A47L 13/46
Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping
Official title: Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like
A47L13/46 (Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping) appears on 212 US grants and 199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
- 212
- Published applications
- 199
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 363
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Cleaning article16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198743 A13M Innovative Properties Company
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet135US 6,305,046 B1The Procter & Gamble Company · 2001
- Sweeper device107US 5,815,878 AUni-Charm Corporation · 1998
- Cleaning article101US 6,813,801 B2Uni-Charm Corporation · 2004
- Cleaning cloth and cleaning apparatus78US 5,953,784 AKao Corporation · 1999
- Cleaning implements having structures for retaining a sheet74US 6,651,290 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2003