CLEANER HOLDER AND CLEANING TOOL

It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for providing an elongate holding part with directional freedom of deflection so as to realize smoother cleaning operation, in a cleaning tool in which a cleaning element for cleaning an object to be cleaned is held by the elongate holding part of a cleaning element holder. A cleaning element holder 130 of a cleaning tool 100 according to this invention includes a handle 150 to be held by user's hand, and a pair of holding parts 142 which extend from the handle 150 in a longitudinal direction of the cleaning element holder. Each of the holding parts 142 has deflection displacement characteristics around a connection 141 between the handle 150 and the holding part 142, at least in a first direction transverse to an extending direction of the holding parts 142 and a second direction transverse to the first direction. When a load of 2.5 N is applied in the first direction to an end 143, the holding part 142 deflects 15 to 80 degrees in the first direction, and when a load of 2.5 N is applied in the second direction to the end 143, the holding part deflects 25 to SS degrees in the second direction.