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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
Nicola John Policicchio, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/16 (2006.01); A47L 13/20 (2006.01); A47L 13/38 (2006.01); B32B 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/10 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 5/12 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/16 (2013.01); A47L 13/20 (2013.01); A47L 13/38 (2013.01); B32B 3/02 (2013.01); B32B 3/10 (2013.01); B32B 3/26 (2013.01); B32B 3/263 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 5/12 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 5/266 (2021.05); B32B 5/267 (2021.05); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); B32B 2432/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/23907 (2015.04); Y10T 428/23929 (2015.04); Y10T 428/23936 (2015.04);
Abstract
A cleaning article defining an XY plane and a Z direction perpendicular to the plane. The cleaning article has discrete tufts of tow fibers bonded to a carrier sheet by primary bonds. The discrete tufts have secondary bond lines external to the tufts. The secondary bond lines interrupt the Z-direction thickness of the tufts, to provide channels for improved collection and retention of debris from a target surface. The tufts are created by slits between the primary bonds and secondary bonds, which yield plural tuft sizes. The slits may be transversely unequally spaced between adjacent bonds.