Disposable bleaching cleaning pad
OwnerWayne M. Rees, Sandra J. Demant +2inventors
InventorsWayne M. Rees, Sandra J. Demant, Benjamin N. Shiffler, Olivia Moodycliffe
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Abstract
Disclosed are replaceable cleaning pads capable of delivering a bleaching agent and a detersive composition to surfaces being cleaned. The pads are constructed to retain bleach separate from detersive ingredients and certain other chemicals prior to use, yet permit rapid delivery of the combined chemicals to the surface being cleaned once the pad is wetted. Most preferably a detersive mixture is melt-anchored to the pad. In one form, the pad is a two layer pad, and in another form, the pad is a three layer pad.
Claims68
A multi-layer surface cleaning pad comprising:
- a first water permeable layer having a periphery;
- a second layer having a periphery, the first layer and the second layer being bound to each other around the periphery of the first layer and the periphery of the second layer;
- a solid bleaching agent positioned within a cavity formed between the bound first and second layers;
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- a detersive material incorporated into the pad at a position where it is essentially segregated from the bleaching agent.
A multi-layer surface cleaning pad comprising:
- a first water permeable layer having a periphery;
- a second layer having a periphery, the first layer and the second layer being bound to each other around the periphery of the first layer and the periphery of the second layer;
- a solid bleaching agent contained within a water permeable pouch, said pouch being positioned in a cavity formed by the first and second layers;
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- a detersive material incorporated into the pad at a position where it is essentially segregated from the bleaching agent.
A multi-layer surface cleaning pad comprising:
- a first water permeable outer layer having a periphery;
- a second water permeable middle layer having a periphery;
- a third outer layer having a periphery, wherein the first, second and third layers are bound to each other around their peripheries creating a multi-layer layer having at least two cavities;
- a solid bleaching agent positioned in at least one of the two cavities;
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- a solid detersive material incorporated into the pad at a position where it is essentially segregated from the solid bleaching agent.
A cleaning device comprising:
- a handle including one part of a hook/loop type fastener system;
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- a multi-layer surface treating pad including
- (i) a first water permeable layer having a periphery,
- (ii) a second layer having a periphery and suitable to serve as an engaging part of the hook/loop type fastener system, the first layer and the second layer being bound to each other around the periphery of the first layer and the periphery of the second layer, and
- (iii) a solid bleaching agent contained in a water permeable pouch, said pouch being positioned in a cavity defined between the first and second layers.
A method for cleaning a hard surface, the method comprising:
- providing a multi-layer layer cleaning pad including a water permeable first outer layer, a water permeable middle layer, a second outer layer, the first outer layer and the middle layer forming a first cavity, the middle layer and the second outer layer forming a second cavity, a solid detersive material incorporated into the first cavity or the second cavity, and a solid bleaching agent incorporated into the other of the first cavity and the second cavity;
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- wetting the cleaning pad;
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- wiping said pad over the hard surface to contact said surface with said water permeable outer layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.