Crochet bottle brush and handle and method of assembly

Abstract

A bottle brush cleaning implement that uses a crochet scrubber component and an integrated handle and its method of assembly. The preferred embodiment of the crochet component has four brushes that are constructed out of one piece of crochet material that is attached and is held in place with a pronged holder with resistance barbs. The crochet component is additionally held in place by extra yarn that is attached to the bottom of the crochet scrubber and tied to the handle. The preferred embodiment's handle has a grip area with a series of round protrusions to improve handling. The bottle brush may be produced on a wide variety of shapes, colors, sizes and configurations to meet specific needs or individual preferences.

Claims

1. A crochet scrubber brush and handle comprising: a. a scrubber formed of a crochet material defining four elongate tubular scrubber brushes each extending from a central portion of the scrubber; b. a handle; c. at least two prongs in a U shape attached to the handle; d. the prongs each having multiple resistance barbs; e. a piece of fabric attached to a bottom of the tubular scrubber brushes; and f. the piece of fabric is held on the handle with a tying device.

2. The device of claim 1 where the handle has a gripping area with a different surface than the rest of the handle.

3. The device of claim 2 with the handle having a different configuration in the gripping area.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the four tubular scrubber brushes are tied in the middle of the brush to the handle.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the handle having four prongs.

6. The device of claim 1 with the prongs squeezing and holding the four scrubber brushes in place.

7. The device of claim 1 with the prongs holding the four crochet scrubber brushes from the outside.

8. The device of claim 1 with the handle being extendable.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the fabric is comprised of yarn.

10. A method of constructing a bottle brush with a crochet scrubber comprised of: a. a rectangular crochet scrubber with the length greater than height; b. one of scrubber's ends is folded over into the middle of the scrubber; c. the other end is folded the opposite direction with the end in an area near the middle of the scrubber, whereby the rectangular scrubber now has two loops looking like a figure eight; d. The ends that have been positioned in the area near the middle are then crochet into the area near the middle of the crochet scrubber; e. A point approximately at the midpoint of one of the loops is then pressed into the area of the middle of crochet scrubber; f. A point approximately at the midpoint of the other loop is then pressed into the area of the middle of the crochet scrubber; whereby a shape of four adjacent cylinders is made; g. Providing a handle with at least two prongs defining a U shape at the end of the handle, the prongs each having multiple resistance barbs; h. The four cylinders are sewn together; i. The handle's two prongs are inserted into the four cylinders of the crochet scrubber; j. the four cylinders of the crochet scrubber come down over the prongs and rest on the top of the handle prior to the prongs splitting off the handle; k. a piece of fabric is shaped into a cone and placed under the four cylindrical brushes; and l. the piece of fabric is fastened to the handle with a tying device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the cylinders are tied with a tying device to the handle approximately halfway between the top and bottom of the crochet scrubber.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the fabric is comprised of yarn.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the tying device is thread.

Description

DRAWINGSFIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 is the drawing of the starting piece of crochet material.

(2) FIG. 2 is a top view of the starting piece as if comes together to form two loop.

(3) FIG. 3A is a top view showing how the two loops are tied together in the center.

(4) FIG. 3B is a side view of crochet material tied together into two loops.

(5) FIG. 4 shows the starting point of the two loops being converted to four loops.

(6) FIG. 5A is a top view of the four loops brought together and tied making the four brush crochet section of the bottle brush.

(7) FIG. 5B is a side view of the four brush section of the crochet bottle brush.

(8) FIG. 6A is a view of the extra yarn attached to the bottom of the four brushes to hold the brush in place on the bottle brush.

(9) FIG. 6B is a bottom view of bottom of the bottle brush showing how the yarn is attached to the bottle brush.

(10) FIG. 7 shows the bottle brush handle from the side with its two prongs that hold the crochet part of the bottle brush and the barb hooks that hold it in place.

(11) FIG. 8 shows how the crochet part of the bottle brush goes over the two prongs of the handle.

(12) FIG. 9 shows how the bottle brush initially fits over the handle.

(13) FIG. 10 shows how the yarn on the bottom of the bottle brush is tied onto the handle.

(14) FIG. 11 shows the completed four brush bottle brush.

REFERENCE NUMBERS

(15) 1. Yarn fuzz. 2. Crochet piece of the scrubber. 3. Yarn attached to bottom of scrubber. 4. Prongs that hold the scrubber onto the handle. 5. Resistance barbs on prongs. 6. Handle. 7. Point where handle connects to the prongs. 8. Hand grip section of handle. 9. Hole at the end of handle. 10. String type material attaching the yarn to the bottle brush. 11. Tying mechanism for the string material that attaches the tarn to the bottle brush.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(16) The drawings present the preferred embodiment of the invention. Variations in each of the components is possible and mentioned in some of the additional embodiments listed in the SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION SECTION. FIG. 1 is the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 of the invention prior to it being formed into four brushes. The lines on FIG. 1 are for the crochet stitch line of the invention. Yarn fuzz 1 extends past the crochet stitch lines which plays an important role in the scrubber action. FIG. 2 shows that the scrubber section is two stitch lines thick, which is the preferred embodiment. FIG. 2 also shows how the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 is brought together to form a double loop in the method that produces the final four brush configuration. FIG. 3A shows where the ends of the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 are attached so the double loop configuration is permanent. FIG. 3B is a stand up view of the crochet piece of the scrubber in its double loop configuration. FIG. 4 shows the starting point of the process of converting the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 from a two loop to a four loop configuration. In this figure fingers are shown starting the conversion from a two loop to four loop configuration but this could also be done with a machine. FIG. 5A shows from the top of the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 positioned and attached into a permanent four loop configuration. FIG. 5B shows the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 configured into a four loop configuration from a side view. FIG. 6A shows yarn 3 that is attached to the bottom the crochet piece of the scrubber 2. FIG. 6 B shows the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 from the bottom how the yarn 3 is attached. FIG. 7 shows the handle that the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 with attached yarn 3 goes over. The overall handle consists of a two prong section 4 with resistance barbs 5. The two prong section is attached to the remainder of the handle 6 at an attachment point 7. The handle 6 also has a grip section 8 and a hole at the end of the handle 9. FIG. 8 shows how the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 fits over the two prongs 4 with resistance barbs 5. FIG. 9 show the bottle brush complete with the exception of the yarn 3 being tied to better hold the crochet scrubber piece of the bottle brush in place. FIG. 10 shows the string type material 10 attaching the yarn 3 on the bottom of the crochet piece of the scrubber 2 by a means of tying 11. The drawings show a hand as 11, but it could also be a machine. FIG. 11 shows the completed bottle brush.