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Plant care kit

Details

Inventors: Morrison, Howard J.; Montague, Douglas P.;
Assignee: Dart Industries Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
Primary Examiner: Bratlie; Steven A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Taylor; Leigh B.

A plant care kit includes a plurality of elements for cleaning and waxing the leaves of household plants. The leaf cleaner includes a support member for gently supporting the leaf of a plant to be cleaned. A soft, porous cleaning element, such as a sponge or the like, is secured to one surface of the support member for engaging the bottom side of a plant leaf. A handle is mounted on the support member, opposite the cleaning member to facilitate grasping by the user and to allow the user of the device to hold the support member in one hand. The leaf cleaning device further includes a second similar cleaning member such as a sponge or the like that may be held in the other hand of the user and placed on top of the leaf to be cleaned. The leaf is sandwiched between the first and second cleaning members and drawn along the length of the leaf thereby simultaneously wiping the upper and lower surfaces. The plant care kit further includes a tray for containing a cleaning fluid such as water or other fluid such as a suitable plant wax. The kit also includes a removable divider which may be placed in the tray to divide the tray into separate chambers. The divider also includes a platform upon which the cleaning members may be mounted to rinse the cleaning members and to allow them to be rinsed and to absorb water or other fluid for further cleaning or waxing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1.
A plant care kit, comprising: a generally planar support means for gently supporting a leaf of a plant or the like; a first cleaning element mounted on the top surface of said support means for engaging the underside of the leaf; a handle mounted on the bottom surface of said support means for limited oscillation about an axis generally parallel to the bottom surface; said handle including means for captured interdigitated engagement of the fingers of a user; a manually operable second cleaning element for engaging the top of said leaf; and reservoir means for containing a predetermined amount of cleaning fluid to be applied to the leaves by said cleaning elements.
2.
The plant care kit of claim 1 wherein said support means comprises a generally resilient planar member.
3.
The plant care kit of claim 1 wherein said first cleaning element is removably mounted on said support means.
4.
The plant care kit of claim 1 or 3 wherein said first cleaning element comprises a sponge mounted on said support means.
5.
The plant care kit of claim 1 wherein said second cleaning element comprises a sponge.
6.
The plant care kit of claim 5 wherein said second cleaning element includes handle means secured thereto to facilitate manual grasping thereof by the user.
7.
The plant care kit of claim 1 or 6 wherein said reservoir means comprises an open top tray and a cover therefor.
8.
The plant care kit of claim 7 further including dividing means for dividing said tray into a plurality of compartments, said dividing means including a shelf for supporting either of said first and second cleaning elements in said tray.
9.
An apparatus for cleaning the leaves of a plant or the like, comprising: a generally planar hand-held support member for gently supporting the underside of a leaf to be cleaned; a first absorbent cleaning element removably mounted on one side of said support member; a handle mounted on the opposite side of said support member for limited oscillation about an axis generally parallel to the plane of said support member to facilitate manual interdigitated grasping by the user; a second manually manipulatable, absorbent cleaning element for engaging the top of a leaf; and a reservoir means comprising an open top tray for containing a predetermined amount of a suitable fluid to be applied by said cleaning elements to the surfaces of the leaf to be cleaned

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