The present invention relates to a household scraper for cleansing kitchen sinks and the like.

Waste material in the form of food residues and the like is mostly removed from kitchen sinks and like spaces with the aid of kitchen paper. This task is often dirty and unpleasant, and also consumes large quantities of kitchen paper.

The object of the present invention is to provide a household scraper by means of which a kitchen sink or a like space can be cleansed of waste material, such as food residues, in a simple and practical fashion. This object is achieved with a scraper having the characte¬ ristic features set forth in the following claims.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to an exemplifying embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of an inventive scraper, and Fig. 2 illustrates the scraper from one side thereof.

The inventive scraper is preferably made of sheet metal, plastics or some similar flexible material, so that the scraper can be caused to conform to the con¬ figuration of a kitchen sink for instance, when in use.

The scraper has a central, curved, bent or recessed part l which is perforated with a number of holes 2. The central and recessed part of the scraper merges with a bottom edge 3 via an angled zone 7. The edge 3 is slightly curved. The central and recessed part l of

the scraper merges on respective sides of the bottom edge 3 with two side-edges 4 and 5, which are also slightly curved. An upper edge 6 connects the side- edges 4 and 5 in the upper part of the scraper. The upper part of the scraper is provided with a hole 8, by means of which the scraper can be hung on a hook or like device provided, for instance, above the sink, so that the scraper will always be available for use.

The inventive scraper is used in the following manner. When wishing to remove waste material, such as food residues and the like, from a kitchen sink, the scraper is gripped with the thumb preferably in the upper region 9 of the centre part 1 of the scraper, with the fingers of the hand located on the rear side of the scraper. The scraper is then moved along the surface of the sink, so as to cause the lower edge 3 of the scra¬ per to slide along the sink bottom, wherewith the waste material will slide up the angled zone 7 and rest on the centre part 1 of the scraper. Since the centre part 1 of the scraper has a hollowed or recessed configura¬ tion, the waste collected will remain on the scraper. Such waste is often wet, and the perforations 2 provi¬ ded in the scraper enable the liquid present to drain- off, therewith preventing liquid from reaching the region in which the scraper is gripped. Subsequent to shaking-off the waste collected and drained on the scraper, for instance into a rubbish or garbage bag, the scraper is rinsed, preferably under running tap water.

Due to the flexibility of the scraper, the scraper will readily conform to the shape of the surfaces on which it is used and therewith cleanse said surfaces from,

e.g., waste material in a particularly effective and time-saving manner.

It will be seen that the inventive scraper can be used in many different fields to that described.

The invention is not restricted to the illustrated and described embodiment, and changes and modifications are conceivable within the scope of the following claims.