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  Fringeless cleaning or dusting padRelated Patent Categories: Coating Implements With Material Supply, Including Means For Discharging Material Alternatively To Tool Or To Work SurfaceThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070212157. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. No. 11/373,931 filed Mar. 13, 2006, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to the field of cleaning devices such as hand held dusters and dust mops. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved "fringeless" cleaning article or cleaning pad that exhibits more free fiber, greater fluffiness and greater dust adhesion. [0004] 2. Discussion of the Related Art [0005] For decades, hand held feather dusters, dust rags and other cleaning implements have been used as cleaning tools for the removal of dust adhering to furniture such as dressers and coffee tables, electrical appliances such as computers, lights, interior walls, lintels and the like, Thus, it is generally well known to remove dust or dirt from floors, furniture, and other household surfaces by rubbing a dust rag, cloth or other cleaning implement against the surface such that the dust or dirt adheres to the cleaning implement. [0006] Throughout the last half-century, new cleaning implements have been developed to assist the individual in dusting and similar cleaning chores. While hand held dusters and other cleaning implements are generally well known in the art, numerous drawbacks exist with the current commercially available designs. [0007] In general, the majority of improvements to hand held dusters and mops have been directed at improving the basic mechanical components of the cleaning device. These improvements have been directed at providing an inexpensive yet robust implement for dry dusting or cleaning. However, notably absent in the prior art is any attempt to provide a hand held cleaning implement that allows for selective wet, damp or dry dusting. [0008] The addition of water or other cleaning solution to most cleaning pads or systems has been known to increase the efficiency of the cleaning device in absorbing dust and other debris. Despite this knowledge, there are presently no hand held cleaning systems that include an attached water or cleaning fluid reservoir accessible on the cleaning implement to allow a user to single handedly alternate between wet, damp or dry dusting. To date, prior art dusting and cleaning devices require a user to obtain a separate spray bottle or other liquid application means if one desires wet dusting or cleaning. In light of the need for a wet or damp dusting or cleaning system and methods, there is an additional need for improvements in the cleaning solution associated with such systems and methods. [0009] There is an additional need to improve the cloths associated with such systems and how they are used. Many of the known disposable dusting or cleaning cloths include a base sheet that includes a plurality of strips or cuts. It has been found that such strips may actually entangle the fiber bundle resulting in a less open fiber bundle with a lower amount of free fiber. A fringeless base sheet has been shown to provide a greater amount of open fiber. [0010] While some improvements to dusting cloths are disclosed in the art, there remains a need for an improved cleaning pad and fiber orientation that maximizes the wet and dry absorbency of the dusting pad, while at the same time fully facilitating the advantages of the liquid in the cleaning system. SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION [0011] Consistent with the foregoing, and in accordance with the invention as embodied and broadly described herein, preferred embodiments of a cleaning article or cleaning pad are disclosed in suitable detail to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention. [0012] In a first embodiment, a cleaning article includes a fusible base sheet having an unperforated, uncut outer edge, a fusible holding sheet and a fiber bundle layer including fusible fibers. The fiber bundle layer is laid on one side of the base sheet and the holding sheet is laid on the other side of the base sheet. Preferably, the fiber bundle layer and the holding sheet are fusion-bonded in a direction to cross fibers in the fiber bundle layer, and the holding sheet is shorter than the base sheet. A holder and two holding spaces are provided between the base sheet and the holding sheet and the holder is detachably inserted into the holding spaces. [0013] In one embodiment, the outer edge of the base sheet is rectangular and is defined by a straight uncut upper edge, a straight uncut lower edge and two straight unperforated, uncut side edges. The outer edge may be linear or nonlinear. [0014] In yet another embodiment, the holder includes a handle portion having an opening configured to allow access to a cradle and a cleaning pad support member moveably attached to the handle portion. The support member may be moveable between a first cleaning position and a second cleaning pad liquid application position. A cleaning fluid dispenser, such as a pump spray bottle, may be placed within the cradle. [0015] In yet another embodiment, a cleaning article having a brush portion, includes a fusible sheet having an unperforated, uncut outer edge and a fiber bundle layer including fusible fibers. The fiber bundle layer is fusion-bonded to the fusible sheet to provide a brush portion and two holding spaces into which a holder is to be inserted. The brush portion is defined by the fusible sheet and fibers of the fiber bundle layer. [0016] In another embodiment, the cleaning article is attached to a handle defining an interior recess for receiving a fluid reservoir, and a cleaning article support pivotably attached to the handle capable of pivoting rearwardly from a cleaning position and a fluid reservoir attached to the handle in the cradle. The reservoir is capable of applying fluid to a surface to be cleaned and to the surface of the fiber bundle layer. [0017] In one embodiment, the cleaning article support includes a pair of parallel laterally extending attachment prongs. The attachment prongs may include a plurality of projections extending generally vertically from the prongs and have an angled side sloping away from the handle. The support may also include a pivot member at one end including a plurality of indentations configured to receive a semi-flexible engagement tab projecting downward from the handle. [0018] In yet another embodiment, a cleaning article includes a soft and fusible base sheet including a solid uncut outer edge and one or more fiber bundle layers including fusible filaments. One or more fiber bundle layers are laid on one side of the base sheet and a first joining portion joins each of the one or more fiber bundle layers to the base sheet. At least one second joining portion joins fibers in at least one of tile one or more fiber bundle layers to the base sheet. [0019] In another embodiment, the cleaning article further comprises a handle portion defining a cradle for a fluid reservoir and a cleaning article support member attached to the handle portion. The cleaning article support member is movably attached to the handle portion. In one embodiment, the cleaning article support member is pivotally attached to the handle portion. In an alternative embodiment, the cleaning article support member is slidably attached to the handle portion. In a final embodiment, the cleaning article support member includes a detachable cleaning fluid dispenser within the cradle. [0020] These, and other, aspects and objects of the present invention will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following description, while indicating preferred embodiments of the present invention, is given by way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit thereof, and the invention includes all such modifications. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Continue reading... Full patent description for Fringeless cleaning or dusting pad Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Fringeless cleaning or dusting pad patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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