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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsLyle B. Tuthill, John P. Grooms, H. Norman Reiboldt, William P. Dirksing, Charles G. Yeazell, Richard M. Girardot, Eric J. Grosgogeat, Richard G. Bausch
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A personal cleansing implement comprises a tubular piece of hydrophobic diamond-mesh scrim, which is stretched to expand the diamond mesh, gathered along a longitudinal axis of the tubular piece of scrim to form circumferential pleats, and heat set in an expanded and pleated condition to form a substantially rectangular resilient batt. Top and bottom surfaces of the batt are bonded together adjacent the perimeter of the batt by a bonding means. Thread stitching or intermittent thermobonding are the preferred bonding means. Ultrasonic bonding is most preferred. A tether loop is connected to the implement for hanging it from a support during drying.
A personal cleansing implement comprising a substantially rectangular hydrophobic batt, said batt having a top surface, a bottom surface and a perimeter, said batt being a piece of tubular diamond mesh scrim which is gathered along a longitudinal axis of said piece of tubular scrim to form circumferential pleats, said piece of tubular scrim being held in a longitudinally gathered condition while said top surface and said bottom surface are bonded together adjacent said perimeter, said personal cleansing implement further comprising quilt-like bonding between said top and said bottom surfaces internal to said perimeter of said batt, said quilt-like bonding occurring at at least one spot.
A personal cleansing implement comprising a substantially rectangular hydrophobic batt, said batt having a top surface, a bottom surface and a perimeter, said batt being a piece of tubular diamond mesh scrim which is gathered along a longitudinal axis of said piece of tubular scrim to form circumferential pleats, said piece of tubular scrim being held in a longitudinally gathered condition while said top surface and said bottom surface are bonded together adjacent said perimeter, said personal cleansing implement further comprising quilt-like bonding between said top and said bottom surfaces internal to said perimeter of said batt, said quilt-like bonding occurring along a continuous line.
A method for making a personal cleansing implement comprising the steps of:
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