3M Innovative Properties Company

Gretchen A Hauble

Judd D Olson

Kent E Lageson

Sean C McGreevy

Kevin E Kinzer

James M Cooper

Jeremiah P O'Leary

Martin E Broen

Shu Kun Chang

Anastasios G Karahalios

Hyun Jin Ko

Paul J Cobian

Benjamin P Williams

Paula A Marrs

Elizabeth R Kelly

Carly R Price

Lloyd S Vasilakes

Scott J Tuman

Kevin J Gilboe

Federico Ferretti

Emanuele Teobaldo

A floor cleaning tool is disclosed that provides for an improved method of gathering and picking up debris from the floor. In one embodiment, the floor cleaning tool has a handle, a wiping body wiping body comprised of a solid and continuous material connected at one end to the handle and a capture sheet covering the wiping body. The wiping body includes a first wiping side and a second wiping side, opposite the first wiping side wherein a length and width of the wiping body are each at least five times larger than a thickness between the first wiping side and second wiping side. The capture sheet covers the wiping body by wrapping continuously around the first wiping side and second wiping side. In one embodiment, the capture sheet includes a tacky surface outwardly facing from the wiping body.

Floor cleaning tool with a surrounding capture sheet

Water filtration pitcher

Water bottle

Applicant discloses a broom that comprises at least one particle capture sheet. In various embodiments, the particle capture sheet can comprise a nonwoven material, a woven material, a knitted material, or a synthetic polymeric membrane. The particle capture sheet can be air permeable or air impermeable, and can comprise an electret material and/or an adhesive.

Broom with particle capture sheet

Water treatment device

Water pitcher

Water treatment cartridge

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Dellwood, MN, United States of America

Gretchen A Hauble