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US 5,473,789 AGranted
Disposable toilet seat cleaning pad
OwnerAlan L. Osterinventor
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Abstract
A disposable pad for cleaning a toilet including a mitt-like pad having a cavity to receive a hand, wherein the hand is shielded from contact with the toilet seat. A cleaning pad is fixedly attached and in planar contact with the lower surface of the mitt-like pad and has a cleaning agent absorbed therein. A flap is operatively affixed to the lower surface of the mitt-like pad proximate the cleaning pad and is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the cleaning pad is exposed for cleaning the toilet seat and in the second position, the flap covers the cleaning pad to expose a surface which enables drying of the toilet seat prior to use.
Claims4
A disposable pad for cleaning a toilet seat comprising:
- (a) a mitt-like pad having a cavity to receive a hand, wherein said hand is shielded from contact with said toilet seat, said mitt-like pad having a lower surface;
- (b) a cleaning pad having a planar surface fixedly attached and in planar contact with said lower surface, said cleaning pad having a cleaning agent absorbed therein;
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- (c) a flap operatively affixed to said lower surface, proximate said cleaning pad, having a first position wherein said cleaning pad is exposed for cleaning said toilet seat and a second position wherein the flap covers said cleaning pad to enable drying said toilet seat wherein said cleaning pad and said flap are formed from a single sheet of multi-layer material, said single sheet including at least an upper layer of impervious material disposed over a portion of said single sheet in planar contact with the lower surface of said mitt-like pad and at least a lower layer of absorbent material fixedly attached to said impervious material over a portion of its surface, with a remaining unattached surface forming said flap.
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A disposable pad for cleaning a toilet seat comprising:
- (a) a mitt-like pad having a cavity to receive a hand, wherein said hand is shielded from contact with said toilet seat, said mitt-like pad having a lower surface;
- (b) a cleaning pad having a planar surface fixedly attached and in planar contact with said lower surface, said cleaning pad having a cleaning agent absorbed therein;
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- (c) a flap operatively affixed to said lower surface, proximate said cleaning pad, having a first position wherein said cleaning pad is exposed for cleaning said toilet seat and a second position wherein the flap covers said cleaning pad to enable drying said toilet seat, wherein said flap includes a first absorbent layer, an impervious layer and a second absorbent layer wherein said impervious layer is disposed between said first and second absorbent layers.
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A disposable pad for cleaning a toilet seat comprising:
- (a) a mitt-like pad including an upper sheet and a lower sheet having an upper and a lower surface and edges around the perimeter thereof, said upper sheet fixedly attached to the upper surface of said lower sheet along at least two edges to form a mitt-like cavity between a lower surface of the upper sheet and the upper surface of the lower sheet to receive a hand, wherein in use said hand is shielded from contact with said toilet seat;
- (b) a cleaning pad having a planar surface fixedly attached and in planar contact with said lower surface of said lower sheet, said cleaning pad having a cleaning agent absorbed therein;
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- (c) a flap operatively affixed to said lower surface of said lower sheet proximate said cleaning pad, said flap having a first position and a second position, wherein in said first position the cleaning pad is exposed for cleaning and in said second position, the cleaning pad is covered by said flap to enable drying of said toilet seat wherein said cleaning pad and said flap are formed from a third single sheet of multi-layer material, said single sheet including at least an upper layer of impervious material disposed over a portion of said sheet in planar contact with said lower surface of said mitt-like pad and at least a lower layer of absorbent material fixedly attached to said impervious material over a portion of its surface with a remaining unattached surface forming said flap.
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A disposable pad for cleaning a toilet seat comprising:
- (a) a mitt-like pad including an upper sheet and a lower sheet having an upper and a lower surface and edges around the perimeter thereof, said upper sheet fixedly attached to the upper surface of said lower sheet along at least two edges to form a mitt-like cavity between a lower surface of the upper sheet and the upper surface of the lower sheet to receive a hand, wherein in use said hand is shielded from contact with said toilet seat;
- (b) a cleaning pad having a planar surface fixedly attached and in planar contact with said lower surface of said lower sheet, said cleaning pad having a cleaning agent absorbed therein;
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- (c) a flap operatively affixed to said lower surface of said lower sheet proximate said cleaning pad, said flap having a first position and a second position, wherein in said first position the cleaning pad is exposed for cleaning and in said second position, the cleaning pad is covered by said flap to enable drying of said toilet seat, wherein said flap includes a first absorbent layer, an impervious layer and a second absorbent layer, wherein said impervious layer is disposed between said first and second absorbent layers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.