13 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , further comprising a handle that is actuable relative to the housing. 
     
     
         14 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 13 , wherein the handle or handle connector portion is pivotably or rotatably actuable relative to the housing. 
     
     
         15 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 13 , comprising a latch for selectively holding the handle in an orientation relative to the housing for the first and/or second usage condition. 
     
     
         16 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 13 , wherein the handle is selectively mountable to the housing. 
     
     
         17 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1  comprising an intermediate support portion or limb between the handle connector portion and housing, said limb being shaped to pass over a rim of a toilet bowl in the first usage condition. 
     
     
         18 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 17 , wherein the support portion comprises a connector for attachment to the housing. 
     
     
         19 . A toilet sanitation aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning product comprises a solid body having a mating formation shaped to fit with a corresponding mating formation in an interior of the housing.