Abstract: A unitary molded plastic pad holder for a scouring device having a handle portion and a cupped bell portion. The bell is a spherical shell segment with a lower edge lying along a plane and a parallel flat portion with an opening for the pad-securing device. The handle has a channel defined by an upper wall, side walls, and an end wall. The handle joins the bell at one side and at about 45.degree. to the plane. The channel extends into the bell and is crossed and closed by a reinforcing arcuate wall perpendicular to the plane. The upper wall is joined to the flat portion of the bell by a pair of reinforcing diverging struts. The handle is reinforced by: (1) a lengthwise rib midway between the side walls, depending from the upper wall and extending from the arcuate wall to a point short of the end wall, (2) three transverse ribs joined to the upper wall, side walls and lengthwise ribs and inclined at about 45.degree.

Abstract: A scouring device in which a shaped scouring pad is held up into a rigid skirt portion of a pad holder, the skirt portion being generally concave and having downwardly extending projections, by a securing member which has a washer-like member at its base and a stem extending up to a flattened axial portion which goes through a slit in the holder and then is turned about 90.degree.. This, together with projections on the bottom of the pad holder, hold the pad in place. A rigid handle portion extends up above the skirt, and forms the perimeter of a cavity into which the flattened axial portion of the securing member projects. The outer wall of this handle portion is provided with ridges and grooves to give a better grip to one's hand, which can then place pressure almost directly on the underlying pad. Since the pad is forced into a somewhat concave position, the base of the securing member is lifted above the scouring surface and a better scouring surface is provided.