# US 4,099,288 A · Dust mitt with optional handle

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- Number: US 4,099,288 A
- Document ID: US4099288A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 05/784,805
- Filed: 1977-04-05
- Granted: 1978-07-11
- Earliest claimed: 1977-04-05
- Assignees: Max Rittenbaum, Inc.
- Inventors: Max Rittenbaum; Jeffrey A. Rittenbaum
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4099288A

## CPC

- A47L 13/20: Mops
- A47L 13/16: Cloths; Pads; Sponges (metal scraping sponges A47L13/07)
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)

## Abstract

A dust mitt comprising a dust mitt cover made of a nappy or pile material into a pocket formation by folding the material inwardly along the sides to form edges and then folding the material upon itself to form the pocket with an open end into which is inserted a folded section of soft, resilient and absorbent foam plastic material of sufficient bulk and thickness to fill the inside of the pocket. The open end of the pocket is closed into a small fabric mouth which optionally receives one end of a stick handle inserted inside the folded foam material.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a dust mitt having an optional handle:
a mitt constructed from a nappy fabric in three-dimensional form and having a three-dimensional space in the interior thereof defining a pocket therein, said pocket having a closed front except for a small opening to the interior,
a stuffing inside said pocket in the three-dimensional space therein comprising a sheet of elongated soft, resilient foam material, such as foam plastic, folded substantially in half upon itself to create a smooth marginal edge at one end and an open space aligned with the opening at the other end leading to the interior thereof,
an elongated handle inserted through said opening into and between portions of said frictionally held folded resilient foam material and being removable therefrom,
and a small puckered mouth leading to said opening.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device in claim 1 wherein said resilient foam material is tightly packed in said pocket so that said handle is tightly captured therein but is removable therefrom simply by sliding same therefrom out of said opening.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device in claim 1 wherein said mitt is constructed by folding same to form side marginal edges that are stitched together.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device in claim 3 wherein said mitt is folded from an elongated sheet folded upon itself one time.