Device and cleaning pad for cleaning or treating surfaces or for applying media to surfaces

Abstract

A cleaning device for cleaning surfaces such a toilet bowls or baths comprising a handle having a trigger at one end and a head at the other. The head is adapted to fit into a disposable cleaning pad in the form of a slipper. The cleaning pad is fixed to the head during the cleaning operation and it may be attached or removed from the head by fixing means actuated by the trigger means. The fixing means are actively disengaged from the cleaning pad by ejection means.

1 . A cleaning device comprising a handle having towards one end a grip portion and trigger means, and at the other end a head adapted to receive a cleaning pad in the form of a slipper, the head comprising a bottom surface which bears against a surface to be cleaned; and fixing means actuated by the trigger to releasably fix the cleaning pad to the head wherein fixing means are provided on the device other than on said bottom surface.  
     
     
         2 . A cleaning device according to  claim 1  wherein the handle comprises to handle sections which are configured in a complementary manner such that when they are brought together in opposed relationship they form conjointly the handle.  
     
     
         3 . A cleaning device according to  claim 2  wherein the head comprises to head sections which are configured in a complementary manner such that when they are brought together in opposed relationship they form conjointly the head.  
     
     
         4 . A cleaning device according to  claim 2  or  3  wherein the head or handle sections are mounted pivotally such that they open and close in opposed relationship in a scissor-like manner.  
     
     
         5 . A cleaning device according to any of the  claims 2  to  4  wherein the pivot is provided on the handle in a position proximal to the head.  
     
     
         6 . A cleaning device according to any of the preceding claims wherein the fixing means is provided on the handle.  
     
     
         7 . A cleaning device according to  claim 6  wherein the fixing means is a bore provided through the handle in a direction essentially normal to its length which bore receives a portion of a cleaning pad which passes through the bore to snag or catch the handle.  
     
     
         8 . A device according to any of the preceding claims additionally comprising ejection means which actively disengage the cleaning pad from the fixing means to facilitate removal of the cleaning pad from the device.  
     
     
         9 . A device according to any of the  claims 2  to  8  wherein the fixing means is disengaged and the ejection means is actuated by the user opening the handle sections.  
     
     
         10 . A cleaning pad adapted for attachment to a cleaning device as hereinabove described.  
     
     
         11 . A cleaning pad in the form of a slipper comprising a body defining an internal cavity for receiving a head of a cleaning device and extending outwardly in a direction away from said cavity an elongate tab portion which is adapted to engage with the fixing means thereby to fix the cleaning pad to the head.  
     
     
         12 . A cleaning pad according to  claim 11  wherein the elongate tab portion is T-shaped and optionally contains an adhesive surface for fixing to the cleaning device.  
     
     
         13 . A cleaning pad as hereinabove defined having secreted therein a cleaning composition.  
     
     
         14 . A container comprising a plurality of cleaning pads as hereinabove described.