Pretreatment device for a unitized detergent dose
OwnerDebra Park, Daniel Wood +2inventors
InventorsDebra Park, Daniel Wood, Rosanne Benavides, Aurora Stamper
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a device consisting of an implement configured with a piercing mechanism that allows the user to make a uniform opening in the package through which the fluid inside can dispense. In one embodiment, the implement is configured with an affixing mechanism for affixing the implement to a surface. In another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the implement is configured to pierce and house the packet during pretreatment.
Claims19
An implement for facilitating pretreatment using dissolvable packets, comprising:
- a body with a receiving area;
- and
- a piercing mechanism configured to puncture a packaged dose with a substantially consistently sized hole.
An implement for facilitating pretreatment using a packaged dose, comprising:
- a receiving area for receiving the packaged dose;
- at least one piercing mechanism configured to facilitate piercing said packaged dose;
- and
- a lid rotatably connected to said receiving area.
A pretreatment and cleaning kit comprising:
- at least one sealed packet containing a cleaning agent;
- an implement having a piercing mechanism configured to pierce said packet to facilitate dispensing a metered dose of said cleaning agent from said packet, wherein said piercing mechanism is further configured to retain said packet for use during at least one of pretreatment and cleaning.
A pretreatment and cleaning kit comprising:
- at least one sealed packet containing a cleaning agent;
- an implement having a piercing mechanism configured to pierce said packet to facilitate dispensing a metered dose of said cleaning agent from said packet;
- and
- a pretreatment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.