Apparatus for Compacting Laundry in a Top-Loading Washing Machine

Abstract

A laundry tool for compacting laundry loaded in a top-filling washing machine has a handle, an elongated body and a compaction head. The compaction head is hemispheric in shape with the concave opening of the hemisphere opening outwardly from the elongated body. Slits in the compaction head communicate between the concavity and the outside of the hemispheric compaction head so that during compaction of laundry in a washing machine filling with water, water captured in the concavity is directed outward when compaction is effected.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other benefits and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following descriptions and accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective side view of a preferred embodiment of the laundry compaction tool according to the invention.

Claims

1. A laundry tool comprising a handle, an elongated body, and a compaction head, said elongated body having a first and second end, said first end connected to said handle and said second end connected to said compaction head.

2. The laundry tool of claim 1 wherein said compaction head comprises a hemisphere, said hemisphere having a concave opening, said compaction head being connected to said second end of said elongated body so that said concave opening opens outwardly from said elongated body.

3. The laundry tool of claim 2 wherein said compaction head comprises at least one slit permitting water to communicate outwardly from the concavity formed by the concave opening of said compaction head.

4. The laundry tool of claim 2 wherein said compaction head comprises a plurality of slits permitting water to communicate outwardly from the concavity formed by the concave opening of said compaction head, said slits being arranged around the circumference of the compaction head such that the arc formed by each slit lies in a plane perpendicular to the long axis of the elongated body.

5. The laundry tool of claim 3 or claim 4 wherein said compaction head has a diameter of less than four inches.

6. The laundry tool of claim 3, claim 4, claim 5 or claim 6 wherein said elongated body has a length of at least twelve inches.