Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Fabric
Patent
1995-01-31
1997-01-21
Graham, Gary K.
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Fabric
152101, 428246, 428253, 428224, 66170, A47L 1708, D04B 2116
Patent
active
055949703
ABSTRACT:
A personal cleansing implement comprises a substantially rectangular hydrophobic batt. The batt is a piece of knitted tubing made from extruded linear low density polyethylene monofilaments knitted into a tube on a knitting machine having a setting ranging from 32 to 64 needles per machine diameter. The monofilaments have substantially circular cross-sections in the range of 0.003 inches to 0.015 inches diameter. The piece of knitted tubing also has a longitudinal axis with about 6 to about 9 stitches per inch, as typically measured along its longitudinal axis. Furthermore, the piece of knitted tubing is inverted upon itself at least once along its longitudinal axis to form a plurality of concentric layers of tubing, which are then substantially flattened to form the batt. Each of the layers has a similar length and substantially overlaps the other layers. The batt has a top surface, a bottom surface, and two open ends. The top and bottom surfaces are bonded together at the two open ends by a bonding means to maintain the implement substantially flattened. However, the batt retains sufficient loft to function as a personal cleansing implement.
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Graham Gary K.
Kock Ronald W.
The Procter & Gamble & Company
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