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US 7,516,508 B2Granted
Motorized cleaning implement
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsA. Bryon Stackpole, Jr., Thomas George Crowe, Matthew Lloyd Newman, Ramona Zenkich, Tracey Ann Wurzelbacher, Eric Young Park, Ildefonso Mendoza Resuello, Jr., David John Sayler
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Abstract
A motorized cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The motorized cleaning implement includes a bumper pad that is connected to a motor capable of providing a reciprocating motion to the bumper pad. A cleaning substrate which includes a pocket is attached to the bumper pad.
Claims26
A motorized cleaning implement for cleaning a surface comprising:
- a substantially deformable bumper pad for retaining a cleaning substrate, said bumper pad having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a thickness;
- a motor for causing said bumper pad to move relative to said motor in a reciprocating motion, wherein said motor is operably connected to said bumper pad;
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- a disposable cleaning substrate removably connected to at least a portion of said bumper pad;
- said bumer pad comprising weakness means for facilitating the deformation of said bumper pad, wherein said weakness means extend through at least a portion of the thickness of said bumper pad from said top surface or said bottom surface, said weakness means being selected from the group consisting of slits made through a portion of the thickness of said bumper pad from said top or bottom surface, slits made through the whole thickness of said bumper pad, cavities made on said top or bottom surface of said bumper pad, openings extending through the entire thickness of said bumper pad, and any combination thereof.
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