CA2504792A1 - Cleaning pads - Google Patents

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CA2504792A1
CA2504792A1 CA002504792A CA2504792A CA2504792A1 CA 2504792 A1 CA2504792 A1 CA 2504792A1 CA 002504792 A CA002504792 A CA 002504792A CA 2504792 A CA2504792 A CA 2504792A CA 2504792 A1 CA2504792 A1 CA 2504792A1
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Nicola John Policicchio
Preston James Rhamy
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/20Mops
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/42Details
    • A47L13/44Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement

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Abstract

The present invention provides a cleaning pad which can be used with various cleaning implement. The cleaning pad has an absorbent layer, attachment wing s which can be attached to grippers located on the top surface of the mop head of a first cleaning implement and loop fasteners which can be attached to ho ok fasteners located on the bottom surface of the mop head of a second implemen t. The present invention also provides a cleaning pad which can be used with cleaning implements which do not have any retaining members capable of retaining a pad.

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1. A cleaning pad usable with a first cleaning implement having a first mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the top of said first mop head and with a second cleaning implement having a second mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the bottom surface of said mop head, said cleaning pad comprising:
an absorbent layer having a top and a bottom surface, a length and a width, wherein the width of said absorbent layer is greater than the width of the mop head of said first cleaning implement such that said absorbent layer comprises a first and a second attachment wing portion wherein said first and second attachment wing portions are removably attachable to said retaining means located on the top surface of the mop head of said first cleaning implement; and at least one strip of mechanical fasteners attached to said cleaning pad such that said cleaning pad is removably attachable to said retaining means located on the bottom surface of the mop head of said second cleaning implement.
2. The cleaning pad of claim 1 wherein said first and second attachment wing portions are folded on the top of said absorbent layer thereby forming a first and a second folding line, such that each of said first and second attachment wing portion at least partially covers the top surface of said absorbent layer.
3. The cleaning pad of claim 2 wherein said retaining means located on the bottom surface of the mop head of said second cleaning implement are hook fasteners and wherein said cleaning pad comprises a first strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said first folded attachment wing portion and a second strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said second folded attachment wing portion such that said first and second strips of loop fasteners are directly attachable to said hook fasteners.
4. The cleaning pad of claim 3 wherein said first strip of loop fasteners is substantially adjacent to said first folding line and said second strip of loop fasteners is substantially adjacent to said second folding line.
5. The cleaning pad of claim 3 wherein said first and second attachment wing portions are partially bonded to the top surface of said absorbent layer.
6. The cleaning pad of claim 3 wherein said first attachment wing portion is partially bonded to said second attachment wing portion.
7. The cleaning pad of claim 2 further comprising an impervious layer attached to the top surface of said first and second attachment wing portions.
8. The cleaning pad of claim 7 wherein said retaining means located on the bottom surface of the mop head of said second cleaning implement are hook fasteners and wherein said impervious layer comprises a first strip of loop fasteners attached to the portion of said impervious layer covering said first attachment wing portion and a second strip of loop fasteners attached to the portion of said impervious layer covering said second attachment wing portion such that said first and second strips of loop fasteners are directly attachable to said hook fasteners.
9. The cleaning pad of claim 8 wherein said impervious layer comprises a perforation line along the length of said impervious layer.
10. The cleaning pad of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first and second attachment wing portions comprises a notch.
11. The cleaning pad of claim 1 wherein said at least one strip of loop fastener is made of a material having a Peel Force of at least about 30 g.
12. A cleaning pad usable with a first cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the top of said mop head and with a second cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the bottom surface of said mop head, said cleaning pad comprising:
an absorbent layer having a length and a width;
a floor sheet having a length and a width wherein said floor sheet is in direct fluid communication with said absorbent layer and wherein the width of said floor sheet is greater than the width of the mop head of said first cleaning implement such that said floor sheet comprises a first and a second attachment wing portion wherein said first and second attachment wing portions are removably attachable to said retaining means located on the top surface of the mop head of said first cleaning implement; and at least one strip of loop fasteners attached to said cleaning pad such that said cleaning pad is removably attachable to said retaining means located on the bottom surface of the mop head of said second cleaning implement.
13. The cleaning pad of claim 12 wherein said first and second attachment wing portions are folded on the top of said absorbent layer thereby forming a first and a second folding line, such that each of said first and second attachment wing portion covers at least partially the top surface of said absorbent layer.
14. The cleaning pad of claim 13 wherein said retaining means located on the bottom surface of the mop head of said second cleaning implement are hook fasteners and wherein said cleaning pad comprises a first strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said first folded attachment wing portion and a second strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said second folded attachment wing portion such that said first and second strips of loop fasteners are directly attachable to said hook fasteners.
15. The cleaning pad of claim 14 wherein said first strip of loop fasteners is substantially adjacent to said first folding line and said second strip of loop fasteners is substantially adjacent to said second folding line.
16. The cleaning pad of claim 14 wherein said cleaning pad further comprises an impervious layer attached to said absorbent layer such that said impervious layer is located between said first and second folded attachment wing portions and said absorbent layer.
17. The cleaning pad of claim 16 wherein said first and second folded attachment wing portions are partially bonded to the top surface of said impervious layer.
18. The cleaning pad of claim 16 wherein said first folded attachment wing portions is partially bonded to said second folded attachment wing portion.
19. The cleaning pad of claim 12 wherein at least one of said first and second attachment wing portions comprises a notch.
20. The cleaning pad of claim 12 wherein said at least one strip of loop fastener is made of a material having a Peel Force of at least about 30 g.
21. A cleaning pad usable with a first cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the top of said mop head and with a second cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the bottom surface of said mop head, said cleaning pad comprising:

an absorbent layer having a top and a bottom surface, a length and a width, a leading and a trailing edge;
a first attachment wing connected to said leading edge of said absorbent layer wherein said first attachment wing is removably attachable to said retaining means of said first cleaning implement;
a second attachment wing connected to said trailing edge of said absorbent layer wherein said second attachment wing is removably attachable to said retaining means of said first cleaning implement;
wherein said first and second attachment wings are made of a material having a Peel Force of at least about 30g.
22. The cleaning pad of claim 21 wherein said first and second attachment wings are folded on the top of said absorbent layer thereby forming a first and a second folding line, such that each of said first and second attachment wing covers at least partially the top surface of said absorbent layer and such that said cleaning pad is directly attachable to said retaining means of said second cleaning implement.
23. The cleaning pad of claim 22 wherein said first and second attachment wings are partially bonded to the top surface of said absorbent layer.
24. The cleaning pad of claim 22 wherein said first attachment wing is partially bonded to said second attachment wing.
25. The cleaning pad of claim 22 wherein said cleaning pad further comprises an impervious layer attached to said absorbent layer such that said impervious layer is located between said first and second folded attachment wings and said absorbent layer.
26. The cleaning pad of claim 25 wherein said first and second attachment wings are partially bonded to the top surface of said absorbent layer.
27. The cleaning pad of claim 25 wherein said first attachment wing is partially bonded to said second attachment wing.
28. A cleaning pad usable with a first cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the top of said mop head and with a second cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the bottom surface of said mop head, said cleaning pad comprising:

an absorbent layer having a top and a bottom surface, a length and a width, a leading and a trailing edge;
an attachment layer connected to said absorbent layer substantially adjacent to said leading edge and said trailing edge of said absorbent layer, wherein said attachment layer comprises a breakable perforation line along its length and such that a first and a second attachment wings are removably attachable to said retaining means of said first cleaning implement when said perforation line is broken.
29. The cleaning pad of claim 28 wherein said cleaning pad further comprises a first strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said attachment layer and located substantially adjacent to said leading edge and a second strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said attachment layer and located substantially adjacent to said trailing edge.
30. The cleaning pad of claim 29 wherein said first and second strip of loop fasteners are made of a material having a peel for of at least about 30 g.
31. The cleaning pad of claim 30 wherein cleaning pad further comprises an impervious layer attached to said absorbent layer such that said impervious layer is located between said attachment layer and said absorbent layer.
32. The cleaning pad of claim 31 wherein said attachment layer is partially bonded to said impervious layer via a first and a second partial bond, wherein said first partial bond is located between said leading edge and said breakable perforation line and said second partial bond is located between said breakable perforation line and said trailing edge.
33. A cleaning pad usable with a first cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the top of said mop head and with a second cleaning implement having a mop head having a length and a width and retaining means located on the bottom surface of said mop head, said cleaning pad comprising:

an absorbent layer having a top and a bottom surface, a length and a width, a leading and a trailing edge;
an impervious layer attached to the top surface of said absorbent layer;
a first attachment wing connected to said impervious layer wherein said first attachment wing is removably attachable to said retaining means of said first cleaning implement;
a second attachment wing connected to said impervious layer wherein said second attachment wing is removably attachable to said retaining means of said first cleaning implement;
a first strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said first attachment wing; and a second strip of loop fasteners attached to the top surface of said second attachment wing, wherein said first and second strips of loop fasteners are made of a material having a Peel Force of at least 30 g.
34. The cleaning pad of claim 33 wherein said first and second attachment wings are folded on the top of said impervious layer thereby forming a first and a second folding line, such that each of said first and second attachment wing covers at least partially the top surface of said impervious layer and such that said cleaning pad is directly attachable to said retaining means of said second cleaning implement.
35. The cleaning pad of claim 34 wherein said first and second attachment wings are partially bonded to the top surface of said impervious layer.
36. The cleaning pad of claim 34 wherein said first attachment wing is partially bonded to said second attachment wing.
37. The cleaning pad of claim 33 wherein said first strip of loop fasteners is located adjacent said first folding line and wherein said second strip of loop fastener is located adjacent said second folding line.
38. A method of generating trial of a cleaning pad with a consumer who possesses a cleaning implement, comprising the steps of:
providing a kit comprising:
a container filled with a cleaning solution;
a substantially dry cleaning pad comprising:
a substantially dry absorbent layer having a top and bottom surface, a length and a width;
an attachment layer attached to said absorbent layer, wherein said attachment layer has a width between about 5 cm and about 50 cm and wherein said attachment layer is removably attachable about a mop head, wherein said cleaning pad has a T1200 absorbent capacity of about 5g/g;
instructing the consumer to attach said substantially dry cleaning pad about a mop head;
instructing the consumer to dispense said cleaning solution directly onto a floor surface;
and instructing the consumer to mop said floor surface with said cleaning implement.
39. The method of claim 38 wherein said kit further comprises a coupon rebate for a cleaning system.
40. The method of claim 39 wherein said cleaning system comprises:
a cleaning implement, said cleaning implement comprising a handle rotatably connected to a mop head, said mop head having means for mechanically retaining a cleaning pad, a fluid delivery mechanism connected to said handle, said fluid delivery mechanism being in fluid communication with a nozzle attached to said mop head;
a container, said container being removably attachable to said fluid delivery mechanism;
and at least one cleaning pad wherein said cleaning pad has a T1200 absorbent capacity of at least 5 g/g.
41. A method of providing a floor cleaning system for the use of floor cleaning products to a consumer, said method comprising the steps of:
a) collecting information from a consumer regarding the consumer's cleaning habits of floor surfaces;

b) selecting a floor cleaning system of floor surface cleaning products from at least two available floor cleaning systems, wherein each of said available floor cleaning systems is comprised of at least one cleaning pad, and wherein said selected floor cleaning system of floor surface cleaning products is selected based upon said information collected from said consumer;

c) providing said selected floor cleaning system to said consumer wherein said floor cleaning system comprises at least one cleaning pad removably attachable to a cleaning implement;

d) providing information to said consumer, said information comprising usage instructions for the selected floor cleaning system.
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